As newsbrands experiment with new business models and witness real success, there is one heavyweight owner of top-notch newsbrands which continues to sit on its hands. It’s now time for News UK to nail its colours to the mast with real user and readership numbers says Raymond Snoddy.
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The results of the Tablet Project are expected to help define the key benchmarks for newsbrand tablet ads, as well as create first-stage industry norms.
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The latest ABC regional newspaper results paint a familiar picture with both the Regional Groups and Regional Titles down with few seeing any growth at all.
Sport will be distributed with the Evening Standard every Thursday evening, as well as continuing its own Friday morning distribution.