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A poll has revealed that the majority of the public believe that investigative journalism has a positive effect on democracy – yet does it have a future in a time of flagging newspaper sales and uncertain business models?

Public Wi-Fi is no longer a Cinderella technology, says GfK’s Colin Strong, but one which is now seen to confer strategic advantage and an increasingly important means for brands to engage with consumers.

As the debate rages over the rights and wrongs of online music streaming, Kantar Media’s Anna Gunn pauses to examine the actual users – explaining their behaviours and motivations.

Can advertising shrug off its outmoded garbs and ‘go native’? Author Simon Pont looks at some of the best examples and argues that the future of content is looking very bright – so long as it can give people something they want.

After AdBlock writes an open letter to Twitter drawing up an ‘Acceptable Advertising’ code, Dominic Mills asks if we are about to enter a new phase in the fight for the heart and soul of the online world.

The 21st century media planner faces a raft of taxing questions, but some emerging technologies are about to make their lives much easier, says Yummi’s AJ Simpson.

This week Simon Andrews, founder of Addictive!, takes a look at some Christmas-themed technology trends and explains the advantages to Google’s recent policy change that has sparked protests from users…

Last week the RAB unveiled a new study demonstrating that brands using radio for advertising get almost eight times the return on investment. Here, the RAB’s MD, Simon Redican, makes the case for a change in spend.

Too many people in the media are guilty of taking local newspapers for granted, Says Raymond Snoddy – but the local press is always with us and has admirably stood out from the crowd in recent weeks.

Peter Houston, founder of Flipping Pages Media, investigates the reasons behind the growing backlash against a format that was touted earlier in the year as the saviour of the marketing business.