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UK ad authority expands control to social networks, corporate sites & mobile apps
Posted by Alisa Zykova on September 1, 2010 at 7:36 AM
Russian daily Kommersant to launch TV channel
Posted by Alisa Zykova on September 1, 2010 at 6:47 AM
France: Le Monde to deal with debt through recapitalization
Posted by Alisa Zykova on April 19, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Russia: Aeroflot to provide on-board calls and Web access
Posted by Alisa Zykova on April 15, 2010 at 6:47 AM
U.S. newspapers predicted to do better than expected in Q1
Posted by Alisa Zykova on April 15, 2010 at 5:53 AM
Twitter announces advertising plan to make profit
Posted by Alisa Zykova on April 13, 2010 at 11:35 AM
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fadvertising%2F2010%2F09%2Fuk_advertising_standards_authority_expan.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="7531" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><img alt="ASA.png" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/industry_trends/ASA.png" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="169" width="236" /></form>The UK-based <a href="http://asa.org.uk/">Advertising Standards Authority</a> will be expanding control to corporate websites, social networks and mobile applications from March 2011, <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a79a86d2-b591-11df-a65e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss">the Financial Times reports</a>. The ASA will have the right to ask that paid-for links leading to banned ads be removed and will be able to include ads announcing that certain advertisers are not complying with regulations, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/sep/01/marketing-messages-advertising-standards-authority">according to MediaGuardian</a>. <div><br /></div><div>The new guidelines will permit the ASA to give ads on sites like YouTube and Facebook the same attention as ads on TV, radio or in newspapers. Google is supplying the ASA with £200,000 funds for the extension and the rest will come from the 0.1 percent voluntary levy on paid-for ads, MediaGuardian explained. </div>&title=UK ad authority expands control to social networks, corporate sites & mobile apps){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Flaunches_and_closures%2F2010%2F09%2Frussian_daily_kommersant_to_launch_tv_ch.php&bodytext=<div><form mt:asset-id="7925" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/industry_trends/Kommersant.ru.png"><img alt="Kommersant.ru.png" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/09/Kommersant.ru-thumb-325x168-7925.png" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="168" width="325" /></a></form>Russian publishing house Kommersant will launch a TV channel that may be available on cable or the Web, <a href="http://lenta.ru/news/2010/09/01/kommersant/">Lenta.ru reported </a>today. The channel's website outlined that it will focus on socio-political news content and that stories will "strictly" include only the facts and expert opinions. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.rbcdaily.ru/2010/09/01/media/507021">RBC Daily wrote</a> that Kommersant General Director Andrei Galiev confirmed the project will soon come to life and that the firm is looking into the various steps that should be taken to realise Kommersant TV. According to experts, initial investment in the project would have to be between US$2 million to $5 million, while the yearly budget must amount to $2 million, <a href="http://www.rg.ru/2010/09/01/tv-site-anons.html">rg.ru noted</a>. </div><div><br /></div> &title=Russian daily Kommersant to launch TV channel){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Ffinancials%2F2010%2F04%2Fafp_needs_to_improve_relationship_with_g.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6570" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/pigeat.jpg"><img alt="pigeat.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/pigeat-thumb-260x260-6570.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="211" width="211" /></a></form>Henri Pigeat, former president of Agence France Presse and current president of <a href="http://www.cfpj.com/">CFPJ</a> (Centre de Formation et de Perfectionnement des Journalistes) <a href="http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/2010/04/20/04002-20100420ARTFIG00508-l-afp-ne-peut-subsister-que-si-elle-devient-une-agence-video-.php">revealed in a video interview with daily French paper Le Figaro</a> that the AFP would be needing between €130 and €150 million for the next five years. The figures consist of estimations and Pigeat noted that there was no concrete business plan yet. <div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6570" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>Financial backing might incorporate stockholders' equity as well as funding from within AFP.
