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Friday 11 July 2008 Retailers sell out at a rocky iPhone 3G launchBy Leah McBride Mensching, Friday 11 July 2008 at 23:55 :: General Hundreds waited in line at stores across Europe for the new iPhone 3G on Friday, and retailers sold out before stores in the United States even opened, Apple Insider reported. Free Swiss daily 20 Minuten reported that a mobile phone provider opened 100 stories at 6:30 a.m. and served food to those waiting in line. Global online population spread almost gender-equalBy Erina Lin, Friday 11 July 2008 at 23:36 :: General According to September 2006 data from Nielsen//NetRatings, 48 percent of the global online population was female, while 52 percent was male. In terms of age, 18 percent of global online users were under age 18, one-fourth between 18 and 34, 29 percent between 35 and 40, and 28 percent above 40. Mutter: Job cuts throw news-staff ratio off balanceBy Leah McBride Mensching, Friday 11 July 2008 at 23:30 :: Newspaper Data Publishers cutting into newsroom jobs are in danger of doing away with a long-held standard for the number of journalists needed to serve a newspaper's readers, former Chicago journalist and current Silicon Valley CEO Alan Mutter stated in his Newsosaur blog. “The unwritten but widely honoured rule of thumb in the industry always has been that a newspaper should employ one journalist for every 1,000 in daily circulation,” Mutter stated. Rising paper, printing costs squeeze Vietnamese publishersBy Leah McBride Mensching, Friday 11 July 2008 at 23:14 :: Printing & Production Systems Publishing houses across Vietnam are having to raise cover prices or reduce the number of copies they print due to a sharp increase in paper prices and printing fees, VietNamNet Bridge reported Thursday. Paper and printing now account for 25 percent to 30 percent of publishing costs. Australia tops broadband reach among industrialised countriesBy Erina Lin, Friday 11 July 2008 at 23:00 :: General Although Australia has a relatively small population, it will take a top spot among industrialised countries in terms of broadband penetration, eMarketer reported. Like many other countries, the number of dial-up subscribers in Australia declined in 2007, while that of high-speed subscribers surged markedly, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Metro International increases stake in Mexican joint ventureBy Erina Lin, Friday 11 July 2008 at 22:53 :: Media Ownership Metro International, the global publisher of free commuter papers, on Friday announced it will increase its stake in its joint venture in Mexico, Editor & Publisher reported. Metro cooperates with Publicaciones Metropolitanas S.A. De C.V., called Publimetro, in Mexico, which owns a free title in Mexico City. Murdoch: News Corp. will not be involved in Yahoo dealBy Alisa Zykova, Friday 11 July 2008 at 22:36 :: Media Ownership Rupert Murdoch said on Friday that News Corp is not likely to get involved in a Yahoo Inc. transaction and that Yahoo and Microsoft wouldn’t wind up with any agreements because of “bad personal feelings,” Reuters reported. Microsoft bid US$47.5 billion Yahoo earlier this year, but Yahoo executives believed the offer undervalued the company, and no deal was made. |
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