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FT Explains How It Reached Digital Milestone
The Guardian
Herein, the relevant statistics of John Ridding's "growth story": the FT's combined paid-for print and digital circulation during the three months up to June this year was 598,698, up 2% year on year (and, incidentally, the largest daily audience in the FT's 124-year history). Breaking that down, the average global print circulation was 297,227 compared to the digital circulation of 301,471. It meant that the number of digital subscribers increased by 31% in that April-June quarter compared to the same period in 2011.
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Police Probe 5 Online Abuse Cases Daily
Belfast Telegraph
Threats, sectarian abuse and offensive comments are among dozens of incidents reported to the police in Northern Ireland each week, underlining the growing menace posed by cyber bullies. Dozens of high-profile celebrities have been targeted in recent months, including Celtic boss Neil Lennon, footballer Stan Collymore and TV presenter Eamonn Holmes. Police confirmed it had received 1,818 complaints in the 12 months to April this year - an average of five every day - with most relating to Facebook.
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From Altar To Toilet, UK Ladies Shop Online
Yahoo
The study by online retailer Very.co.uk showed increased usage of smartphones and tablets has not only given women the chance to shop whenever and wherever they feel, but has also meant they turn to social media to ask friends what they should purchase. The company interviewed 1,000 women with 37% admitting to shopping while in bed and another 37% confessing to making purchases online when they should be working. Thirty-three percent have been shopping online during their commute, while 18% said they had made purchases while using the toilet and a shocking 3% have slyly bought items online while at a friend's wedding.
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Twitter Faces Ethics Questions After Guy Adams Mess
The Guardian
The most toxic aspect of the affair was the whiff of a commercial incentive. Adams was blocked after he posted a succession of tweets heavily critical of NBC for its tape-delayed broadcasts of the Olympics. When it was revealed that Twitter and NBC had entered into a business partnership for the Games, and that Twitter had tipped off the TV network to Adams's tweets, prompting the complaint that would lead to his suspension, the Twittersphere turned blue with rage.
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Companies Getting Gun-Shy About Twitter
The Telegraph
A new study, shown exclusively to The Sunday Telegraph, has found that investment in social media marketing by financial services companies has declined sharply since the end of 2011. In the fourth quarter of 2011, 22% of businesses polled in the sector were investing in social media marketing. This figure fell to 8.5% in the first quarter of 2012 and to 6% by the second quarter. Pearlfinders, a major business research company, spoke to more than 5,000 marketeers around the world about their budgets.
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UK Retailer Gives Shoppers Free WiFi In Stores
Daily Deal Media
Maplin, a specialist retailer of consumer electronics with network of 200 stores in the UK and Ireland, is set to start offering free Wi-Fi access. The company, which has signed a deal with Wi-Fi provider The Cloud for this initiative, expects to activate the same by the end of this month. Referring to a research from On Device Research, released in February this year, Maplin highlighted that 60% of shoppers have used the mobile Internet while in stores. Also, 78% would use free Wi-Fi in stores if it was offered.
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British Online Media Invade U.S.
Geo.TV
Even though US news organizations are widely respected around the world, the Brits are peeling away American readers. According to data from research firm comScore, the tabloid Daily Mail's Mail Online overtook The New York Times last year as the world's biggest newspaper website and held the top spot in June with 44.7 million visitors. Separate data from Web analytics site Alexa.com showed that The Guardian and BBC websites among the top 15 news sites, holding their own among CNN, Yahoo! News and others.
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