Tom Mockridge, News International’s new chief executive, has told staff that numbers will be reduced and there will be discussions with editors about the use of casual staff.
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David Brennan, former research director at Thinkbox and Newsline columnist, has been appointed as a principal consultant to Adalyser.
News International is set to sell its Wapping site, the headquarters of its UK operations for 25 years.
TV is moving to the cloud, according to TechCrunch. Although the industry will resist change, it is inevitable – and positive. It will allow viewers to find and share new content and consume television in a different way.
Almost one in three mobile users believe their phone will become their primary entertainment device in the future as well as play a big role in managing their social lives, according to new research from Experian Simmons.
The X-Factor returned to ITV1 on Saturday night, repeating its success of last week with a peak audience of 10.2 million viewers.
David Fieldhouse, co-founder and strategy director at Linking Mobile, says QR is on the rise and is here to stay. Companies must consider relevance before they use QR for their brands, but the benefits are now big enough to take the plunge…
The latest report from Ericsson ConsumerLab shows a rise in on-demand viewing figures, while people are spending less time watching scheduled broadcast television.
So this year’s Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival was all about Google; Google and convergence. Eric Schmidt was the first non-broadcast industry speaker to deliver the MacTaggart lecture. But it wasn’t all boffins – there was a lot of luvving too!
I have been following the Athletics World Championships this week, as I am sure many of you have too. I hadn’t realised until I went to tune in for the first time that Channel 4 had snaffled this from the Beeb – and taken Michael Johnson with them.
