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Turkey: journalist of Armenian descent murdered - Hrant Dink, a Turkish journalist of Armenian origins, editor of the weekly Agos, was shot to death today in Istanbul. He had been sued by Turkish courts and was the target of nationalist groups.

France: Les Echos to launch e-paper edition - The e-paper version of the business daily Les Echos is to be launched commercially in April. After some early failures of ‘the paper of the future’, Les Echos strikes back with a concrete project, in which it would be manufacturer, editor and distributor.

The German Times: first European newspaper - The German Times, a German published English-language monthly, was launched today. It targets all of Europe’s political and economic elites.

The other extreme of journalistic fatalism: futuristic idealism - Citizen journalist and blogger Andrew Nusca gives his extreme interpretation of how to reform journalism ‘for the better’. According to him, journalists and schools should simply forget about print.

News Coverage Index: keep an eye on all media content - The Project on Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) launched a weekly ‘News Coverage Index,’ that monitors and categorizes the week's content from 48 mainstream news sources.

Morocco: journalist pressured to exile - Aboubakr Jamaï, head of the Weekly Journal and an influential journalist critical of Moroccan king Mohamed VI, announced that he was resigning, due to persistent governmental pressure.

Reuters Middle East photo chief sacked - Reuters’ chief photographer in the Middle East has been sacked, after an internal investigation relating to last year’s doctored pictures in Lebanon.

Belgium: after Google, newspapers could sue Yahoo - After having filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and Google, Belgium’s French-speaking newspapers have sent a formal notice to Yahoo, to stop publishing articles without authorization.

UK: Financial Times for sale? - The now profitable FT and its website are rumoured to be put up for sale for £650m by owner Pearson.

Tribune bids fall short in ‘no comment’ confusion - According to the Wall Street Journal, as Tribune Co.s’ bid came to an end on Jan. 17, three groups had made offers – none of which were to the height of Tribune’s expectations, as had been foreseen in the previous weeks.

Australia: new editor for Herald Sun - Bruce Guthrie has been appointed editor-in-chief of the Melbourne tabloid Herald Sun, among Australia’s largest newspapers, replacing veteran Peter Blunden.

US: Inquirer, and newsrooms, need diversity - The Philadelphia Inquirer publisher, Brian Tierney, reinstated a diversity committee in the paper, in response to complaints that a disproportionate number of minority journalists had been laid off during the Inquirer’s recent staff cuts.

Blogs boost newspapers - You thought blogs killed quality journalism? Well, in any case, research from Nielsen/NetRatings suggests that the inclusion of blogs has revitalized newspapers’ websites – traffic to blogs grew 210% last year.

Muhammad cartoon debate to last - A year after the Jyllands-Posten and Danish newspapers, followed by western media, chose to publish controversial cartoons of prophet Muhammad, culture editor Flemming Rose reiterated the importance of the debate sparked by the cartoons.

Know your web audience - Here’s another tip to easily increase both your audience and your knowledge of their likes: produce daily reports ranking the web hits generated by your stories, so you’ll know exactly what the readers want to read and what they don’t.

New online journalism glossary - The Online Journalism Review (OJR) is putting up a wiki, an online news glossary, with definitions of online journalism and web publishing terms. Useful to all, from students’ dissertations to professional journalists.

Washington Post publishes fiction novel - Washingtonpost.com will be publishing fiction for the first time, as a series of installments of Post reporter David Hilzenrath’s novel, “Jezebel’s Tomb.”

Serbia: freesheet launched - Swiss publisher Ringier has launched a new daily freesheet in Belgrade, 24 sata (24 hours).

UK: name changes reflect future of newspapers - The Northcliffe Newspaper Group is changing its name to Northcliffe Media Limited in order to reflect its future orientation towards multimedia. A name change that’s symbolic of the entire industry.

Does the continuous news-desk resolve the issue of web first v editorial quality? - Web-first policies have come under scrutiny for the balance between getting a story published quickly and getting the right, fact-checked, edited story published. Newspapers often struggle through this delicate balance when deciding what goes on-line when. That’s to say nothing of the sometimes not so invisible division between print and on-line departments. , Continuous News Editor at the , talks to the Editors Weblog about their continuous news-desk and why it’s a model that works not just for the on-line product but benefits the print product and journalists too.