Expect Apple TV to launch in a big way late in 2012, says Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, speaking at the Ignition conference in New York today.

Opening the Business Insider Ignition conference in New York today, Adam Bain, chief revenue officer at Twitter, said the business’ goal for next year was “all about scale.”

Newsline is currently attending the Ignition: Future of Media conference in New York. The theme is “The Money is Back”.

The quality market titles, both the dailies and Sundays, were the biggest losers in readership terms, year on year for the 12 months ending September 2011.

Maureen Duffy, the out-going Newspaper Marketing Agency (NMA) boss, is to become UK chief executive officer at TNS.

Matt O’Grady’s research won the Tony Twyman award at last week’s 2011 European TV Symposium in Amsterdam for the best paper, sponsored by RSMB TV Research.

A statement released by James Murdoch this morning confirms Tom Mockridge replaces Rebekah Brooks as CEO of News International.

Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News Internatonal, has resigned.

The online world is increasingly reflecting the offline world, with the web’s 50 most-popular brands consisting more than ever of businesses established in the ‘real world’ and sites serving the interaction between ‘real people’, according to a UKOM/Nielsen study of how the profile of the web’s most-visited sites has changed since 2004.

Reality tv ruled the roost this month with the big three of The X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing and I’m A Celebrity – Get Me Out Of Here! taking the top spots in this month’s chart.