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Online Journalism Scandinavia: David Montgomery’s toughest general – Lisbeth...
Once so controversial as the boss of The Mirror, over the last few years David Montgomery has reinvented himself as a European media mogul. As head of the pan-European media company Mecom, Montgomery...
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Yahoo to Shareholders: Google Is Better for Us Than Microsoft – Bits – Technology – New York Times Blog In a new letter to its shareholders on Wednesday, Yahoo once again explained why a search...
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AP took it to the wire but needs to rethink its role | Media | The Guardian The Associated Press didn’t know what it stepped in when it sent a lawyer’s letter to the blog Drudge Retort (a Drudge...
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News | Facebook closes app after second privacy violation – NMA Facebook has shut down one of the site’s most popular applications after ‘privacy violations’. The removal of Social Hi comes just one...
View ArticleOnline Journalism Scandinavia: Mecom’s Danish arm may ditch costly CMS for...
Berlingske Media, Denmark’s biggest publisher of daily newspapers, is considering making free open source software Drupal its online publishing system of choice. Former Mirror-boss David Montgomery’s...
View ArticleOnline Journalism Scandinavia: Behind the spin of Mecom’s half-year results
Even former Mirror boss David Montgomery, who has a reputation as a ferocious cost-cutter, admits his new pan-European newspaper group Mecom cannot cost-cut its way out of a recession. Shares in the...
View ArticleSunday Times: David Montgomery steps down as Mecom executive chairman
David Montgomery has relinquished his role as executive chairman of Mecom in a bid to halt falling share prices, which have dropped by 97 per cent in the last year. Montgomery becomes chief executive...
View ArticleOnline Journalism Scandinavia: Mecom’s Danish arm will cut costs with...
Mecom-owned Berlingske Media, Denmark’s biggest daily newspaper publisher, has decided to ditch its costly online publishing system for open-source software Drupal. As Journalism.co.uk reported earlier...
View ArticleMediaGuardian: Montgomery empire has two months to solve financial woes
Former Mirror Group boss David Montgomery secured a two-month stay of execution for his ‘media empire’, as it ‘tries to renegotiate its debts amid rising concern about its future,’ reports the...
View ArticleMediaGuardian: Mecom to sell Norwegian titles
Mecom, former Mirror Group man David Montgomery’s European newspaper group, is to shed some of its Norwegian papers to raise £50 million in funds. Full story at this link…Similar Posts: Reuters:...
View ArticleThe Independent, Mecom – and what David Montgomery thought of it all
More twists and turns in the Independent and Mecom sagas today. Independent News and Media (at time of writing) has failed to reach an agreement with bondholders – the company was meant to reach a deal...
View ArticleJournalism Daily: Academics boycott Observer, theblogpaper’s launch and AOP...
A daily round-up of all the content published on the Journalism.co.uk site. You can also sign up to our e-newsletter and subscribe to the feed for the Journalism Daily here. News and features:...
View ArticleMediaGuardian: Mecom pushes ahead with niche paid content
David Montgomery’s Mecom newspaper group will put niche, specific content at the heart of its plans to charge for news online. Montgomery, who said he is confident that a carefully planned digital...
View ArticleKristine Lowe: Time to support David Montgomery?
At the weekend, the Sunday Times reported that Mecom CEO David Montgomery faced an investor rebellion. Kristine Lowe, who has followed the activities of Mecom (which owns 300 newspapers) since its...
View ArticleReuters: Newspaper chief Montgomery “forced out” of publishing group
Former News of the World editor David Montgomery has announced he will retire from Mecom, the European publishing group he founded in 2000, after coming under pressure from shareholders to quit....
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