Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Four top US publishers, Time, Conde Nast, Meredith and Hearst, are to launch a digital newsstand company for publications in a variety of digital formats, according to a report. Hailed as an ‘iTunes for magazines,’ the new company and service will have the...
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Time per person for top 10 parent companies, Worldwide, October 2009
Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Global audience reach for top 10 parent companies, Oct 09.
Nov 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
Search terms ranked by visits for the week ending 14th November 2009
Nov 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
Search terms ranked by clicks for the 4 weeks ending 14th November 2009
Nov 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Social networking service uSocial has agreed to stop selling groups of Facebook “friends” to clients after it was given a cease and desist notice by the social network, but has said it will continue selling fans. Facebook ordered an investigation into the...
Nov 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Microsoft is reportedly in talks with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google. According to the Financial Times, Microsoft is talking to other publishers to get them to remove themselves from Google too. The...
Nov 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Haymarket Publishing is to close its Revolution and Media Week magazines, as part of a major restructuring programme. Media Week will continue online, with a full-time digital editor taking the reins. It will be integrated into the existing Brand Republic portal. A...
Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Facebook is adopting a new simplified privacy policy which allows users to delete their profiles entirely. Comments and other information shared with friends will remain on the site, but deleted names will no longer be attached to the comments. Instead they will...
Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
YouTube has launched a new ad-funded channel that lets UK viewers watch full length TV shows from more than 60 partners, including Channel 4 and ITN. YouTube has launched a new ad-funded channel that lets UK viewers watch full length TV shows from more than 60...
Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
AOL is looking to cut more than a third of its work force as it prepares to spin off from Time Warner next month. AOL, which now employs 6,900 workers, is asking for 2,500 volunteers to accept buyouts and plans to resort to layoffs if it does not get enough people....
Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Newspapers should become ‘radically open’ if they want to make money in the online world, the co-founder of social networking site Twitter has said. Speaking an event organised by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta) in London, Biz Stone...
Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Spotify has become the UK’s second favourite music service, and is gaining ground on iTunes, according to a new study looking into the nations favourite web services. The ‘Connected Life’ study, which asked 2,000 UK internet users about their favourite services,...
Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google has hinted that loading time may become a ranking factor on its search results for webpages in 2010. The move could encourage media owners to host their websites on faster servers to ensure they rank highly on Google. Google’s Matt Cutts unveiled the...
Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google UK tops the search engine list with 3/4 of all searches in UK
Nov 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Google UK maintains its dominance as the UK’s most visited search engine
Nov 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Government finally set out its plans to cut off illegal file-sharers in this week’s Queen’s Speech, but the £6 broadband tax is delayed till next year. “My government will introduce a bill to ensure communications infrastructure that is fit for the...
Nov 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Iran’s election protests, the shutdown of Napster and the 2008 US presidential campaign have been named amongst the top 10 Internet moments of the 2000s. The events were singled out by New York-based International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences which bestows the...
Nov 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Times has outlined plans for its online payments model, dismissing micro-payments in favour of a 24-hour access charge for the online version of the paper. Speaking at the Society of Editors conference in Stansted, Essex, James Harding, editor of the Times, said...
Nov 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
Twitter users in Europe will soon be able to tweet to each other via their TV sets while watching entertainment and sports shows, following a deal between Orange and the micro-blogging service. Under the deal, Orange is aiming to integrate Twitter into football...
