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Friday 11 April 2008 USA Today launches IM serviceBy Erina Lin, Friday 11 April 2008 at 21:17 :: World Digital Media Trends AOL users will be able to receive news alerts and other features from USA Today via instant message, according to Media Post. Using the new service, AOL AIM users can search the paper's headlines through instant messages simply by sending one or a set of keyword in the AIM dialogue window. With the same method, they can also set up to receive news alerts. Investor: New model crucial for newspapersBy Erina Lin, Friday 11 April 2008 at 20:52 :: General Newspaper company valuations will still be depressing until the industry finds out how to connect with younger readers, according to the private equity firm Quadrangle Capital Partners said on Wednesday. “Finding that new model, which is heavily dependent on the Internet and other electronic technologies, is crucial for publishers who want to remain relevant to younger readers,” Joshua Steiner, Quadrangle managing principal, said. Circulation rises for Singapore free dailiesBy Alexandra Zeumer, Friday 11 April 2008 at 19:14 :: Newspaper Data The two free Singapore dailies, Today and MyPaper, have grown in circulation from 250,000 to 300,000 each during 2008, NewspaperInnovation.com reported on Friday. The free daily Today (MediaCorp) launched in 2000, while MyPaper (Singapore Press Holdings), was launched in 2006. Deutsche Post planned free paper angers newspaper associationBy Alexandra Zeumer, Friday 11 April 2008 at 19:12 :: General The Deutsche Post World Net AG plans to launch a free newspaper are opposed by German newspaper publishing houses, according to Wolfgang Fuerstner, the managing director of VDZ, Forbes reported Friday. According to Juergen Gerdes, Deutsche Post’s board member, in an interview with the Financial Times Deutschland, the German mail services company is hoping to expand its advertising revenues in order to offset refusals within its core mail business, thus a free newspaper will be launched with a print run of 1 million, Forbes reported. Computers and the Internet to reach over 60% in Europe by 2010By Erina Lin, Friday 11 April 2008 at 18:45 :: World Digital Media Trends Personal computers, the Internet, and broadband have continued to grow in Europe since 2003, and by 2010, computers and the Internet are expected to reach more than 60 percent, according to the data from Screen Digest and Eurostat. In 2003, the penetration of computer (per household) was 49 percent, higher than that of online and broadband, which reported at 35.2 percent and 5.1 percent, respectively. |
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