“The Daily Mail is being far too modest… the runaway success of the website owes very little to piggy-backing on ‘the strengths of the newspaper’.” Read the full story

The latest ABCes have coincided with a new report analysing the readership of newspaper websites across Europe – underlining Mail Online’s dominance over rivals not just in the UK but on the continent too. Read the full story

The runaway success of Mail Online has prompted its owner to consider rolling out offices for the website around the world. Read the full story

HMV goes on-demand

Is HMV giving up on its brick and mortar stores? Well, let’s not be presumptuous, but the entertainment store is plotting a move to an on-demand film service to fill the revenue gap left by people not trudging into the shops. Partnering with FilmFlex, the service will offer titles from over 30 distributors. At least anyone easily embarrassed will no longer have to face a fellow human when purchasing a Twilight film. (Source: MediaGuardian)

Record-breaking month for newspaper websites

We already know that Mail Online is (by miles) the most-visited UK newspaper site. But new figures released today show it’s been a record-breaking month for the Mail, as well as guardian.co.uk and Telegraph.co.uk. October’s big stories, including the deaths of Steve Jobs and Muammar Gaddafi, have driven the growth which saw monthly users at Mail Online soar by 16.85 per cent, to 79 million. Wowzers. (Source: MediaGuardian)

Eamonn Holmes doesn’t fancy early Daybreak mornings after all

Daybreak update! Actually, we know this is getting boring, but given our tongue-in-cheek jab at Eamonn Holmes earlier this week it only seems fair to keep you informed of the Sky man’s position. That position, it transpires, will remain at Sky after Holmes signed a new three-year deal. We promise not to report anymore Daybreak rumours, but just give you the cold, hard facts that we know you’re eagerly awaiting if, and when, they are revealed. (Source: Press Gazette)

It might be gloomy elsewhere, but not at Pearson. The publisher of the Financial Times has reported a 6 per cent year-on-year revenue increase at its FT Group. That’s not all, as the number of people actually paying to subscribe to the newspaper’s digital publication has increased by 30 per cent year-on-year, to almost 250,000. Next week: struggling regionals across the nation go pink to play catch up. (Source: MediaGuardian)

The National Union of Journalists is rallying the troops. Well, the BBC staff, and the union is set to ballot its members over a vote of no confidence for BBC head honcho Mark Thompson. It’s in response to the BBC’s decision to cut almost 2,000 jobs, and the NUJ’s general secretary Michelle Stanistreet has labelled Thompson the “architect of this butcher”. Even if Thompson survives the popularity contest, the ballot isn’t a great sign for the BBC’s top man – it’s the first time in 84 years that a director general has been called into question. (Source: journalism.co.uk)

The Mail Online has done it again. Anyone on Twitter this morning may have been puzzled by talk of used condoms and artificial insemination. It was, of course, the work of the Mail‘s Liz Jones (or ‘Jizz Loans’ as she has been not-so-affectionately nicknamed) who published a tirade concerning her quest to become a mother, regardless of the manner. Reactions weren’t mixed: most were disgusted, but the Guardian‘s Patrick Strudwick had his own go at shock-journalism, by claiming Jones provides a “public service”. God bless British journalism. (Source: The Guardian, Mail Online)

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Associated Newspapers is being sued by the partner of Lib Dem MP Chris Huhne for misuse of private information. Read the full story

The Daily Mail‘s online counterpart, Mail Online, has been caught out fabricating quotes after it rushed out a story that falsely claimed Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito had lost their court appeal over the murder of Meredith Kercher. Read the full story

MailOnline may be on the brink of breaking the 75 million unique-user threshold, but it was the Telegraph and Guardian websites that visitors flocked to as riots broke out across England in August. Read the full story