Pigeat said the sum was "reasonable" and would be necessary to promote technological evolution. He added that today's news agencies functioned on a variety of interactive multimedia platforms with hypertext, which subsequently indicated that there must be both an IT-based and an editorial transformation.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fmobile%2F2010%2F04%2Fzinio_e-reader_app_among_top_ten_on_ipad.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6563" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/zinio_ipad.jpg"><img alt="zinio_ipad.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/zinio_ipad-thumb-270x166-6563.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="166" width="270" /></a></form>Worldwide Corporation Zinio, provider of digital publishing services, announced its content is among the top 10 downloads on Apple's iPad tablet, <a href="http://gipp.ru/opennews.php?id=32105">gipp.ru reported yesterday</a>. The free Zinio Magazine Newsstand & Reader application offers international versions of 2400 magazine titles like Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Harper's Bazaar. <div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6563" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>"New digital technologies and reading devices permits manufacturers to become more imaginative and to create new publishing possibilities, making magazines more dynamic," said Ruslan Hromin, vice-president of Zinio's Russian division. </div><div><br /></div>&title=Zinio e-magazine app among top 10 on iPad){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Ffinancials%2F2010%2F04%2Ffrance_le_monde_to_deal_with_debt_throug.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6504" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/le%20monde.jpg"><img alt="le monde.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/le%20monde-thumb-260x384-6504.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="307" width="208" /></a></form>Prominent French outlet <a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/">Le Monde</a> needs €125 million to get out of its debt condition, <a href="http://www.electronlibre.info/Le-Monde-court-apres-125-millions,00710">according to Electron Libre</a>. The group must return €70 million in redeemable bonds, insure €30 million of its working capital and cover its €25 deficit. <a href="http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualite/media/20100417.OBS2624/le-monde-en-difficulte-financiere-envisage-une-recapitalisation.html">Le Nouvel Observateur suggested</a> that Le Monde might "disappear" unless a solution is found by June 2010.<div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6504" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>Le Monde will be finalising its plan for recapitalization in the upcoming weeks before passing it through the shareholders, <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iCFjySVDT_7YAZphQ8Gm5dvVClDg">AFP reported April 9</a>. The daily's supervisory board said that a major Spanish publishing firm, Grupo Prisa, would be embarking on a capital venture with Monde Imprimerie to bring about "modernization." <a href="http://www.20minutes.fr/article/397256/Media-La-redaction-du-Monde-perd-le-controle-du-journal.php">According to 20 Minutes</a>, the group's board of Journalists, which currently owns the majority of Le Monde, may lose control of the capital. </div>&title=France: Le Monde to deal with debt through recapitalization){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fmobile%2F2010%2F04%2Frussia_aeroflot_to_provide_on-board_call.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6475" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/Aeroflot_787.jpg"><img alt="Aeroflot_787.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/Aeroflot_787-thumb-260x207-6475.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="207" width="260" /></a></form>Russian airline Aeroflot penned a deal with network provider Megafon that would allow base stations to be installed on board, hence permitting passengers to use their mobile phones and to access the Web, <a href="http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=353339&cid=7">Vesti.ru reported today</a>. <div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6475" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>The agreement outlined that in 2010 four airline models would have the service, the first of which is Airbus A-320. Later on, Airbus A-330, which fits 302 passengers, would also provide the service. </div><div><br /></div>&title=Russia: Aeroflot to provide on-board calls and Web access){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Ffinancials%2F2010%2F04%2Fus_newspapers_predicted_to_do_better_tha.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6473" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/newspapers1.jpg"><img alt="newspapers1.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/newspapers1-thumb-270x270-6473.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="222" width="222" /></a></form>JP Morgan analysts said U.S. newspapers likely did better than expected during the first fiscal quarter of 2010, <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/newspapers/analysts_newspapers_to_do_well_in_first_quarter_158461.asp">MediaBistro reported yesterday</a>. Less drastic revenue drops, the comeback of national funding and a jump in auto classified ads may all account for the phenomenon. <div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6473" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>Publisher Gannett Co., Inc. may see a 7.2 percent decline in ad revenue during Q1 and a 5.6 percent downward shift in 2010. The New York Times Co. may experience a 5.5 decrease throughout the year and a 8 percent fall for Q1, <a href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004082925">according to Editor & Publisher</a>.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fmobile%2F2010%2F04%2Fdell_announces_mobile_deal_with_telefoni.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6469" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/dell-mini-3.jpg"><img alt="dell-mini-3.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/dell-mini-3-thumb-270x294-6469.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="216" width="199" /></a></form>Tech giant Dell announced a partnership with Spanish telecommunications provider Telefonica, <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dell-and-telefonica-form-strategic-alliance-to-deliver-innovative-connectivity-and-communication-solutions-2010-04-14?reflink=MW_news_stmp">Market Watch reported Wednesday</a>. The venture may have been prompted by today's strong demand for mobile devices with access to the Internet, <a href="http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2010/04/12/daily34.html">Austin Businness Journal acceded</a>.
