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Facebook is set to replace its advertising terms and conditions with a new ‘statement of rights and responsibilities’ with input from its users.The move comes after a mass of user complaints over how the social networking site users their data – in a bid to appease them, Facebook has said it will offer users an… Continue reading Facebook to replace advertising T&Cs

Trinity Mirror has made 1,200 people redundant and closed 27 newspaper titles since the start of last year, the company said today.The national and regional newspaper publisher was forced to close 27 titles over the course of last year and sell another four newspapers, and has not been able to rule out the possibility of… Continue reading Trinity Mirror cuts 1,200 jobs in 14 months

AOP has appointed Tim Faircliff, general manager of consumer media at Thomson Reuters, as the new co-chair to take up the role from March 2009 until March 2010.Faircliff will work with current co-chair Alison Reay, who was appointed in October 2008.Faircliff leads the sales, marketing and development of Thomson Reuters’ multimedia news and information products… Continue reading AOP appoints new co-chair

Guardian.co.uk is set to launch its first optimised mobile site, following an increase in mobile users visiting the website.The site, which will be named M.guardian.co.uk, will be relaunched next month and is expected to be optimised for all phones including the Apple’s iPhone and the BlackBerry, according to reports.The Guardian hopes its new mobile content… Continue reading Guardian is set to relaunch mobile site

STV Group’s TV ad revenue rose 11% year on year in 2008, giving it 22% of the Scottish ad market. The group, formerly known as SMG, also saw broadcast sponsorship revenue increase by 50% year on year. Its cinema advertising business, Pearl & Dean, which has been up for sale since September 2006, will be… Continue reading STV ad revenue up 11% in 2008

Trinity Mirror reported a 22% fall in operating profit in 2008, down to £145.2 million from £186.4 million the previous year. The group cut its dividend, warning that advertising has fallen around 30% in the first two months of 2009. Revenues from retained businesses were down 6.5% to £871.7 million, down from £932.3 million. January… Continue reading Trinity Mirror reports fall in operating profit

The average American watches more than 151 hours of TV per month, while those who watch video on the internet consume three hours online, according to data from The Nielsen Company. The Nielsen Q4 A2/M2 Three Screen Report also reveals that those who watch video on their mobile phone or other device do so nearly… Continue reading Average American watches more than 151 hours of TV per month

Channel 4’s Grand Designs pulled in the highest ratings during the all-important peak hour last night, racing ahead of ITV1’s live coverage of the FA Cup Football.The fifth episode of the popular house-building series with Kevin McCloud pulled in an impressive 4.4 million peak viewers and a 17.6% average audience share, well ahead of the… Continue reading Grand Designs comes up trumps

After a slow end to the year which saw all National Newspaper websites bar the Sun Online lose users, there has been a huge increase in users over the month of January. According to data released by ABCe, 2009 brought record numbers to the seven national newspaper websites it audits.Guardian.co.uk saw yet another record month… Continue reading ABCe: January sees more record traffic

The latest regional ABC figures, for July to December 2008, show that the Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper is Britain’s top regional title.In the top ten regional newspaper groups, Northcliffe Media Group – Free titles remains well ahead of other regional publishers, with more than 2.6 million copies.Regional Newspaper GroupsJust two of the top ten… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: July-December 2008