The Financial Times, impacted by the downward sales trend afflicting the quality daily papers, recording a 1.3 percent year-on-year circulation decline last month.

The business title sold an average of 454,937 copies worldwide in March, according to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

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Global IPTV households reached more than 14 million last year, up from merely 4.7 million in 2006, according to research firm Parks Associates.

In Europe, the growth was particularly strong, with more than 250 percent increase last year. Now, nearly 60 percent of worldwide IPTV households come from Europe.

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The Associated Press adds a new feature to its Online Video Network, which allows members to syndicate local video to other newspaper, TV and radio station sites in the network, Media Post reported Monday.

Media outlets syndicating video will take a 30-percent ad revenue cut when it plays on other sites. Of the balance, 20 percent will belong to the site using the video and 50 percent will be divided between the AP and MSN, which bolsters the new platform.

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Baltimore will launch a second free daily called ‘b’ Monday, according to Newspaper Innovation.

The free daily is published by Baltimore Sun and will have an initial circulation of 50,000. The Circulation is predicted to increase 75,000 in September, and possibly reach 100,000 by the end of the year, Newspaper Innovation reported.

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MediaSpace, a newspaper ad clearinghouse partnering with over 1,900 American newspapers, announced Monday that it is moving towards speeding up the invoicing and verification process for print newspaper ads with a new e-invoice system.

The new system by MediaSpace transports electronic invoices and tearsheets to advertisers in half the time. Sometimes the ad will appear the same day, according to Beth Cohen, MediaSpace’s vice president of finance.

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