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Film Magazine Makes 80-Year Archive Digital
Journalism.co.uk
Sight & Sound has released a new HTML5 digital edition for desktop, iPad and iPhone as well as a native iOS application, which is available through Apple's Newsstand. The title has also digitised its 80-year archive, along with that of sister-title the Monthly Film Bulletin. Subscribers can access all issues published since 1932 via a GBP20 bolt-on. BFI (British Film Institute), which publishes the titles, has launched the new digital and app strategy in order to reach a wider audience and generate more revenue, according to a release.
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Google Preps Tablet TV Campaign In UK
Marketing Magazine
The television activity will follow a press campaign for its Nexus 7 tablet, which was halted after stocks for the 16GB version ran out. It is understood Google was prevented from launching another high-profile press campaign once stock levels had been replenished because Metro's cover wraps had been all bought up by Adidas during the Olympics. Google has previously run TV advertising in the US for the Nexus 7 with an execution featuring a father and a son, which used the tagline "the playground is open".
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UK Site Lets Kids Find Mates For Parents
Huffington Post UK
British sons and daughters can sign up their single parents and create an online profile for them. They can then search the site for people they think would be perfect for their parent and "recommend" standout profiles to their lovelorn 'rents. Automatic emails with their kid's suggestions are sent to the parents, and who knows? A love connection could happen! The start up is still in beta and accepting requests for invitations when it goes live in September.
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Antileaks Attack Russia Today For Wikileaks Support
The Drum
The Russian English language news service has been subject to a DDoS attack by a group calling themselves Antileaks in an apparent protest at their support for the renegade Australian. The group claimed responsibility for attacking the "government funded and controlled propaganda machine" which has been giving the Assange case saturation coverage.
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37% In UK Favor Online Pornography Block
The Telegraph
UK adults would lend their support to the controversial plan for ISPs to actively block adult websites, forcing people to opt-in to access such sites, says a survey commissioned by mobile phone website, Recombu.com, for The Telegraph. The Government is currently carrying out a consultation on the matter, which the majority of ISPs strenuously oppose. The survey, which polled 2,000 UK adults, also found that just under a quarter of people would not support the Government in such a strategy.
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