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Bauer Media has appointed Dasha Zhukova as editor-in-chief of POP magazine, which has recently moved to new offices in London and Berlin.Zhukova, the co-founder of fashion label Kova & T and Roman Abramovich’s girlfriend, is set to work alongside editorial director Ashley Heath, who co-launched POP in 2000.She replaces Katie Grand, the founding editor of… Continue reading Bauer appoints Zhukova as new editor of POP

AOL is launching a new classifieds website that will allow consumers to search through millions of local classifieds listings for every postcode in the UK.AOL Classifieds has been developed in partnership with Oodle, which operates the largest network of classifieds services in the US.Sellers are able to promote their listings by leveraging the reach of… Continue reading AOL launches classifieds website

Microsoft has signed a deal with NBC Universal to expand the film hosting service on its XBox 360 games console.The deal will enable Xbox users to download a choice of 30 Universal movies and watch them in high-definition.Universal follows Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros in agreeing Xbox movie deals with Microsoft.Microsoft has also announced plans… Continue reading NBC Universal signs Xbox 360 movie deal

BT is in talks with Channel 4 over a possible merger of its television subsidiary BT Vision with the broadcaster.Luke Johnson, chairman of Channel 4, said he would fully support a merger between Channel 4 and BT Vision, according to a report in the Sunday Telegraph.Johnson said that a merger offered a “certain logic”. “A… Continue reading BT in merger talks with Channel 4

Investor Peter Thiel has revealed that Facebook was in takeover talks with Twitter last autumn, although disagreements over price and structure scuppered a deal.Twitter would have been paid for with Facebook stock, however, the two sides could not agree on a valuation of the company.In 2007, Microsoft bought preferred stock in Facebook valuing the company… Continue reading Facebook tried to buy Twitter

The National Magazine Company is set to cut its UK workforce by 15%, around 100 jobs, in a bit to reduce costs as the economic downturn continues.The magazine publisher, which is home to 20 titles including Good Housekeeping and Esquire, said the redundancies will affect all areas of its UK business, including both editorial and… Continue reading NatMags to slash 15% of UK workforce

Project Canvas, the joint venture to bring catch-up from the PC to the TV by BBC, ITV and BT, is set to cost £24 million to get up and running.BBC, ITV and BT hope to provide an open technology service so that viewers with Freesat or Freeview and a broadband connection can access catch-up and… Continue reading Project Canvas startup to cost £24m

ITV1’s Billy Connolly series Journey to the Edge of the World just pipped BBC One’s Crimewatch to the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak slot.The second episode of the comedian’s journey through the remote regions of Canada pulled in 4.3 million average viewers and a 18.3% share, however, Crimewatch managed to the… Continue reading ITV1’s Billy Connolly picks up the peak-time ratings

Google is set to start placing advertising against search results on Google News in a bid to generate more revenue.The search giant plans to serve text ads next to headlines, which are delivered from more than 4,500 global news sites for the Google News service, in an attempt to generate income from all sources of… Continue reading Google set to serve ads in news results

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