Tuesday 22 January 2008

Foreign audience outnumbers home audience for top U.K. titles

Online visitors outside the United Kingdom outnumber the domestic audience for The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and the BBC, according to comScore data released Tuesday.

The Daily Mail received the most international visitors, with 69 percent of its 7.6 million users coming from outside the United Kingdom.

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Le Monde editor wants compromise between journalists, corporate shareholders

The editor-in-chief of French newspaper Le Monde, who is running for CEO, told financial daily Les Echos in an interview published Tuesday that he wants to be a “man of an historical compromise” between Le Monde journalists and corporate shareholders.

Eric Fottorino also said recapitalising the loss-making paper in the future needs to happen through several European media groups having a stake in Le Monde, including current shareholders Lagardere and Prisa, of Spain, Reuters reported.

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AT&T and N.Y. Times join forces to provide content on mobile phones

AT&T Inc. and the New York Times have reached an agreement that allows wireless users to access full content of the newspaper's site at no extra charge.

AT&T wireless data customers will be able to access articles about the latest news, business, politics, sports and entertainment through the New York Times' mobile site.

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Kids devour digital content

Children have a ravenous appetite for digital content, according to a new report, "Kids and Digital Content," by NPD Group.

The survey tracked the usage of entertainment content (physical and digital) among children using computers, video games, portable music players and mobile phones. It found that kids between age two to 14 consume digital content anywhere, from three to seven times a month on a single device.

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