Average monthly unique audience figures for US newspaper websites grew by more than 3.6 million in 2007, a year on year increase of more than 6% over 2006 numbers, according to new research from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Monthly unique visitors to US newspaper websites averaged 62.8 million in last year’s fourth quarter,… Continue reading US Online Newspaper Viewership Reaches Record In 2007
More Digital articles
Sheryl Norman, digital director at Omnicom Media Group, has been confirmed as a panellist for MediaTel Group’s forthcoming ‘Future of Online’ seminar, to be held in early February.Norman will be joining Adam Freeman, commercial director at Guardian News and Media, who was confirmed last week.Chaired by the BBC’s media correspondent, Torin Douglas, with media journalist… Continue reading Omnicom Media Group Digital Director Joins Seminar Panel
The music and download company behind Bebo and Last.fm’s music services, 7digital, has secured funding of £4.25 million.The digital media delivery company, based in the UK, has received backing from investors Sutton Place Managers and Balderton Capital.It is understood that 7digital will spend the money on expanding beyond the UK, possibly into the US and… Continue reading 7digital Secures £4.25m Funding
More than 85% of the world’s online population has used the internet to make a purchase – increasing the market for online shopping by 40% in the past two years – according to the latest Nielsen Global Online Survey.Among internet users, the highest percentage shopping online is found in South Korea, where 99% of those… Continue reading Global Market For Online Shopping Increases 40%
Almost 12 million people have listened to the radio via the internet, while 4.3 million have downloaded a podcast, according to new research from RAJAR.The figures are from RAJAR’s first Podcasting and Radio Listening via Internet Survey, which was conducted last autumn by Ipsos Mori.It found that In any given week, 8.1 million people listen… Continue reading Almost 12m Listen To Internet Radio
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and social networking site MySpace are launching a partnership to bring new and archived short form BBC content to MySpaceTV.The announcement marks the first global agreement of this type between MySpaceTV and a major broadcaster.Under the partnership, the best BBC video content will be made available online… Continue reading BBC Worldwide In MySpace Content Deal
More than 85% of the world’s online population has used the internet to make a purchase – increasing the market for online shopping by 40% in the past two years – according to the latest Nielsen Global Online Survey. Among internet users, the highest percentage shopping online is found in South Korea, where 99% of… Continue reading Global Market For Online Shopping Increases 40%
Five has appointed creative business consultancy Dave to help refresh its network portfolio of brands.The refresh project will cover Five, Five US, Five Life, five.tv and fivedownload and will be rolled out across 2008.In a statement, Five said that it selected Dave based on a combination of their TV and branding experience together with the… Continue reading Five Appoints Dave To Refresh Portfolio Of Brands
Adam Freeman, commercial director at Guardian News and Media, is to join the panel at MediaTel Group’s forthcoming ‘Future of Online’ seminar, to be held in London in February.Freeman’s experience of the commercial development for the highly successful Guardian Unlimited website should stand him in good stead for the debate, which will be chaired by… Continue reading Adam Freeman Joins ‘Future Of Online’ Line-Up
Traffic was down for all of the national newspaper websites in December, according to the latest data from the ABCe.Guardian Unlimited saw a fall of over 1.5 million unique users*, although with just under 16 million it remains the UK’s busiest national newspaper website. This is the second consecutive month that figures have fallen.The Daily… Continue reading National Newspaper Sites Hit By December Dive
