Many mainstream media firms in the US are missing a trick when it comes to Twitter, using the micro-blogging services as a one-way broadcast platform, rather than to engage users and peers in conversation, according to a new study.
Just 38% of Brits now believe what they read in newspapers, as the phone-hacking scandal that recently struck the Sunday tabloid News of the World has ‘corroded’ trust in the media, a study has claimed.
Newspaper The Australian has launched its digital subscription service this week with a three month free trial offer for all readers, as owner News Corp continues its paid content digital strategy.
Newspaper publishers who want to create an engaged community of readers have to ensure that all the content on their site is published to strict journalist and community guidelines, even content fed from social media platforms. Tamara Littleton, CEO of social media management agency, eModeration, advises on how this can be done.
Facebook is set to unveil a real-time stream of what its users are watching and listening to online with a new ‘ticker’ tool, according to a new report.
Online has become the place to go to learn about, research and purchase new game titles, according to a new survey of UK gamers conducted by YouGov.
Russian search giant Yandex has bought The Tweeted Times a startup venture, which allows individuals to create custom online ‘newspapers” from their Twitter accounts.
In June 2011, a total of 167.2 million unique visitors went to Newspaper properties in Europe, up 11% from a year ago, with the UK’s Daily Mail leading the way, according to new research.
The UK’s Court of Appeal has ruled newspapers should be paid by news monitoring agencies that use their online content, upholding a previous ruling against news aggregator Meltwater that said users of the service would require a Newspaper Licensing Authority license.
As the Sunday newspaper world is turned upside down, The British Population Survey (BPS) has been looking at the profile of the NoTW readership and where they are likely to go next for their Sunday reading.