July was an interesting month for the national newspaper market, with the hackgate scandal dominating headlines and the closure of News International’s long-running Sunday tabloid News of the World.
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The natural hierarchy of things in the national newspaper market has changed. In most markets a hungrier number two can eventually wear down a market leader. In the newspaper market this can take decades – it really is a war of attrition and in this particular case it is between two heavyweight sluggers.
Viewing figures began to move away from the News for the first time this week as the riots in Britain began to die down.
David Cameron is considering blocking social networks and messaging services such as Twitter and BBM to stop people communicating during riots or any future unrest. What do you think?
As predicted, research conducted by Gartner has shown smartphone sales continued to grow, with worldwide sales equating for 25% of the 438.7 million mobile phones sold worldwide in Q2.
Charles Norrie responds to Raymond Snoddy: Unlike Mr Snoddy, I rejoiced at the end of the News of the World, only marred by the sickening display of its editor and staff when the last paper was produced.
News Corporation has reported full-year operating income of $4.98 billion (£3.08 billion) – up 12% on last year – driven by the success of television and cable network programming.
Richard Nicholls, The Future Foundation, on personal image management as the new currency…
For the third day in a row this week, the BBC News at Ten has gained the highest ratings in the country as the UK-wide riots continue.
Apple’s game-changing film streaming service has suffered a major setback with a lack of film distributors signing licensing deals.
