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Jim Marshall reviews the trials and tribulations of the press during the past year, but says it might just be that we will look back on 2012 as a year when newspapers became resurgent…

The daily newspaper market saw circulation figures fall -1.8% PoP and -6.8% YoY in November. Just two dailies posted an increase in sales – the Daily Mail and i.

Greg Grimmer looks back at 2011 – Facebook’s ever-increasing IPO valuation, Stephen Haines’ move from Earlsfield to Monaco, the royal media wedding and the News of the World fiasco, right through to December’s silly season in Fitzrovia…

While we have all been fixated by the daily mayhem oozing out from the Leveson Committee another potentially more important inquiry has been moving at its usual, seemingly glacial, speed towards an outcome.

BARB’s future focus is on measuring viewing on other devices. It is adding web TV measurement to a further 1000 panel homes next year and this could be the point at which it can start reporting on viewing through laptops and PCs.

The Financial Times now earns more from consumers through subscription revenue than advertising, delegates at the Ignition conference were told.

New research launched today (1st December) by IPC Media has found that 50% of consumers think that advertising on premium content sites is well matched to the sites. This compares to 28% for portal sites and 30% for social networking sites.

With the return of ‘I’m a Celebrity’ and the likes of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ pulling in the Saturday night ratings, British fascination with celebrity culture is as fixed as ever.

Anyone with even a vague interest in the future of newspapers should pause for a moment and ponder the fate of two small newspapers in Kent – the Medway News and the East Kent Gazette.

Ping! 9.50am Last Friday an email hits my inbox from the National Readership Survey (NRS).

To say it was eagerly awaited may be a slight exaggeration but nonetheless I had a deadline and my editor’s strict on time.