Called AP Middle East Extra, it has been created for media organisations across the Middle East plus those outside with a strong interest in the region. Aside from video content, it will also feature reports, interviews and commentaries on international news for Middle East audiences. According to a press release, it "adds depth to AP's extensive coverage of the region." Ian Phillips, AP's Middle East director of news, said: "For people in the Middle East it is not just about bombs, bullets and unrest.

The 2014 World Cup hasn't got off to the best start for Croatia. They lost 3-1 to Brazil in the opening game last Thursday, and were on the wrong side of a handful of refereeing decisions in the match. After the game, the players were photographed nude, larking around at a swimming pool. When the pictures were published, unsurprisingly, they weren't best pleased.

Under a new scheme, Facebook will begin using information from the websites and apps you visit outside Facebook, too. Users can block that tracking, and ads based on extra-Facebook Web surfing, by following instructions from the Digital Advertising Allowance. The roll-out of this type of advertising will initially start in the US "in the coming weeks", according to Digital Strategy Consulting.

London's digital technology sector is poised to grow by 5.1% a year for the next ten years, as per a forecast by Oxford Economics. The forecast commissioned predicts an additional GBP12bn ($20bn) of economic activity and 46,000 new jobs by 2024. The growth in the report refers to Gross Value Added and an average annual growth rate.

Speaking at the Global Editors Network Summit in Barcelona Friday, digital strategist Amy Webb shared her perspectives on the latest digital trends for news outlets to consider in 2014. From computer-assisted reporting to wearable technology, Webb, who is the founder and CEO of Webmedia Group, talked about the specific trends she believes editors should be focussing on for the remainder of the year.

The producer of The Guardian's weekly Media Talk podcast today launched a bid to independently fund the programme via crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. The podcast was axed by The Guardian two weeks ago, along with its Music Weekly audio show. Now producer Matt Hill is looking to raise GBP9,000 in donations to keep the podcast going for a year under new name The Media Podcast.

The proportion of UK social network users who will access their accounts via mobile phone will continue to increase substantially throughout eMarketer's forecast period, rising from 75.3% in 2014 to 90.2% in 2018. The new eMarketer report, 'UK Social Networking Trends: Mobile Is Becoming the New Normal' highlights the importance of mobile for to markers.

Cardiff is the first Trinity Mirror centre to adopt the model - an editorial structure supporting a digital-first publishing process - since its recent launch in Newcastle. Alan Edmunds, Media Wales Editor-in-Chief, announced several new key appointments as part of the change. He said: "This move is a great opportunity for all of our journalists to enhance their skills and grow our audience even further as we continue to see WalesOnline's traffic increase at a rapid pace.

Games is already one of YouTube's biggest categories alongside music, but a new monthly chart published by industry site Tubefilter, based on data from analytics firm OpenSlate, shows its scale. The most popular games channel is no surprise: PewDiePie has been the biggest channel of any category on YouTube for some time. Felix Kjellberg's videos were watched 311.2m times in May, with 27.3m people subscribing to his channel.

Programmatic trading and content marketing are the most important issues moving ahead for media owners, according to research from Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), but work needs to be done to develop better understanding of new media technologies. According to a survey of 120 UK media businesses, 62 per cent felt that programmatic was the most important factor for future success, while 61 per cent of respondents said content marketing would be integral in the future.