Total US newspaper advertising revenue – including print and online – fell 27% in 2009 to $27.6 billion, according to new figures from the Newspaper Association of America.

Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has announced the winners of the contracts for the three regional news pilots in Scotland, Wales and the Tyne Tees/Border region.

Mobile data traffic overtook voice calls during December 2009, according to network equipment vendor Ericsson.

Simultaneous use of the internet while watching TV hit three and a half hours a month in the US in the last quarter of 2009, according to the latest Nielsen Company Three Screen Report.

Clear Channel Outdoor will be turning off the lights at offices and landmark sites at 8.30pm for one hour this Saturday as part of a global campaign to raise awareness of climate change.

American sports broadcaster ESPN is using this year’s FIFA World Cup to launch a new research initiative measuring media usage and advertiser effects across all media platforms – TV, radio, internet, mobile and print.

Almost 50% of respondents to a new survey said they would be most likely to use the iPad to browse the internet.

This week’s Grazia magazine has an augmented reality 3D cover featuring Florence and the Machine performing hit single ‘You’ve Got The Love’.

Web users across 10 countries spent an average of five and a half hours on social networks in February 2010, up more than two hours from the same time last year, according to new research from The Nielsen Company.

New US research from consumer electronics site Retrevo.com has found that 48% of social media users check Facebook and Twitter in bed, during the night or as soon as they wake up in the morning.