<div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6469" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>"The new digital ecosystem, under construction, creates huge opportunities and advantages for all industries that transform and adapt to the digital world, and not only in terms of productivity, but also in terms of new lines of initiative, new applications and new business opportunities. And we are very excited to work with Dell to develop these solutions," said Telefonica Director of Innovation Vivek Dev.
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![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fmobile%2F2010%2F04%2Frussia_kin_to_be_launched_in_fall.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6461" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/Microsof.jpg"><img alt="Microsof.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/Microsof-thumb-300x168-6461.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="144" width="258" /></a></form>Microsoft's Kin smartphone, announced on Monday, will be available in the Russian market and will be launched through national network provider MTS, <a href="http://lenta.ru/news/2010/04/14/kin/">Lenta.ru reported today</a>. The operator will only set prices after seeing sales data from Europe and the United States. <div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6461" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>Sales of the device in the United States will start as of May (through network operator Verizon Wireless), while Russians will be able to purchase Kin by autumn 2010. Europeans will be able to get the smartphone through Vodafone, which currently has a partnership with MTS, <a href="http://rbcdaily.ru/2010/04/14/media/471468">according to RBC Daily. </a></div>&title=Russia: Kin to be launched in autumn){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fmobile%2F2010%2F04%2Fapple_delays_global_ipad_delivery.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6459" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/IPAD.jpg"><img alt="IPAD.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/IPAD-thumb-300x186-6459.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="155" width="250" /></a></form>Amid far higher demand for its newest concoction iPad, Apple has announced it is delaying the device's delivery worldwide, <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/194214/apple_delays_international_ipad_launch_by_a_month.html">PC World reported today</a>. Heightened demand is thought to continue to be larger than the corporation's supply "over the next several weeks," <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224400232">Information Week wrote.</a><div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6459" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>Due to a "surprisingly strong" demand from the United States, Apple is shifting the international launch to the end of May, Information Week said. It will be regulating international pricing and registering global pre-orders on May 10.
</div><div><br /></div>&title=Apple delays global iPad delivery){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fmobile%2F2010%2F04%2Fmobile_surfing_may_surpass_desktop_by_20.php&bodytext=Morgan Stanley analysts have predicted that mobile Web use will outgrow "stationary browsing" by 2015, as it has expanded at a relatively faster rate, <a href="http://www.switched.com/2010/04/14/mobile-web-to-overtake-desktop-by-2015-facebook-fans-worth-3-6/">Switched.com reported today</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://wirelessfederation.com/news/24489-latest-mobile-internet-statistics/">According
to Wireless Federation</a>, two industry factors that account for the
trend are the presence of improved mobile devices and the accessibility
of better network coverage. <a href="http://www.intomobile.com/2010/04/13/mobile-web-to-overtake-desktop-in-five-years-says-morgan-stanley.html">IntoMobile
revealed</a> that mobile users were now more likely to pay for content,
which may be interesting to publishers. <br /><div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6457" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/MOBIL.jpg"><img alt="MOBIL.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/MOBIL-thumb-480x273-6457.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="273" width="480" /></a></form><div><a href="http://wirelessfederation.com/news/24489-latest-mobile-internet-statistics/"><br /></a></div>&title=Mobile surfing may surpass desktop by 2015){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fownership_and_regulations%2F2010%2F04%2Fchief_news_agencies_boycott_cannes_festi.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6450" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/festival-de-cannes-logo.jpg"><img alt="festival-de-cannes-logo.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/festival-de-cannes-logo-thumb-200x200-6450.