South-of-England news publisher Archant saw digital income in the last six months was 63 percent on the same period last year to an unstated figure - but the overall picture…

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-- Telegraph.co.uk cuts: Does it say anything about the state of the advertising market that Telegraph.co.uk is shedding ad sales staff? MediaWeek says Telegraph.co.uk’s new online sales head Jeff Turner…

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-- Channel 4: The £50 million 4iP digital investment fund, to which C4 is contributing £20 million, has delayed its launch from the planned July to September. Spokesman told MediaWeek:…

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Video firm Roo’s new owner KIT Capital is merging with two other investors - MNA Partners (covering Mid-East and Africa) and River Road Ventures (for U.S. VC) - making an…

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Ashley Norris, co-founder of Shiny Media - probably the UK’s best attempt so far at creating a blog-centric consumer media company - is leaving the outfit to pursue other interests.…

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-- E-Metro: Freesheet Metro is the latest newspaper to roll out a “digital edition”. E-Metro, produced by digital publisher Yudu, tries to replicate the page-turning paradigm of a print newspaper…

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New online video rights-selling intermediary Myvideorights has signed TV producer All3Media amongst the first contributors to its catalogue. The service was launched in March by Kelvin Mackenzie’s son Ashley to…

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-- ITV.com: ITV (LSE: ITV) already has a long tail of sorts on television - it’s called ITV3. But producers had withheld shows like Dempsey & Makepeace and On The…

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You’ve got to admire Sly Bailey’s optimism. Despite profits falling 15 percent in the half-year alone, the Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) CEO told analysts: ”This morning, I’m going to concentrate…

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Despite the worsening economy, BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is getting more customers to part with more cash. In the year to June, it added 92,000, beating expectations, while customer churn hit…

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-- Blinkx: Yet another product launch from the video search index - today it debuted a TV listings guide. Blinkx Remote merely links to programme pages on broadcaster websites. But,…

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Elle publisher Hachette Filipacchi has given acting digital director Anna Jones the role permanently, but has combined it with her previous head of marketing role - the same thing Absolute…

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T-Mobile is planning to launch a video-on-demand service for films and TV shows that can be watched on either a mobile or PC. NMA.co.uk reports that the operator is in…

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Can internet VOD TV ever turn a profit? If the audiences attracted by BBC iPlayer and, increasingly, ITV.com, are anything to go by, they should do soon. But the sub-text…

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-- Mygazines: Little surprise here. Mygazines, a site that encourages magazine readers to scan and share pages from their favourite reads, is being dimly viewed by the Periodical Publishers Association…

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B2B publisher Wilmington has confirmed it has received a takeover approach, following Telegraph.co.uk’s report it is talking with private equity group HgCapital and expects to make a decision in the…

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Is Andrew Keen going soft? The writer’s The Cult Of The Amateur book attracted much derision from Web 2.0 fanatics for its admonishment of their always-on, open-access, user-generated visions of…

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ITV (LSE: ITV) wants to jointly discuss with other broadcasters a way to stop websites from linking to their online programme streams, according to this NMA story that has left…

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Updated: Bennett, Coleman & Co denies any such talks. BC’s UK subsidiary TIML spokesperson: “There is no truth in the rumours.” That’s that, for now. Original post: Is Indian media…

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This has been brought up many times before, and Reuters has even said it that it wants to expand its TV/video activities, though it has denied any attempt to launch…

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Mobile news from our sister site mocoNews.net: -- Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) Mobile: UK publisher Trinity Mirror is developing mobile sites for 2 national newspapers and 12 regional ones, teaming…

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Spain’s Telecinco TV channel has claimed victory in its legal case against YouTube. The formal result is not yet out but, citing “judicial sources”, Telecinco says a Madrid court granted…

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That’s more like it. ITVLocal.com, the broadcaster’s three-year-old regional web initiative that got off to a shaky start and is built on somewhat shaky technology, is to broadcast FA Cup…

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-- Sky: BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has commissioned an online-only weekly fashion video show for its Sky Style fashion portal, the site’s first dedicated web series. Wear It Well will come…

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Mirror.co.uk and Telegraph.co.uk have refreshed their websites this week, just as Guardian.co.uk completes its £15 million, 18-month redesign. Mirror.co.uk gets a shouty, red-top look that’s big on colour and celebrity…

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