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U.S. mobile ad spending, including display, search and messaging-based advertising, totalled US$320 million in 2008, and exceeded $593 million in 2010, according to eMarketer. In 2013, it is expected to surpass $1.5 billion, detailed in World Digital Media Trends 2010, released by the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

To break down as national versus local, back in 2005, U.S. mobile national ads accounted for $138 million, while local was only niche, according to the 2009 third quarter data from Borrell Associates. In 2014, national mobile ad spending is forecast to exceed $5.5 billion, while local mobile ads will surpass $4.7 billion.

The global telecom services market has grown from €851 billion in 2005, to €997 billion in 2008, according to IDATE. Mobile services include search, e-mail, weather, news, photos, sports, maps and other non-data download services, detailed in World Digital Media Trends 2010, released by the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

The most dramatic surges in telecom services are in the Asia Pacific region, particularly in China and India, as well as in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. During the same time period, the more established markets of North America and Europe have grown slightly in global telecom services.

From 2005 to 2010, the top-ranking websites have changed considerably, with only Yahoo, Google and MSN on the top 10 list from five years prior, according to Alexa. Google took the No. 1 ranking from Yahoo, which has dropped to No. 4. Meanwhile, relative newcomers Facebook,YouTube,Windows Live,Wikipedia, Blogger, Baidu and QQ are among the most popular sites on the Web  detailed in World Digital Media Trends 2010, released by the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

Nielsen categorises the top 10 global websites differently from Alexa, by organising the list by parent companies, some of which have a dozen or more websites included in the grouping. Google remains in the No. 1 position, and in this group, includes YouTube.

About three-quarters of American men and women are Internet users, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project conducted in late 2009.

The Pew study examined the demographics of Internet users in America, and found that 76 percent of whites, 70 percent of blacks and 64 percent of Hispanics in America are Internet users, detailed in World Digital Media Trends 2010, released by the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

Despite the global economic downturn that has slowed or reversed growth across media industries since 2008, technologies and digital sectors continue to advance and grow, and new media platforms gain market share across the board. Meanwhile, traditional media are seeing limited growth or decreasing shares overall, according to the report, World Digital Media Trends 2010, released by the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

According to IDATE, the number of mobile customers worldwide has grown from 2.16 billion in 2005 to a projected 5.2 billion in 2012, with the number of Chinese customers far surpassing any other country, with an estimated 915 million customers in 2012. The Asia Pacific region on the whole will grow from 820 million to 2.54 billion customers from 2005 to 2012.

Kobo, the eReader device backed by Indigo Books & Music, Borders, REDgroup Retail, Cheung Kong Holdings, and other leaders in technology and retail, announced it will offer newspaper and magazine subscriptions.

The selection includes "dozens of top U.S. and Canadian publications", according to the company, WebProNews reported. 

Despite the global economic downturn that has slowed or reversed growth across media industries since 2008, technologies and digital sectors continue to advance and grow, and new media platforms gain market share across the board. Meanwhile, traditional media are seeing limited growth or decreasing shares overall.

Because audiences consume news across platforms, spending on print plus another category yields an increase in sales, according to research by BrandScience for the Outdoor Advertising Association in the United Kingdom, released in September 2009, according to the report, World Digital Media Trends 2010, released by the Shaping the Future of the Newspaper project and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

The Nikkan Sports Shimbun launched a special three-dimensional newspaper at Saitama Stadium in Saitama City, Japan on Sept. 25, Nihon Shinbun Kyokai reported.

The 12-page broadsheet special issue, sold for ¥200 along with a special pair of 3-D glasses, features three-dimensional photographs and advertising copy. According to the sports paper, 5,000 copies had sold out prior to the start of the game.