Jim Marshall says love him or hate him, Rupert Murdoch is probably the world’s most innovative and progressive media man. Who knows whether The Daily will prove to be a success or not but interactive newspapers will develop as a result of Murdoch’s risk – giving him (quite rightly) significant influence and ownership of the market.
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Virgin Media said 2010 was its “best ever” year, with revenues up 5.8% to £3.8 billion.
Apple and Google go head to head with two new rival payment systems, which enable publishers to charge for access to online newspapers and magazines.
Twitter’s chief executive Dick Costolo said takeover talks for the micro-blogging site are “just a rumour”.
The new BBC iPlayer app for the iPad was downloaded 54,511 times in the 24 hours following its release in iTunes last Thursday.
Three-screen viewing is becoming a reality in US households, with multi-screen viewing on the rise, according to eMarketer.
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Karen Canty says advances in technology will soon mean we’ll be collecting data about each and every movement, transaction and household appliance (and the rest). There will be no excuse for not living lives of organised moderation every hour of every day.
Twitter is reportedly in takeover talks with potential buyers – including Facebook and Google – and has been valued at around $10 billion.
