Northcliffe Media is creating a new unit for its digital business to be called Northcliffe Digital.

The annual number of mobile downloads featuring augmented reality (AR) content is expected to rise from less than 1 million in 2009 to more than 400 million by 2014, according to a new report from Juniper Research.

Bauer Media is making senior changes to its advertising team, which it says will “further simplify how the company operates in the media marketplace”.

New weekly free newspaper The London Weekly launches its website on Sunday ahead of the print version which hits the streets in February.

Around half (52%) of American TV viewers would be willing to watch ads they would otherwise skip if they were paid to view them, according to new research from Synovate.

Demand to see James Cameron’s Avatar when it launches at the BFI IMAX this week has been such that the online booking site crashed; the box office has now gone to 24-hour opening; and over 35,000 tickets have been sold in just four days.

The BBC director general, Mark Thompson, in a column for MediaGuardian.co.uk has today reacted strongly to the government’s decision to include BBC Worldwide in a potential sale of BBC assets.

A new global advertising forecast from Magna predicts worldwide growth of 6% in 2010.

In our latest Research Focus report, Future Foundation reveals why TV is still one of the UK’s most valued and popular entertainment activities…

Microsoft’s search engine Bing has officially launched in the UK today following a five month trial period.