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Never Mind The Numbers: Mail Online And New York Times Are Chalk And Cheese

Feb 8, 2012 8:55 AM

Mail Online may have overtaken The New York Times’ website for global audience, according to comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) - but, in reality, the two are still an ocean apart.

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, DMGT, New York Times

Ebook Sales Are Being Driven By Downmarket Genre Fiction

Feb 6, 2012 4:01 AM

Kindle-owning bibliophiles are furtive beasts. Their shelves still boast classics and Booker winners. But inside that plastic case, other things lurk. Sci-fi and self-help. Even paranormal romance, where vampires seduce virgins and elves bonk trolls.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, e-readers, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, Amazon, Kindle

Living In A Smartphone World: Apple Number-Three Among ALL Mobile Players

Feb 2, 2012 6:30 AM

It was five years ago that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) executives brushed off the idea of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) as “not a threat” to Nokia’s top position in mobile sales. After all, Apple was only making smartphones and Nokia was still leading in that still-niche category, as well as mobiles overall.…

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Posted In: Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, LG, Nokia, Samsung, idc

RIM In Trouble In Europe? Not In The UK, It Claims

Jan 30, 2012 7:28 AM

RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) is taking a beating at the moment from handset makers like Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung, which have eaten into a smartphone market share that it took years for the BlackBerry maker to build on both sides of the Atlantic. RIM, however, claims that it is still…

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Posted In: Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, WPP, Countries, Europe, UK

The New York Times vs. Mail Online: Who’s Got The Better Business Model?

Jan 29, 2012 10:00 AM

The championship of the online newspaper world changed hands the other day. The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) (as measured by comScore (NSDQ: SCOR), currently the most fashionable collector of digital evidence extant) had 44.8m unique visitors in December, while our own dear Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT) had 45.3m. Manhattan’s…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Online News, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, DMGT, New York Times

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Nokia Tottering At The Top Of Mobile Rankings; Apple Leading Smartphones

Jan 27, 2012 6:24 AM

With most of the major handset makers having reported earnings for the quarter that ended in December, analyst houses are laying out their rankings in global smartphone and overall mobile shipments. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has just about managed to keep its top position overall, while Apple’s phenomenal quarter has put…

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Posted In: Advertising, Mobile, Money, Earnings, Research & Metrics, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Nokia, RIM, Samsung

Tablets: Apple’s Lead Narrows Among Widening Field Of Android Makers

Jan 26, 2012 12:15 PM

With the tablet market now overtaking PC sales, all eyes are on which platform will dominate this next generation of computing devices. A report out today from Strategy Analytics said that for Q4 it was Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), the company that effectively created the market for tablets two years ago…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, HP, Microsoft, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung

Digital Music Growth Re-Accelerated In 2011 Thanks To New Services

Jan 23, 2012 9:00 AM

The six-year slowdown in digital music’s commercial growth rate ended in 2011, when digital trade revenue grew eight percent to $5.2 billion, according to the IFPI industry umbrella group’s annual Digital Music Report.

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Research

Tablets Are Prime-Time Media Devices

Jan 23, 2012 6:41 AM

Tablet web use spikes after work and before sleep, another piece of research shows…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Research & Metrics, Research

Research: Professionals With iPads Are Deserting Printed Media

Jan 20, 2012 7:23 AM

Stark new research statistics suggest digital replacement of analogue content is now very high amongst tablet owners.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, Newspapers, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, iPad

Bellwether: Q4 UK Ad Spend Up Slightly On Online Growth

Jan 19, 2012 6:44 AM

In a climate where economic forecasts continue to remain cloudy, ad spend in the UK went up marginally in Q4 2011, with increased spend on internet advertising making up for declined spend in traditional media and other outlets, according to the latest figures from the IPA Bellwether Report.

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Mobile, Money, Research & Metrics, Research, Search, Companies, Countries, Europe, UK, bellwether, ipa bellwether

Updated: In-App Purchases To Overtake Sales From Paid Apps By 2013

Jan 17, 2012 9:47 AM

The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money from those free apps. New research out today predicts that in-app purchases will, in fact, become the most dominant way that app developers will…

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Entertainment, Games, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Newspapers, Mobile, Money, Research & Metrics, Research, Social Media, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Countries, Europe, UK, boku, ihs screen digest, in-app purchases, paypal, screen digest, zong

The Year Of The Dumb And Dumber, Sub-$100 Smartphone - 500 Million Of Them

Jan 16, 2012 7:18 PM

We’ve heard about how the boom in smartphone popularity, the dropping cost of components and the rapid rise of Android, a “free” smartphone OS, has led to a number of handset makers driving down the price for smartphones—with devices selling for less than $100 becoming more and more of a…

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Technologies / Formats, 3G, Companies, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, deloitte

Interactive TV Advertising: Not Huge Now, Will This Be The Year It Grows?

Jan 16, 2012 10:22 AM

Last week’s CES event brought a clutch of announcements around interactive TV services—specifically around more content getting pushed to devices. That points to growing attention to the medium: will advertising follow?

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, IPTV, VOD, Research & Metrics, Research, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, Samsung, Sony, Yahoo, Countries, Europe, UK, gracenote, ooyala

Challenges Ahead Before 2012 Is The Year Of Connected TV

Jan 12, 2012 5:17 AM

Is 2012 the year of the Smart TV? Manufacturers would have us believe that.

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Posted In: Features, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Research, Events, CES

Kobo Book Buyers Up 10x At Christmas On New E-Reader Gifts

Jan 5, 2012 8:00 AM

E-reader maker Kobo says it got a 10x uplift in new global e-book customers this holiday period, compared with earlier in the year, as new owners began filling gifted gadgets with titles.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-books, e-readers, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, Amazon, Kindle

Research: One In 40 In UK Got The Gift Of E-Reader This ‘Kindle Christmas’

Jan 4, 2012 7:05 AM

In absence of detailed Kindle sales data from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), the consumer research group YouGov has taken a stab.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, Books, e-readers, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Research, Companies, Amazon, Kindle

Charts: What’s Happening To UK Music Sales

Jan 3, 2012 7:49 AM

2011 UK music sales volume figures are in, showing a continuation of the same patterns, according to Official Charts Company data (via BPI).

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Research & Metrics, Metrics

Happy App Year: Downloads Pass 1 Billion/Week, U.S. Way Ahead Of The Rest

Jan 3, 2012 6:13 AM

The smartphone and tablet buying rush over the holidays spilled over into a corresponding deluge of app downloads, with the total weekly number exceeding one billion for the first time.

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, Apple, Google, Android, Countries, Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Canada, flurry

What’s Coming In 2012: Digital Advertising, Up Close And Personal

Dec 30, 2011 7:00 AM

This is the fifth in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cover most, from publishing to legal, and from mobile to advertising. According to figures from ZenithOptimedia, global advertising revenues will reach $486 billion…

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Posted In: Advertising, Features, Tweets, Legal, Privacy, Marketing, Mobile, Money, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Search, Social Media, Companies, Adobe, AOL, Facebook, Google, Groupon, Twitter, Yahoo, Zynga, Countries, Asia, China, coming in 2012

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