The NUJ has revealed that it is seeking to reduce postage costs of its magazine, The Journalist. In an email to members, the NUJ asked if some would prefer receiving the magazine as an online edition, in order to cut down on these postage costs. Effectiveness would be reviewed after a year. The news comes days after it was revealed that the NUJ has voted to increase its subscription rate; coming into effect from November.

The worm has been tricking the users to click on the instant message saying "lol is this your new profile pic?" and directs them to download a file that includes a Trojan horse malware. The infected computers will steal log-in and password data and will be used to access several websites that include Facebook,Twitter, Google, PayPal, NetFlix and various other services.

The Financial Times offered staff a host of panel discussions and presentations, as well as more practical masterclasses, on topics covering five main themes: social media, mobile, digital advertising, data analytics and other digital trends in the media industry. The FT's corporate communications manager Emily Gibbs told Journalism.co.uk that it is hoped that the wider project "will create a legacy of digital learning and upskilling our staff in all things digital and social media".

Available to Spotify Premium members via Samsung's Smart Hub, the user interface has been specifically tailored to make it easier to use on the larger screen. The app is already available on the Virgin Media cable TV platform and has initially launched on Samsung Series 7 and Series 8 Smart TVs, with plans to expand across rest of the range at the end of the month, in an effort to reach the company's key objective of providing music across a multitude of platforms.

Publishers IPC Media declined to comment on what content will be paywalled, but a report on Media Week said that a "number of videos" will be available in a "Nuts VIP section" on the website "that have been created by the title's editorial team and are available on a pay-per-view basis". Publishing director Jo Smalley said: "Driving publishing revenues in the digital age is an increasing priority".

With every new set of usage and advertising stats it becomes harder and harder to argue with that statement. Today, figures from PwC (via IAB UK) show that online video ad spend in the UK rose 43% to GBP69.8 million in the first half of 2012, accounting for 12% of online and mobile ad spend compared to nine percent in 2011.

By digitising its content, IWM is making its collection available worldwide via its Collections Search facility. The portal will enable public access to a searchable archive for the first time. As BBC Studios and Post Production's Digital Media Services team delivers each film, the museum will also be able to monetise its content through making the films available on their Imperial War Museum Film Sales Site.

Despite the difficult UK economy, advertising on the internet and mobile phones increased, like-for-like*, by 12.6% to a record six-month high of GBP2.59 billion in the first half of 2012- up by over GBP294 million from GBP2.30 billion in the first half of 2011, according to the latest Internet Advertising Bureau UK (IAB) advertising expenditure report, conducted by PwC. Mobile up 132% to GBP181.5 million; video up 43% to GBP69.8 million. Banners in social media up 36% to GBP134.2 million FMCG joins Finance as biggest digital display advertiser - accounting for nearly one-third combined.

As the slow rollout of the National Broadband Network continues, an OECD study has found Australia has one of the lowest rates of fibre internet connection in the developed world. Despite the low availability of fibre internet, the study shows Australians are among the highest users of social media online but rated comparatively low in online commerce. A report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development found Australia ranked 25th for use of fibre to the home or building as the preferred method of broadband.

As many as eight in ten UK Internet users have a profile on at least one social media website, according to a new poll by InSites Consulting, quoted by The Drum. Facebook is the most popular social network, with more than two in three internt users active on the platform. Twitter comes next with 28% of all users, followed by 26% on LinkedIn. Continuing smartphone adoption is one of the factors that determine increased use of social media.