Absolute Radio is partnering with content management specialist ipercast to develop a range of new services to help deliver and monetise content online and via mobile devices.

New figures from Nielsen show that 8 of the UK’s top 10 media agencies suffered billings declines in 2009.

A third of UK mobile users (33%) see content and applications – such as games and maps – as an important factor when choosing their next mobile handset.

A new study on social networking access via mobiles has found that 30.8% of smartphone users accessed social networking sites via their mobile browser in January 2010, up 22.5% year on year.

Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has reported a 41% fall in pre-tax profits for the 53 weeks ending 3 January 2010, to £72.7 million.

Royal Mail is launching a media planning tool allowing marketers to profile audiences based on anonymous eBay purchase data.

FirstGroup has reappointed CBS Outdoor to manage advertising across its rail stations for the next five years.

US ad spending declined 9% in 2009, according to new figures from The Nielsen Company.

ITV has reported pre-tax profit of £25 million for 2009, a big improvement on the £2.7 billion loss in 2008.

“The BBC will not retreat into an analogue past”, the Corporation’s director general Mark Thompson told delegates at today’s Financial Times Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference.