The launch of the iPad, and later Apple’s Newsstand, marked the beginning of a rare period of tech-fueled optimism for the magazine industry – but after some high-profile flops, was this misguided? Peter Houston, founder of Flipping Pages Media, finds out.
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A huge spat is taking place in the US between CBS and Time Warner, with millions of customers losing out – and despite the differences between the US and UK broadcast industries, the row highlights some serious concerns much closer to home says Raymond Snoddy.
The openness of the Smart TV platform and the ease with which apps can be created is presenting new opportunities for newsbrands – but is there a genuine future for TV text news? Dan Brilot, Media Consulting Director at YouGov finds out.
It’s silly season and news is drying up – so it’s a good job Research the Media’s Richard Marks is on hand to share his top ten ways to derive whatever meaning you like from figures that should really be telling a different story.
The process of making ads can be so full-on that it’s easy to be oblivious to real-world events, says Dominic Mills – and after some high profile disasters in recent weeks, including the Marmite TV ad and the Home Office’s ‘Go Home’ poster campaign, advertisers need to learn from their mistakes.
Rovi’s Jeff Siegel looks at some of the latest advertising techniques that broadcasters should be throwing into the mix to help boost programme viewing.
Few people are getting mobile ads right, but Facebook is bucking the trend says Addictive!’s Simon Andrews. Their new results showed a fantastic performance – $656m in mobile ad revenue – up from virtually nothing a year ago. Why this success?
Nick Reid, Managing Director of TubeMogul UK, looks at how agencies must adapt to look at video holistically, just like their consumers do.
What were the people involved in the Home Office’s controversial “go home” mobile billboards thinking when they helped produce them? From the agency to the billposter suppliers, Route’s James Whitmore asks why we too often hide away from ethical decisions.
After the shock sale of the Washington Post, Raymond Snoddy asks why should Jeff Bezos, the multi-billionaire founder of Amazon and a West coast citizen of the new world be interested in a fading symbol of the old world?