More Opinion articles

Following Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp, Simon Andrews, founder of Addictive!, asks how the world’s largest social network is going to make the money that justifies the purchase…

The differences between Twitter and Facebook have an enormous implication for data mining for television, says Mediaocean’s Sarah Lawson Johnston. So what does the future have in store?

If Mike Luckwell thinks it’s worth the effort to try to save Reader’s Digest from an apparently inevitable extinction, it would be best to pay attention – but can he really make a profit from the ‘frisky over 50s’?

The ABC’s combining of print and digital figures is progress for the industry, says Peter Houston, founder of Flipping Pages Media. So why is he left hoping for something else, something more?

Richard Marks of Research The Media argues that Facebook’s ‘Watching with Friends’ report on social TV is long overdue – highlighting that, like television itself, Social TV is a multi-platform phenomenon.

Branded content is at the forefront of the competitive magazine market, says the CMA’s Clare Hill – but how did this happen, and where does it go next?

Is using social media during the TV break a good thing for advertising, or merely a competitive distraction? Media Native’s David Brennan looks at some compelling new evidence…

Has Dominic Mills gone soft? Advertisers branding their charity, environmental or Big Society credentials used to enrage him, but the latest Innocent campaign has made him change his tune. What’s going on?

In his latest Mobile Fix, Simon Andrews, founder of Addictive! takes a look at the rise (and fall) of wearable tech.

The latest ABC release for the July to December 2013 period charts all the trends for the magazine market. Here, Newsline presents expert opinion and analysis from Carat and MediaCom.