The UK advertising industry will report a faster than expected recovery in 2010, according to the latest Advertising Association (AA) and Warc expenditure report.

Publicis Groupe has reported organic revenue growth of 3.1% for the first quarter, to €1.16 million.

Forrester has released new research looking at what it calls Mass Influencers – social influencers who generate the majority of impressions and opinions about a company’s products and services.

eBay founder Pierre Omidyar is launching a paid-for online news site, offering “a new approach to journalism”.

There will be 26 million US adult Twitter users in 2010, up 44.4% on 2009, a new forecast from eMarketer estimates.

New research from Nielsen and Facebook has found that ads with a social context increase campaign effectiveness.

Apple’s profits were up 90% to $3 billion in the three months to 27 March, boosted by the global success of the iPhone.

Yahoo! has reported a 1% year on year increase in revenues for the first quarter of 2010, to $1.597 billion, with display advertising up 20%.

STV has sold cinema advertising business Pearl & Dean to new company Image Limited for £1.

Daily Mail & General Trust will not charge for online news, it told investors yesterday, but will charge for access to mobile and “niche content”.