Analysis of the NRS shows that there are 1.1 million average issue readers of the NotW (about15%) who do not read any other national newspaper – so there is a likelihood that many of these could be lost to the national press altogether.
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The DCMS select committee has called Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks to give evidence to it next Tuesday.
According to a Toluna QuickSurveys and Newsline poll, only 6.5% of people bought the last edition of News of the World on Sunday who wouldn’t normally buy a copy.
BSkyB is in “robust shape” and could see 8% revenue growth in 2011/12 despite the on-going News Corporation saga, according to RBS forecasts.
Sky and ESPN have announced their live Premier League fixtures for 2011-12.
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading to seek advice on News Corporation’s BSkyB takeover bid in light of the on-going News of the World saga.
Aegis Group has acquired an initial 75% of the share capital of MediaVest Manchester.
O2 Media confirmed that the ‘mobile wallet’ will launch in the second half of this year at MediaTel Group’s Retail and Media event on Wednesday, in association with O2.
“Check-ins are dead – it’s hard for the consumers and for the staff,” according to Harriet Williams, digital marketing manager at Debenhams.
BARB will take a major step towards the measurement of television viewing on PCs, laptops and tablet devices with the initial rollout of a web TV viewing meter in 100 BARB panel homes during the second half of 2011.