It is a tale of two business models in the Men’s Lifestyle sector, with free titles taking up the top two positions once again, while paid-for titles struggle to keep the pace.

Condé Nast’s Glamour still tops the Women’s Lifestyle sector with a total circulation of more than 500,000 copies, despite seeing a slight decline in sales over the year.

ABC figures for July to December 2010 show a fairly sorry picture for the consumer magazine market, with many paid-for titles posting declines.

Virgin Media said 2010 was its “best ever” year, with revenues up 5.8% to £3.8 billion.

02 has announced plans to pre-install eBay apps on its smartphones in a multi-year deal that will launch in the UK this summer.

Apple and Google go head to head with two new rival payment systems, which enable publishers to charge for access to online newspapers and magazines.

The industry “needs” reach and frequency data, according to the panel at last week’s MediaTel Group Future of Media Research event.

BARB’s chief executive Bjarne Thelin sees a future where server data and panel data comes together, but says this can only be achieved if the industry “gets its act together and thinks about the bigger picture”.

LG has launched what it claims is the world’s first 3D smartphone at the Mobile World Congress.

Twitter’s chief executive Dick Costolo said takeover talks for the micro-blogging site are “just a rumour”.