Archive for January, 2008

Top UK web rankings - Facebook keeps on growing

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in comScore, Social media, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Google | No Comments »

comScore reports that Facebook has made it into the UK's top 10 web properties ranking for the first time: "The Christmas season had a significant impact on the prevailing traffic trends ... Read more..

Dead tree editions with us for some time yet

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in International press, Regional press, National press | No Comments »

Via Press Gazette comes news that Britons spend £76 million on newspapers and mags every week: British households spend a total of £76m on newspapers and magazines every week – the equivalent ... Read more..

Londoners most mad for Facebook

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Social media, Facebook | No Comments »

Via netimperative, London becomes most popular Facebook network. Members of a city specific Facebook network have today reached an all time high, as London becomes the first city worldwide to have ... Read more..

Murdoch to keep WSJ access fees

Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in International press | No Comments »

Via Jemima Kiss at the Guardian, Rupert Murdoch has backtracked on plans to open up the Wall Street Journal's paid-for content. In fact, subscribers can expect to pay more for ... Read more..

Google to buy New York Times?

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in International press, Google | No Comments »

Via John Ellis at RealClearMarkets, is Google about to buy The New York Times? What's in it for Google? Well, for one thing, it's cheap. Sell off the New England properties ... Read more..

When social networking turns bad

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Social media, National press | No Comments »

Via the Telegraph, social networking site Bebo finds itself at the centre of a media storm: Detectives fear a bizarre suicide craze is sweeping through teenagers in a small town fuelled by ... Read more..

Google search experiments

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Google | No Comments »

Fancy taking Google's experimental search for a spin? Alternative views, keyword suggestions, keyboard shortcuts, left-hand search navigation, right-hand contextual search navigation...anyone remember how Google started out? Read more..

Web publishing: Just do it!

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 Posted in Podcasts, Citizen journalism, Blogs, International press, Regional press, National press | 2 Comments »

Via Publishing2.0, Scott Karp writes on the fundamental difference between print and web journalism: I realized that the problem isn’t just a lack of understanding about blogging, or social networking...The problem ... Read more..

UK print brands attract growing overseas audience

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 Posted in International press, National press, comScore | No Comments »

comScore reports that the UK's national newspapers are attracting an increasing number of international readers, with visits to DailyMail.co.uk from users overseas up 153 per cent from a year ago and ... Read more..

Social networking fans ‘lose’ £6.5bn

Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Social media, MySpace, Facebook | No Comments »

Via netimperative, social networking apparently costs UK companies more than £6.5 billion (not million): The recent popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo are costing UK corporations ... Read more..