• London Wasps, Dailymotion In Video Content Deal
    London Wasps Rugby Football Club and Dailymotion, the video platform, have inked a deal as part of an overhaul to the sports team's website and content production. The club will house a Wasps TV channel on its new website, and content created for the channel will be fed into Dailymotion for fans to share.
  • Don't Be Too Quick To Silence Commenters
    Many media outlets look down on comments, and some have killed them off entirely, arguing that they are filled with bad behavior and therefore worthless. But there is value in listening to one's readers, and social media doesn't fill that need completely.
  • Metrics Distract From Asking Who Is Being Targeted
    Thanks to the web and real-time measurement tools, the media industry has gone from having virtually no hard data on readers and attention to an embarrassment of riches - not only can we measure what people click on, but we can measure how far down the page they got when they were reading, whether they posted a comment, which social networks they came from, and a hundred other pieces of data. The only problem is that this is very much a double-edged sword.
  • Coulson Was 'Shocked' To Hear Steamy Voicemails
    Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson told the hacking trial he was "shocked" when he heard voicemails of then-Home Secretary David Blunkett "declaring his love" for the married publisher of the Spectator. Coulson told the Old Bailey trial he initially called a halt to the story in 2004 but later changed his mind and confronted Mr Blunkett about it.
  • Netflix Readies German Launch For September
    Netflix will open up shop in Germany in September, according to a report from Germany's Curbed that quotes "multiple people with knowledge of the process." The company has been working on an advertising campaign to run in big cities in the country to introduce its service to prospective German customers, according to Curbed.
  • Want People To Get Your Mobile Messages? Offer A Deal
    Recent research from Respnsys found that mobile users were most motivated to sign up with a brand if they would receive special offers and promotions in exchange for their details. Two-thirds of users who subscribed to marketing messages from brands said they were more likely to take action when they saw a pricing-based offer, according to the research.
  • Online Polo Channel Launched By Telegraph
    Telegraph.co.uk/polo, will include unrivalled coverage of the polo season including live footage and match reports from the Six HPA tournaments sponsored by Jaeger-LeCoultre at Cowdray Park Polo Club and key matches throughout the season, such as the Queens Cup and Gold Cup and International matches. The channel will also host a regular blog and exclusive interviews with some of the world's most renowned polo players.
  • Weller Children Awarded Damages For 'Intrusive' Photos
    Singer Paul Weller has been awarded GBP10,000 in damages because Mail Online published unpixellated pictures of three of his children. Weller sued the website's owner, Associated Newspapers, for misuse of private information on behalf of his daughter Dylan, who was 16 at the time the pictures were used, in October 2012, and his twin sons, John Paul and Bowie, who were then 10 months old.
  • BBC Three Begins Move To iPlayer With Comedy Series
    BBC Three is set to air the entire new series of Australian comedy 'Jonah From Tonga' on BBC iPlayer ahead of its terrestrial transmission, shortly after announcing the channel will become online only. Although the plans to move the channel online are still subject to Trust approval, premiring the new series of Jonah on iPlayer is a signal of how the BBC may intend to air content in the future.
  • Most-Shared News Brand On Twitter? The Beeb
    The BBC website was viewed by 96 million unique users in March 2014, the corporation has reported, on the back of the 20th anniversary of the company creating a website. The BBC noted unique user figures up 26% on the monthly average of 76 million, which the website has put down to its coverage of the crisis in Ukraine and the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
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