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The latest US e-commerce spending figures for the third quarter of 2007, newly released by comScore, show that retail e-commerce increased 23% versus year ago to $28.4 billion. Third Quarter US E-Commerce Spending, Excludes Auctions And Large Corporate Purchases Q3 2007 v Q3 2006 Total US – Home/Work/University Locations    Q3 2006 (MM) Q3 2007… Continue reading Third Quarter US Retail E-Commerce Grows 23%

Last night’s Panorama Special, looking at the kidnap and release after four months in captivity of BBC reporter Alan Johnston, won the 9pm ratings war last night, with a peak of 3.1 million adult viewers (a 16.3% share of the audience).The show had an average of three million adult viewers (a 15.4% share) who stuck… Continue reading 3.1 Million Watch Alan Johnston Kidnap Doco

The NRS has released the first set of Time Spent Reading data, revealing that a weekday (Monday-Friday) issue of a daily newspaper is read for an average of 40 minutes.The average Saturday newspaper is read for an average of 60 minutes, with 42% of readers spending an hour or more.The data also shows that the… Continue reading NRS Releases First Set Of Time Spent Reading Data

The Times‘ online offering has overtaken the Daily Mail and the Sun‘s websites to become the second busiest newspaper site in the UK in September, according to latest figures from the ABCe.Following an almost 22.5% increase in traffic, Times Online recorded its highest ever unique user* figure of over 12.5 million for the month, an… Continue reading More Users For Times Online Than The Daily Mail And The Sun’s Websites

BT Vision, BT’s next-generation TV service, is stepping up its customer communications activity with the launch of On magazine.On is a high-quality, 52-page, bi-monthly magazine that will arrive through the letter boxes of BT Vision households in November.The mag highlights the best film, TV, sport, music and kids entertainment on BT Vision, and also shows… Continue reading BT Vision Launches New Customer Magazine

Microsoft has agreed to invest $240 million (£117 million) in social networking website Facebook, placing a $15 billion value on it. The investment, which was accompanied by the signing of a key advertising deal, gives Microsoft a 1.6% stake in the online social utility. The companies already had a US-only strategic alliance that named Microsoft… Continue reading Microsoft Invests In Facebook

The US audience for mobile video is growing at an impressive rate, according to the latest figures from M:Metrics. At eight million in August, the total audience for those who viewed mobile video, either from the carrier deck or video content sent by a friend or family member, grew by 34% from January of this… Continue reading US Mobile Video Audience Growing

The latest RAJAR results for Q3 2007 show that BBC Radio 2 once again had the highest weekly reach of the national stations, of more than 13 million listeners, up more than 2% year on year.Radio 4, however, was down by more than 2% year on year and quarter on quarter, taking its reach to… Continue reading BBC Radio 2 Boosts Weekly Reach To Over 13 Million Listeners Nation-Wide

The weekly reach of all commercial stations declined by 2.4% period on period for all demographic groups, although it was up more than 1% year on year.The BBC’s weekly reach across all demographics was also down period on period, by more than 1%, although like commercial it enjoyed a year on year increase, of just… Continue reading Weekly Reach Declines Across Demographic Groups

Aegis Group has announced the acquisition of Genesis Media in Canada. Genesis has gross assets of US $16.2m. Founded in 1992, Genesis Media is an independent media agency with a particular presence in the Western Canada region. It has a diversified service offering, including CRM, digital, direct and data analytics. Aegis Media said that the… Continue reading Aegis Acquires Genesis Media