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="200" width="200" /></a></form>Prominent news agencies Agence France-Presse, Reuters, The Associated Press and Getty TV are boycotting the <a href="http://www.festival-cannes.com/">Cannes Film Festival</a> press conference, which is to be held on April 15 in Paris, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8619843.stm">the BBC reported today</a>. <div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6450" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>The agencies do not agree with the restrictions on video content from the red carpet events as well as news conferences during the event. According to a press release, the agencies may not even attend the festival unless some agreement is decided upon. </div><div><br /></div>&title=Chief news agencies boycott Cannes Festival){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fmobile%2F2010%2F04%2Ftwitter_announces_advertising_plan_to_ma.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6442" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/ubertwitter-blackberry.jpg"><img alt="ubertwitter-blackberry.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/ubertwitter-blackberry-thumb-260x421-6442.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="324" width="200" /></a></form>
<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/04/twitter-gets-advertising/1">USA Today reports</a> that Twitter might start making a profit from advertising. "Promoted Tweets" may appear on some Twitter.com search results, <a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2010/04/hello-world.html">according to co-founder Biz Stone</a>. <form mt:asset-id="6442" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form>The move already has followers: Best Buy, Bravo, Red Bull, Sony Pictures, Starbucks and Virgin America. <div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6442" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>Responses to the business model were two-fold, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/apr/13/twitter-advertising-reaction">the Guardian pointed out</a>. Some felt that the site needed to make revenue "inevitably", while others doubt its success. <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitters_advertising_scheme_is_wonderfully_anti-cl.php">ReadWriteWeb described it</a> as "non-invasive," "nothing too crazy," "nothing terribly exploitive," "entirely predictable" and that it had "no banner ads" or "sales of data to direct marketers." </div>&title=Twitter announces advertising plan to make profit){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fownership_and_regulations%2F2010%2F04%2Ftribune_co_plan_riles_creditors.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6439" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/Sam_Zell_03_CMYK.jpg"><img alt="Sam_Zell_03_CMYK.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/Sam_Zell_03_CMYK-thumb-200x281-6439.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="258" width="183" /></a></form>Tribune Co.'s <a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/financials/2010/04/tribune_will_exit_bankruptcy_this_year.php">recent bankruptcy exit plan</a> has been harshly criticised by creditors such as Oaktree Capital Management, Goldman Sachs Loan Partners and Marathon Asset Management, who said that it was "impossibly tainted by the Debtors' attempt to give a free pass to their insiders. And it is not a settlement that has the approval or agreement of the lion's share of the entities being asked to fund it," <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017663.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1">Variety reported today</a>.<div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6439" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>The reorganisation plan permits Tribune Co., which belongs to Sam Zell (left), to keep its newspapers and broadcast stations as it eases the group's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, <a href="http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/04/13/sparks_fly_over_plan_for_tribune_co/">reported the Boston Globe</a>. If the plan receives approval then Tribune Co. will hand over ownership to lenders JPMorgan Chase & Co and Angelo, Gordon & Co. </div>&title=Tribune Co. plan riles creditors){kind=link}
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Fmobile%2F2010%2F04%2Fwepad_germanys_rival_to_apples_ipad.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="6435" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"><a href="http://www.sfnblog.com/wepad_1.jpg"><img alt="wepad_1.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/assets_c/2010/04/wepad_1-thumb-260x172-6435.jpg" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;" height="172" width="260" /></a></form>German tech corporation Neofonie GmbH announced the launch of an iPad "rival," <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gZ8FR7-ki3pS3-4kLtud8cjJQ_IwD9F1JI6G5">The Associated Press reported yesterday</a>. The WePad might be better, the corporation claims, because of its larger screen as well as USB ports to connect exterior devices. <div><br /></div><form mt:asset-id="6435" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;" contenteditable="false"></form><div>Neofonie mentioned that the machine might interest publishers because it would permit them to sell content without forcing a customer relationship (like Apple's iTunes or Amazon's Kindle do) so as to preserve the "simple content supplier" status, the AP wrote. </div><div><br /></div>&title=WePad: Germany's rival to Apple's iPad){kind=link}