Free titles Shortlist and Sport remain in poll position in the Men’s Lifestyle sector, ahead of paid-for titles Men’s Health and FHM.

The challenging economic climate is still having a huge impact on the Women’s Weekly sector, which is down -11.1% on last year (and -6.9% PoP).

Free title John Lewis Edition remains ahead of Condé Nast’s Glamour at the top of the Women’s Lifestyle sector, despite the handbag-sized magazine clawing back a small 0.8% PoP increase. However, over the year, Glamour is down -11.3% (almost 60,000 copies).

Kantar Group has teamed up with social media analytics company Vigiglobe to produce this infographic, which offers minute-by-minute analysis of the tweets containing mentions of the Olympic closing ceremony (in English).

Mustard, a joint venture between Archant and other Norwich partners, has been named by Ofcom as one of two applications to run a new local TV channel based in the city.

Mark Thompson, the outgoing director general of the BBC, has been appointed as the new president and chief executive of the New York Times.

The BBC’s Olympic coverage was a huge success, not just for TV but also for digital and mobile. The corporation logged 34.6 million cumulative online users – with a peak daily total of 7.3 million on 5 August – by the end of Saturday, just as the Games came to a close.

STV has partnered with Glasgow Caledonian University and Edinburgh Napier University in a bid to deliver two new local television channels in Edinburgh and Glasgow – ETV and GTV.

The UK’s oldest comic is facing closure after 75 years. The Dandy, priced at £1.99, saw its circulation drop to 8,000 in the second half of 2011.

IBM has reportedly expressed an interest in acquiring the enterprise-services unit of Research in Motion (RIM) – thought to be the company’s most valuable asset.