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Industry Moves
Industry Moves: Telegraph, We R Interactive, Briefing Media, Turner

Feb 7, 2012 11:39 AM

Here is a round-up of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Industry Moves Roundup, Companies, Channel 4, Telegraph

Latest Job Cuts Are Sad - But That’s 2012 Newspaper Reality

Feb 1, 2012 12:27 PM

So it’s redundancy time once again. First, at the two Telegraph titles and now at the Mirror trio.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, Telegraph, Trinity Mirror, layoffs

News Corp.‘s Sun Wins Appeal: Video On News Sites Won’t Be Regulated As VOD

Dec 21, 2011 12:07 PM

More scrutiny of News Corporation’s UK tabloids by Ofcom… but this time with a good result for the media company. The UK communications regulator has ruled in favor of The Sun newspaper and determined that video on the news site should not be regulated as video-on-demand. The decision is wide-ranging…

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Posted In: Legal, Regulatory, Ofcom, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, TV, Broadcast, VOD, Social Media, Video, Companies, BBC, Channel 4, Google, YouTube, News Corp., News International, Telegraph, Countries, Europe, UK, the sun

Aegis Media Takes Mobile Leap With $11 Million Investment In TigerSpike

Jul 18, 2011 6:22 AM

Aegis Media, the media buying and marketing division of Aegis Group, is beefing up its mobile assets and activity: it is taking an undisclosed minority stake, worth $11 million, in TigerSpike, a developer of apps for blue-chip publishers like News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). The Economist, Telegraph Media Group and Mail…

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Posted In: Advertising, Apps, Marketing, Mobile, Money, Companies, DMGT, Pearson, Economist, Telegraph, Countries, Europe, UK, Asia, aegis, tigerspike

Les Hinton: The News International Years As Rupert’s ‘Consigliere’

Jul 15, 2011 8:04 PM

Over the past three-and-a-half years, Les Hinton had made a name for himself in the U.S. as something of a turnaround specialist, making good a Dow Jones that was considering options with management consultants before News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). stepped in to buy it. But for twelve years before that,…

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Posted In: Advertising, Local, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Companies, Johnston Press, News Corp., Dow Jones, News International, Telegraph, Countries, Europe, UK, les hinton, rupert murdoch

Telegraph’s Digital Head: Open Mind On Web Fees

May 5, 2011 8:59 AM

“Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) store is the most user-friendly route for subscribers,” Telegraph Media Group digital editor Edward Roussel tells paidContent:UK, after the publisher became one of the first to use Apple’s in-app subscription facility in its new iPad edition.

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Companies, Telegraph

Telegraph Goes With Apple Subs For Newspaper-Like iPad Edition

May 5, 2011 5:42 AM

The Telegraph, with its long-awaited version-two iPad app, out today, is the latest news publisher to try reasserting a paid news economy for its newspaper in digital tablet form.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, Apple, iPad, Telegraph

The Royal Wedding: Big Hats, And Bigger Viewing Figures

May 1, 2011 6:33 PM

The numbers are coming in on just how many people tuned in to watch the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. While some are highly skeptical that the event pulled in the 2 billion viewers that the UK government predicted, the event—especially if you count not just the live,…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Features, Tweets, Legal, Regulatory, EC, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, TV, Broadcast, Mobile, Social Media, Video, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, BBC, CBS, Disney, ABC, Facebook, Google, Android, YouTube, Microsoft, MSNBC, NBC Universal, NBC, Telegraph, Twitter, Yahoo, Countries, Europe, UK, akamai, kate middleton, prince william, royal wedding

ABCe: Mail Online Returns To Double-Digit Growth

Apr 29, 2011 3:13 AM

Mail Online, the most popular UK newspaper website network, returned to double-digit growth in March. The Daily Mail (LSE: DMGT) & General Trust website network’s daily average browsers rose 16.5 percent on February’s minor slump to 3,661,666 with monthly users up almost 30 percent month on month, according to the…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, Telegraph, Countries, Europe, UK, mail online

Skinkers Agency Buying Mobile Developer Umee

Mar 21, 2011 10:52 AM

Another acquisition that points to the ongoing covergence and consolidation in the mobile and digital media industries, this time in the UK.

