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The Financial Times is yet to sign up to Apple’s new in-app purchasing terms, despite publishers being forced to agree or quit iOS next month.

As publishers sign up to Apple’s iPad subscription model and ABC announces plans to start putting digital subscriptions towards a title’s rate base (even if the electronic version differs from the print version), the New York Times asks, what is an iPad magazine reader really worth?

Trinity Mirror suffered a 10% drop in advertising sales during the first four months of the year amid difficult trading conditions.

Aegis has posted a 16.3% YoY increase in total group revenues for Q1 2011 on a reported basis. Organic group revenue, excluding the effects of currency movements, acquisitions and disposals, was up +9.1% in the first quarter, compared to the prior year.

ITV family net advertising revenues (NAR) grew 12% in Q1, while group revenues were up 11% to £500 million, marginally ahead of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BoAML) forecast of £494 million. ITV’s positive results were driven by stronger growth in external content.

Following Microsoft’s announcement yesterday of an $8.5bn deal to buy Skype, there are two lines of analysis from commentators today – the price and the next steps.

According to new research from IHS iSuppli, worldwide shipments of 3D TVs are expected to increase 463% in 2011, reaching 23.4 million units.

As ITV publishes Q1 interim results today, Adam Crozier, chief executive, has admitted to a difficult Q2 for the broadcaster.

David Gilbertson, the chief executive of business-to-business publisher Emap, whose properties include Broadcast, Retail Week, Cannes Lions and BRAD, is to leave the company after three years.

The number of social media posts about Osama bin Laden’s death eclipsed those of the royal wedding and the Japanese earthquake yesterday.