New research from Nielsen’s US Digital Consumer Report released today reveals that 29% of smartphone owners use their phone for shopping-related activities. Top activities among mobile shoppers include in-store price comparisons (38% of mobile shoppers), browsing products through their mobile web or apps (38%) and reading online product reviews (32%).

The top 25 media influencers in UK’s digital technology space in 2012 have today been named in The Tech Influence 25, a report by Propeller and Cision.

Channel 5 enjoyed yet another bumper month of increased revenues in January – up 14.8% on last year. The channel has posted a run of positive results under Richard Desmond’s ownership.

The third and final Diamond Queen won the peak-hour ratings for BBC One last night with more than six million viewers.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) has raised its global ad forecast from 1.4% to 2% in 2012 to reflect recent GDP upgrades and stronger than expected trends in Q4.

BBC One’s Sherlock and Call The Midwife topped January’s programme rankings with 10.7 million viewers each.

Rupert Murdoch has told News International employees that The Sun on Sunday newspaper will be launched “very soon”.

Bjarne Thelin is to step down as chief executive of TV audience measurement body Barb at the end of the year.

To get a real picture of how the consumer magazine market is holding up, Newsline asked ZenithOptimedia, Maxus, MEC, Carat, MPG Media Contacts and Initiative for their views.

The TV Listings sector had a fairly poor period once again, down -3.4% YoY and -1.3% PoP.