Newsbrief

{{Short description|British Broadcasting Company news magazine}}

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Newsbrief was the working title for a planned international news magazine, developed under the codename Project Phoenix by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).{{Cite web|title=BBC puts news magazine launch on ice|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|authorlink=Roy Greenslade|date=14 June 2007|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2007/jun/14/bbcputsnewsmagazinelaunch|work=Guardian Blog|publisher=Guardian.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=38080|last=Crummy|first=Colin|date=29 June 2007|title=BBC news magazine launch pencilled in for autumn |work=Press Gazette}} The project was to be BBC Magazines' largest-ever investment when released in 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/140606/bbc_plans_weekly_link_to_flagship_news_programmes|title=BBC plans weekly magazine link to flagship news programmes|publisher=Press Gazette Ltd.|accessdate=2007-01-15}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} The original 2006 release date was pushed back. The magazine was to be tied closely with the BBC's flagship current affairs programme, Newsnight.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/story/0,,1797682,00.html |title=Digital overload |publisher=Guardian News and Media Ltd. |accessdate=2007-01-15 |location=London |date=2006-06-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061223095035/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0%2C%2C1797682%2C00.html |archivedate=23 December 2006 |url-status = live}} In 2006, BBC Magazines' sales director Ashley Munday moved into a new development role in preparation for the launching of the magazine.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=details&nNewsID=563902|title=BBC Magazines looks at news magazine|publisher=Media Week|accessdate=21 June 2011|date=16 June 2006| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110718162300/http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=details&nNewsID=563902| archivedate= 18 July 2011 |url-status = live}} Peter Phippen, BBC Magazines' managing director had planned on the release of a news-based magazine since mid-1990s.

PATA was expected to correspond with BBC World for Project Phoenix on a subproject, Travel Profiles, to promote Asian-Pacific travel.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pata.org/patasite/index.php?id=90&backPID=90&begin_at=10&tt_news=51 |title=PATA Launches Destination Profiles on BBC World |publisher=Pacific Asia Travel Association |accessdate=2007-01-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924054103/http://www.pata.org/patasite/index.php?id=90&backPID=90&begin_at=10&tt_news=51 |archivedate=2006-09-24 |url-status = dead}} Other promotions were to be done by CNN International and National Geographic, and in print titles such as Time, Fortune, and Newsweek.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsyndicate.org/news//4016812.html|title=Consumers to receive a more balanced coverage of Asia Pacific travel issues|publisher=Hsyndicate|accessdate=2007-01-15}} Australia, Canada, Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore were to be the biggest contributors to the project.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pata.org/patasite/index.php?id=361 |title=BBC World Asia Pacific Guides Air Today |publisher=Pacific Asia Travel Association |accessdate=2007-01-15 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924035802/http://www.pata.org/patasite/index.php?id=361 |archivedate=2006-09-24 }}