Jim Hopkins
Summary
Jim Hopkins (born 1946) is a New Zealand celebrity well-known for his work in television, radio and theatre.Hopkins was scriptwriter for "Close to Home", presenter of "Fast Forward", "Don't Tell Me", "The Inventors", "Dateline Monday", a performer on The BNZ Festival Debates, and radio talkback host on Radio Pacific in Auckland and Radio Avon in Christchurch.In August 1998 Hopkins released his first book, “Blokes and Sheds”, which hit number one on the New Zealand sales list after only a week. The book profiles amateur inventors from across New Zealand. He followed it up with another book, "Inventions from the Shed", in 1999, and also a film documentary with the same name in 2001..
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Gannett announces rise in circulation revenue, driven by paywalls
Gannett | The Wall Street Journal | Gannett Blog Net operating revenues from print circulation were up 5. 6 percent in the third quarter of 2012 over the same period the year before, Gannett announced Monday morning. Seventy-one of Gannett’s… Read more.
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TechCrunch: Gannett buying Facebook advertising firm BLiNQ Media
TechCrunch | Gannett Blog TechCrunch’s Ingrid Lunden and Josh Constine report that Gannett will pay “up to $92 million” for the Facebook advertising company firm BLiNQ Media, with $23 million coming upfront and the rest over the next few… Read more.
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Gannett offers 594 buyouts, begins accepting offers this week
Gannett Blog This February Gannett said it would offer buyouts to employees in its newspaper division. In a memo to staff then, Bob Dickey, who is head of the company’s U. S. community publishing division, said that 785 people… Read more.
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News executives acknowledge ‘toxic’ cultural divide between print and digital
After 18 months of work and countless pinky-shake vows of confidentiality, my colleagues at the Project for Excellence In Journalism have a fresh report out today on the newspaper industry’s search for a new business model.
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Gannett buys Big Lead Sports news site
All Things D | Gannett Blog Peter Kafka reports that Gannett has bought Fantasy Sports Ventures, which runs the sports news site Big Lead Sports. Gannett says that when it combines the new sites with… Read more.
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Gannett buys thousands of iPhones, iPads for its journalists
Gannett Blog Gannett is buying thousands of new iPhones, iPads, netbooks, portable wireless hotspots and A/V accessories for its journalists at U. S. newspapers. Jim Hopkins has the memo from Gannett U. S. newspapers division President Bob Dickey. Equipment arrives in January, followed… Read more.
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McClatchy, Gannett say ad revenue improved in November
McClatchy | Gannett Blog McClatchy reports that its ad revenue was down 8. 7 percent in October and 2. 4 percent in November, helped by retail and national advertising. That compares to a drop of 10. 1 percent from 2010 for the… Read more.
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John Hillkirk leaves top editor spot at USA Today
Gannett Blog Hillkirk’s new title is senior editor for investigative journalism and national enterprise, according to a memo from Susie Ellwood, USA Today executive vice president and general manager. All she says about the reason for the change is that… Read more.
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The Morning Lowdown 11-30-11
Bets on Spotify’s news - radio: (Strategy Eye) / enhanced API (WSJ). We are at the announcement later… (paidContentUK’s Robert Andrews).
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Gannett Shuttering MomsLikeMe Network, Deleting Everything
Gannett’s MomsLikeMe hyperlocal parenting network will cease operating on Friday and its 100-plus town-specific sites will go dark and the content will be deleted. The move comes as the company prepares for more difficult economic times and last week’s news that Gannett (NYSE: GCI) CEO Craig Dubow had resigned following continued complications related to his back surgery two years ago.
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