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Posted In: Apps, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, iPhone, BBC, Google, Android, RIM, BlackBerry, Sony, Telegraph, Countries, Europe, UK, skinkers, sprawl technologies, umee

Earnings
Telegraph Group Profits Up On Ad Rebound

Mar 18, 2011 6:54 AM

Profits at Telegraph Media Group jumped 11% to almost £60m in 2010 thanks to a rebound in advertising markets and continuing cost savings from putting print and digital operations together.

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Posted In: Money, Earnings, Companies, Telegraph

‘Paywalls’: NPR Has A Look, Telegraph Reportedly To Switch

Feb 22, 2011 3:53 AM

Remember the great Free Vs Paid debate of 2010? Here, NPR reporter David Folkenflik digs in to Times Newspapers’ strategy…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Online News, Companies, News Corp., News International, Telegraph, npr

Apple Subs: Publishers Seek Clarity, FT Concerned, Some Sign Up

Feb 17, 2011 5:17 AM

The response from many publishers to Apple’s subscription announcement has been a shellshocked “errrr…” - many are confused exactly how they are impacted and are quickly seeking clarity from Apple.

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Companies, Apple, iPad, News Corp., News International, Pearson, Financial Times, FT.com, Telegraph

Industry Moves
Telegraph’s Strategic Director Alison Reay Leaves

Feb 15, 2011 3:10 PM

Telegraph Media Group’s Alison Reay has stepped down from her role as strategic and multimedia partnership director, Mediaweek reports. Where she’s headed to next isn’t known and the company has yet to announce a replacement.

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, Telegraph, Countries, Europe, UK

Case Study: Newspapers Writing For Search Trends?

Jan 7, 2011 7:24 AM

The Telegraph is amongst the newspapers chasing web audiences by analysing exactly what potential readers are looking for. Its list of “The best voucher codes” popped in to my RSS reader this morning, telling readers how to save money whilst shopping online.

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Media & Publishing, Online News, Search, Companies, Telegraph

Telegraph Has Not Pushed The ‘Paywall’ Button; Options Remain Open

Nov 30, 2010 11:50 AM

Here we go. Telegraph Media Group, like many media groups, has, for several months now, been reviewing digital opportunities including whether it can charge for content. Now the FT reports that The Telegraph‘s site will begin charging next year.

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Companies, Telegraph

ABCes: Independent.co.uk Scores Biggest Monthly Rise

Oct 28, 2010 12:41 PM

Independent.co.uk enjoyed the biggest month-on-month rise in average daily browsers among national newspaper websites in September, while guardian.co.uk topped 2 million on the same metric for the first time. However, Mail Online remained the UK’s most visited newspaper site in September, in both daily average browsers and monthly users, for…

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Posted In: Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, Independent News & Media, Telegraph, Countries, Europe, UK

We Thought The Internet Was Killing Print—But It Isn’t

Oct 18, 2010 12:58 PM

The woe, as usual, is more or less unconfined. September’s daily newspaper circulation figures, as audited by ABC (NYSE: DIS), are down 5.31% in a year: Sunday totals are 6.7% off the pace. And, of course, we all know what’s to blame. It’s the infernal internet, the digital revolution, the…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, Telegraph, Countries, Europe, UK

Telegraph iPad App Is Latest Would-Be Paper, Free For At Least Three Months

Sep 22, 2010 1:04 PM

Telegraph Media Group’s its iPad edition went live Tuesday morning. Note that, like The Times’ app, The Daily Telegraph app is allied with its daily newspaper rather than its Telegraph.co.uk website. Forget about rolling news - this is delivered in single daily “editions” at 5am each morning (including Sunday), and…

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Posted In: Companies, Apple, iPad, Telegraph

June ABCe: Is Telegraph.co.uk Benefiting From A Times Effect?

Jul 29, 2010 7:22 AM

Is this the chart that shows us who’s benefiting from The Times’ paid website strategy… ?

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Online News, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, News Corp., News International, Telegraph

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