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Google is integrating barcode scanning into its Android mobile phone operating system.The new application scans barcodes on products and allows users to find out how much the product retails for online, as well as providing links to other online information.Google wrote on its blog: “Today, barcode scanning works best for products like electronics, books, movies,… Continue reading Google launches Android barcode scanner

The ongoing recession is still causing problems for the television market, with all stations recording year on year falls in their revenue totals. The worst hit was Five, with revenue down by 31.5% on April 2008.Following closely behind was Channel 4, with a fall of 25.3%. The broadcaster, which is trying to secure a tie-up… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – April 2009

Redwood’s May/June edition of Your M&S, celebrating the 125 years of Marks & Spencer, has a cover price of just 1p.On sale in-stores now, the magazine’s design and content are also intended to celebrate the nation’s nostalgia for the M&S brand on its birthday.Special content includes an exclusive interview with M&S CEO Stuart Rose, a… Continue reading Your M&S cuts cover price to 1p for anniversary issue

Future, the specialist magazine publisher, has reported an 11% fall in revenue for the six months to the end of March.The company’s revenue was £76.6 million for the period, a 2% year-on-year fall or 11% when the effects of currency exchange are removed.Overall circulation revenues, accounting for 59% of total revenues, were down 10% year… Continue reading Future reports fall in revenue

The north Kent free weekly title the Gravesend, Dartford & Swanley Extra, published by Kent Messenger Group, is relaunching as the Messenger Extra.Messenger Extra will be a single-edition title, replacing the two editions distributed in Gravesend and in Dartford and Swanley.The old door-to-door delivery distribution model will be replaced by a mix of free-to-home delivery,… Continue reading Kent Messenger Group to relaunch free weekly paper

The Daily Telegraph‘s website has seen a big boost in traffic following the MPs’ expenses scandal, according to new data from Hitwise.Hitwise said that 1 in every 756 page views in the UK last week went to a Telegraph property, with the newspaper’s market share of UK pages views (0.13%) the highest it has ever… Continue reading MPs’ expenses scandal boosts traffic to Telegraph website

Google has written a letter to the Office of Fair Trading asking it to relax rules governing UK newspaper mergers.Google said that it would be supportive of publishers wanting to merge with local and regional newspapers to create competition for the search engine and online content aggregators.The OFT is currently reviewing the existing merger rules… Continue reading Google asks OFT to relax newspaper merger rules

Anthony Greenidge, sales and marketing director of ethnic media sales house MEMS, looks at whether current audience research systems are biased against ethnic media…With the next UK census due to start in 2011, current projections for the size of the ethnic population are reaching 7.5 million or 12% of the total UK population, an audience… Continue reading Are audience research systems biased against ethnic media?

talkSPORT owner UTV Media has completed the acquisition of free weekly magazine Sport.The magazine was suspended in April after French parent company Sport Media & Strategie went into administration (see Sport magazine suspends publication).It is understood that Sport will be back on London’s streets on 12 June, with 19 of its 22 UK staff staying… Continue reading UTV Media buys Sport magazine

UKTV has unveiled the logo, idents and ads backing the rebrand of its lifestyle channel, Really, which launches today.Supported with the line “Really. You couldn’t make it up”, the channel launches alongside a new website.Created in a Pop Art style by Red Bee Media, the rebrand includes a new logo, four idents, endboards, break bumpers,… Continue reading UKTV launches lifestyle channel Really