Ninety percent of Europe's most affluent own at least one mobile internet device, be it a smartphone, tablet, e-reader or notebook, according to the latest European Media Survey. Looking at an average affluent European's media diet since 2010, time spent reading print has declined by -7 minutes to 56 minutes per day. Time spent watching TV has also declined, by -2 minutes to 129 minutes per day. In contrast, internet use has grown by +10 minutes to an average 73 minutes per day.

A group of 10 independent agencies from the National Association of Press Agencies have launched a GBP500,000 claim against a Croatian website for alleged breach of copyright. The unnamed website allegedly refused to pay for photographs mainly taken from the Mail Online, reports the Press Gazette. If a settlement isn't agreed between the parties within the next month the case will go to court in Germany.

Four in ten British consumers believe it's "crucial" that small businesses maintain a social media presence, according to new research. A survey from Fasthosts Interned Ltd has found that most British consumers expect smaller companies to provide support and advice to their customers through online channels. The web hosting firm surveyed over 2000 UK consumers to find that 37% expect to see businesses replying to their queries outside of normal working hours.

Outgoing Virgin Media chief executive Neil Berkett is to take over as chair ofGuardian Media Group. Berkett, a GMG non-executive director since November 2009, succeeds Dame Amelia Fawcett, who is retiring after more than four years in the chair. He is due to be replaced at Virgin Media later this month by Tom Mockridge when the cable company's GBP15 billion takeover by John Malone's Liberty Media is completed.

New research reveals that businesses are increasingly turning to social media in order to build communities across their geographically diverse workforces, grapevine.co.ukreports. The habits of 290 British organisations were assessed by business consultancy, Towers Watson. It discovered that 56 per cent currently use social media for internal communication, regarding it as particularly effective for staying in touch with those that work remotely.

Apple must hand over 5 million euros in copyright fees it collected on iPad sales in 2011, a Paris court ruled last week. The ruling on the fees, which were eliminated in 2012, comes at a time when France is considering whether it should impose new cultural taxes on connected devices as a way of subsidizing artists.

Business Daily has been launched by The Birmingham Post as a standalone daily tablet edition, aiming to combine the familiarity of print with the usability of an app. The digital publication will offer 30 pages of business news and civic stories every week day, with regular features including a 'Water Cooler' business gossip page and five pages of Leads & Deals - a daily round-up of leads including mergers, acquisitions, planning applications and contract offers.

Publishers like to squabble over tactics like display versus native advertising, but the good news is the overall ad pie keeps getting bigger and bigger. In a release touting its latest report, the Interactive Adversing Bureau says online ad spending hit $9.3 billion in the first quarter of 2013, which is up from $8.3 billion from the same period a year before.

The results of a survey of 2,000 consumers by One Poll, commissioned by newsstand app Lekiosk, found that the migration to digital has ballooned in the last 12 months. While a year ago, only one in three respondents had bought or read digital magazines, this year's poll shows that one in two have gone digital. The growth in the use of tablet computers is even more stark, with 19% of respondents using them to read magazines, up from just 5% in 2012.

The story of the "soldier in the surf", the subject of the famous photo that inspired Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, will feature in a Channel 4 history initiative marking the 69th anniversary of the D-Day landings next week, with 24 hours of TV and Twitter coverage recreating the events of the pivotal second world war battle in real time.