comScore’s analysis of US web activity for March 2010 reveals that auto manufacturers ranked as the top-gaining site category for the month, up 23% to more than 30 million visitors.

Last night’s big ratings winner in the 9pm slot was Joanna Lumley’s Nile, with the laid back sight-seeing show coming out on top again on its second outing.

The Independent has relaunched today, with a new daily magazine section, Viewspaper, and a masthead promise of political and proprietorial freedom.

People are consuming more traditional and digital media but spending less on it, according to the latest KPMG Media and Entertainment Barometer.

Q1 saw marketing budgets revised up for the first time in ten quarters, according to the latest IPA/BDO Bellwether survey, with around 21% of companies reporting a rise.

A new report from comScore forecasts a bright future for the US mobile gaming market, despite a 13% decline in the number of US mobile gamers during the past year.

The daily national newspaper market was down 5.4% year on year in March, although it recorded a 0.5% period on period increase.

The First Election Debate on ITV1 last night had a peak audience of 9.9 million viewers – a 38.6% share of the total TV audience.

Google has reported revenues of $6.77 billion in the first quarter of 2010, up 23% year on year.

Ofcom is introducing new measures allowing local stations to co-locate and share all of their programming.