• Pew: Two-Thirds of Web Users Buy Online Content by Mark Walsh

    The paid-content model made a comeback of sorts in 2010 as newspapers, broadcasters and other types of media companies started or resumed charging fees for access to their Internet and mobile offerings. The New York Times in January will begin charging for unlimited use of its site for readers who don't have a paper subscription. ...Read the whole story

  • Online Ad Revenue to Grow 10% in 2011, S&P Predicts by Erik Sass

    Online advertising revenue and online retail spending will both grow by 10% in 2011, according to the latest forecast from S&P Equity Research, which also issued predictions about major players and the industry as a whole -- not all of them rosy. ...Read the whole story

  • Judge Allows Photographer To Sue AFP, Getty, Others Over Use Of Twitpic Photos by Wendy Davis

    Photographer Daniel Morel did not grant media companies a blanket license to publish his pictures of the earthquake in Haiti by linking to them on Twitter, a court has ruled. The decision, issued this week by U.S. District Court Judge William Pauley III in New York, clears the way for Morel to proceed with a copyright infringement lawsuit against the wire service Agence France Presse, Getty Images and other media companies including CBS and Turner Broadcasting System. ...Read the whole story

  • Online Media Daily's 10 Top Stories Of 2010 by John Capone

    The list of 10 most-read stories in Online Media Daily this year is dominated by tales of developments at Facebook and research into social media. However, the top slot (and in fact, this was the single most-read of all MediaPost stories this year) belongs to Joe Mandese's report on a leaked mobile ad program at Apple that might well go on to be known as "iAd," Mandese speculated at the time. ...Read the whole story

  • trends 'Facebook' Most-Searched Term In 2010, 'Facebook Login' No. 2, Followed Closely By 'Facebook.com' by John Capone

    Giving (perhaps frightening) insight into the way many people use search engines, Hitwise has tabulated its annual list of the most frequently used search terms. "Facebook" topped the list for the second year running, and "Facebook Login" moved up from No. 9 to No. 2. "Facebook.com" made it into the top 10 for the first time, ranking as the sixth-most-used search term, and at No. 9 is -- you guessed it -- "www.facebook. com." So, we can conclude that four of the top ten most-searched terms were actually people attempting to log into Facebook ...Read the whole story

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