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Independent, Evening Standard Out With BB10 Apps
The Drum
The Independent and London Evening Standard have announced the launch of new apps for the Blackberry 10. The apps for the new smartphone,which launched yesterday, allow users to see the latest in news, sport, comment and lifestyle; as well as being able to share stories through BBM, Twitter and Facebook. This comes as the Guardian also announces the launch of a new app for the Blackberry 10, which will allow users to catch up on news, watch videos and listen to podcasts.
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Guardian CEO: Responsive Sites Now Table Stakes
Nieman Lab
The Guardian's global ambitions are happening as the company, like others in the news industry, is facing serious financial pressures. Justin Ellis had a chance to speak with Guardian CEO Andrew Miller about his company's international ambitions, from interactive news in the U.S. to advertising opportunities in Australia. Here's a lightly edited transcript of the conversation.
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Digital Radio Listening Still On Way Up
The Drum
The share of digital radio listening has grown to 33% according to the latest RAJAR figures for the fourth quarter of 2012, with mobile radio listening up by 28%. The latest radio listening figures have seen radio listening on any digital platform grow from 14% in Q4 of 2011 to 33% within a year, while the average listen is said to turn into radio for 22.1 hours of radio each week, with 90 percent of the UK population, up by around 340,000 adults, are said to have tuned in on a weekly basis at some stage.
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HMV Workers Live-Tweet Sackings
Red Rocket Media
Employees of the high-street brand HMV used Twitter to confirm they were being sacked today (January 31st), sky.com reports. They live-tweeted the event via the brand's official Twitter page, under the @HMVtweets handle. The first tweet read: "We're tweeting live from HR where we're all being fired! Exciting!! #hmvXFactorFiring". Although the social media content has since been deleted, other tweets appeared from the mystery tweeter - stating that the staff felt forced to make the situation public after being treated so poorly.
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Sky Opens Premier League Content To All
The Drum
Sky is to offer Premier League football content to non-subscribers for the first time via its internet TV service Now TV. The move means viewers can watch Sky Sports content on a pay-per-view basis from this spring, paying GBP9.99 for unlimited access to all six channels for 24 hours. The satellite broadcaster launched Now TV last July in a bid to net some of the 13 million UK homes of homes without pay TV subscriptions.
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Football Extra Vies With Future's Digital Mag
Press Gazette
The publishers of monthly title Racing Ahead are believed to be behind a new weekly football newspaper. It is the second new weekly UK football publication to be announced in the space of a week. According to distributors Intermedia, Football Extra will go on sale Thursday 7 February for the first time, priced GBP1.50. According to Intermedia it will be based in Liverpool and edited by former Sun journalist Steve Mullen who will lead a 10-strong editorial team.
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