The Association of Online Publishers has released the findings of the annual AOP Census. This year's census, which surveys 700 brands to reveal the themes and issues driving the UK's online publishing landscape, particularly highlights the growing importance of data to digital publishers.

Andy Coulson has admitted David Cameron would probably not have hired him as his spin doctor had the prime minister been told he had listened to David Blunkett's voicemails. The former News of the World editor told his trial at the Old Bailey that "it may be right, if I explained [to the prime minister] what I explained to the jury now, the job wouldn't have been offered to me".

The BBC must improve its mobile offering in news and current affairs, a BBC Trust report has ordered after a review found it was not doing enough to reach a younger audience through mobile devices. A review of the broadcaster's news and current affairs output found that BBC News Online was the "biggest product" of its online services and mobile had driven significant growth in recent years.

Data, mobile and video have been pinpointed as the biggest areas for investment in the coming year by the majority of online publishers, according to the Association of Online Publishers (AOP)'s latest annual Census. The report, which surveyed 700 brands, revealed that the majority (89 per cent) plan to increase their data technology investments in the next 12 months, as they look to find ways to monetise their data strategies.

London Live chief executive Andrew Mullins has said low Barb viewing figures do not reflect the fact that many are watching the channel in on-demand form via devices other than televisions. And, as it emerged that launch editorial director Stefano Hatfield has left the station, he revealed that London Live's future may be entirely "non linear" - ie. as an on-demand, rather than broadcast, service.

Geeksphone's Revolution handset may not be very appropriately named: the Atom-based Android/Mozilla device will from 1 May see a price cut, little more than two months after it went on sale. It's not a huge drop - from EUR239 ($331) down to EUR199 - but it does suggest sales haven't been great, especially given that the small Spanish manufacturer already discounted the smartphone when it started selling it through Amazon a few weeks ago.

Andy Coulson has denied he ran a "slapdash" and "careless" operation at the News of the World in which police officers were paid for royal directories and home secretaries phones were hacked. The former editor admitted that he might have been "careless" on occasion, but that this did not amount to being guilty of the criminal charges he is facing in the hacking trial.

Kerrang's new Twitter controlled radio show sees number of unique online listeners increase 6%. #KerrangMostWanted is broadcast every Monday night between 10 - 11pm. During that hour, the songs requested most often using that hashtag will be aired while every week one of the brand's 191,000 Twitter followers will be asked to play host.

Research, from eDigitalResearch, found that 33% of respondents believed that targeted messages sent to their phones during a shopping spree would influence purchasing decisions. Across the UK, 1,500 smartphone users were surveyed, further finding that 78% of those that would be happy to receive messages would be 'extremely willing' or 'somewhat willing' for retailers to use data if messages were more personalised.

The combined company had a turnover in 2013 of $5million. The expected turnover for what will be Europe's first pure-play native advertising company will be around $10million in 2014, says Adyoulike. Adyoulike has pioneered native advertising in France since its backing by French venture capitalist Banexi Ventures Partners in October 2012. The company is now seizing on the buzz around native with the first of a planned string of European acquisitions, starting with Content Amp in the UK market.