The last major paywall experiment in the regional press was at the Wolverhampton-based Express and Star. It was scrapped after nine months in January 2012. Johnston Press trialled paywalls at six of its titles in early 2010, but scrapped the experiment and continued with the free to air online model which is followed by the vast majority of regional titles.

In 2012, Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks and forums, accounted for 22% of time online at the computer, compared to 25% in 2011, the tracking firm Experian said. Entertainment services, such as YouTube and the BBC iPlayer, meanwhile expanded to occupy 15% of time online last year, compared to 13% the previous year. News websites also benefited and attracted 5% of attention, compared to 4% a year earlier.

The Swedish start-up, which has more than 24 million active users, has also gone live in Asia - in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Launches in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Iceland mean the service is now accessible in a total of 28 countries. Spotify is the leader in music streaming globally, but analysts expect Apple to make its move soon.

Broadcaster UTV has promoted Morgane Campioni to the role of head of online channels as it looks to drive multiplatform content output. Campioni, who was formerly executive producer of online channels, will be responsible for managing all UTV Television's digital content services. The Northern Ireland-based broadcaster claims website traffic has more than doubled in the last year, taking the total to over 50,000 daily unique visitors and generating over 9 milliion monthly page impressions.

A survey has found that 68% of the UK's biggest print publications do not display their websites effectively on mobile and tablet devices. The worst performing group surveyed by digital advertising company Vibrant Media was the women's weeklies where less than a quarter - 22.4% - of titles had effective website display. Some 27% of general monthlies, 30.8% of the general weeklies, 37.5% of women's weeklies were said to display their websites well on mobile.

Guardian News and Media today opened a new platform allowing readers to contribute text, videos and pictures to its website. GuardianWitness, which has been launched in partnership with mobile phone network EE, is encouraging people from around the world to contribute story ideas and content. The new platform is available as an app for iPhones and Android mobiles as well as a website. The platform will also set readers assignments for certain weeks, which will take the form of "exclusive competitions".

After a two-year inquiry, theEuropean Commission has accepted Google's proposed settlement, according to two people briefed on the agreement who spoke anonymously because the proposal was not yet public. Google will not have to change the algorithm that produces its search results, the people said. Under the proposal, Google agrees to clearly label search results from its own properties, like Google Plus Local or Google News, and in some cases to show links from rival search engines.

Speaking at Digital Media Europe, a three-day conference taking place in London, Andy Wiedlin, BuzzFeed's chief revenue officer, today provided a behind-the-scenes look at how the site, which he said had 40 million unique users last month, operates. In the same way that television advertisements are created to tell a good story, so too should advertising on websites, Wiedlin said. "If you are an advertiser, stop interrupting people," he urged, arguing against banner ads.

German magazine publisher Hubert Burda Media has reached a multi-faceted licensing deal with F+W Media to distribute the Burda Style brand and website in the US and Canada. Burda Style USA will be developed as an integrated business model, encompassing the print magazine, online website and community, e-commerce, education services, video content, events, books and e-books.

The graphs are from the Guardian, courtesy of Anthony Sullivan, the paper's group product manager for core journalism products. Sullivan was a panellist at last week's Press Gazette News on the Move conference and was due to show the graphs during a session. When the audio visual didn't work, he explained what the audience would have seen. But here they are, presented by Jon Bernstein, who chaired the panel.