Executives from the new blogging service Ghost, and rap tv channel SBTV, have been named in fifth and second place in a top 10 list of the most influential young people in digital media published by "The Guardian." The top ten featured mainly journalists and bloggers but ex WordPress exec Hannah Wolfe, CTO of Ghost, reached number five for providing the technology behind the new, simple-to-use blogging service. Perhaps most noteworthy for advertising executives was the second place awarded to the huge rising star in online youth television, Jamal Edwards. Eight years after receiving a camcorder as a Christmas present, …

"Daily Mirror" owner Trinity Mirror's results show that rising fortunes in digital are still being offset by a decline in print. Although unique viewers to its national and regional newspapers soared by 60% to 41m per month and digital display has risen by 30%, the company's overall turnover was still down 6%, with a pre-tax (pre adjustments) loss of GBP160m. The company is living proof of how difficult it is for traditional household names in print publishing to monetize growing digital audiences sufficiently to make up for declines in national and local newspaper circulations and advertising revenues. Chief Executive Simon …