iPad generated nearly 100% of media tablet revenues in 2010 [BetaNews]

Today, Gartner revealed that spending on media tablets was $9.6
billion last year. Based on Apple financial releases, iPad generated
$9.566 billion in revenue during the year -- well, the three quarters
the tablet was available. By that reckoning, the other media tablets
generated just $34 million in revenue.

http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/iPad-generated-nearly-100-of-media-...

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What the Smartphone Market Will Look Like in 2015 [STUDY] [Mashable]

Market research firm IDC predicts that the smartphone market will grow
49.2% in 2011, due to an increasing number of users who will replace
feature phones with smartphones. The report goes hand in hand with a
recent study, also by IDC, which predicts that the number of mobile
app downloads will grow from 10.9 billion in 2010 to 76.9 billion in
2014.

http://mashable.com/2011/03/29/idc-smartphone-market-growth/

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Moment of Truth for the NYT: Will Readers Circumvent or Pay Up? [CNBC]

Starting today we'll see if New York Times' online readers pony up the
$15 to $35 per four weeks for digital access to the paper, or whether
they opt for the multiple ways to circumvent the pay system. The pay
wall is now up, so if you want to read more than 20 free articles on
NYTimes.com and want to access more than just 'top news' on your
mobile or iPad app, you'll have to pay. But it's remarkably easy to
circumvent the pay wall, with a number of different loopholes.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/42311341

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The Guardian embarking on significant U.S. expansion [The Cutline/Yahoo]

The U.K. Guardian is on the verge of expanding its U.S. footprint. "We
will be announcing an American editor shortly," Alan Rusbridger, The
Guardian's editor-in-chief, told The Cutline in an interview last
week. He said the liberal English broadsheet is building a new U.S.
digital operation that will be based in New York rather than
Washington, D.C.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20110328/bs_yblog_thecutline/the-gua...

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Gannett Upgrades Local Sites, Eyes National Buys [MediaPost]

Gannett Co. is near completing the rollout of more than 100 revamped
local newspaper and TV station Web sites as it seeks to drive audience
growth amid heightened competition. These sites, along with the
flagship USAToday.com, make up the Gannett Digital Network (GDN). The
changes, including cleaner design, improved navigation, and more video
are intended to entice readers and advertisers alike.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=147443

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Yahoo “gearing up for a very big year” of acquisitions [WSJ]

Speaking on a panel at the Global Technology Symposium in Menlo Park
on Friday, Yahoo’s Steven Mitzenmacher said the company had gone
through a couple of years where acquisitions weren’t on the agenda.
“But we’ve come out now…guns blazing,” he said, adding that executives
around the company “want to do more.” Yahoo made only a handful of
buys over the last couple of years, including web content Associated
Content for $100 million last May.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/03/28/yahoo-exec-acquisitions-coming-youtube...

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The Most Influential News Orgs, According to Google [Forbes]

If you’re a business-of-news geek like me, you’ll be fascinated by
this chart ranking news organizations in terms of how often their
reporting is cited on Google News and Google Blogs. It was compiled by
New York Times blogger and statistics-dicer extraordinaire Nate Silver
as evidence that the Times is uniquely well positioned to charge
readers’ for online access.

http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffbercovici/2011/03/25/the-most-influential-news-or...

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Long-Form Journalism Finds a Home [NYTimes]

“In the digital realm, there is infinite space, but somehow this
hasn’t resulted in a flowering of long-form content,” said Evan
Ratliff, a freelance writer for Wired. He had long considered building
a Web site that would be more hospitable to long articles, but had
also been spending a fair amount of time on his subway commute reading
those pieces on his iPhone. The result is The Atavist, a tiny curio of
a business that looks for new ways to present long-form content for
the digital age.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/business/media/28carr.html?_r=1

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Hollywood makeover for YouTube [FT.com]

Google is deepening its ties with Hollywood by enlisting top stars to
supply original content for YouTube in a bid to boost profits and user
engagement at the company’s online video site. Google has been making
the rounds of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies, outlining plans to
create a network of channels based around specific themes or niches,
such as fashion, food and video games.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d72f8d9a-589b-11e0-9b8a-00144feab49a.html

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UK edition of Huffington Post to launch in summer [Guardian]

Arianna Huffington is to launch a UK edition of the Huffington Post
this summer, as the US news and current affairs website recently
acquired by AOL moves to expand internationally. The
multi-millionaire, who sold Huffington Post to AOL for $315m (£195m)
in February, told the MediaGuardian Changing Media Summit on Thursday
that the takeover meant she could accelerate plans to hire journalists
and create a UK-specific site.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/24/huffington-post-uk-edition

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Media Content Drives Tablet Purchase Intent [emarketer]

Tablets and their not-too-distant relatives, ereaders, have become
prized platforms for consuming digital media. 2010 sales of both types
of device were strong, according to International Data Corporation
(IDC). Worldwide, 10.1 million tablets were shipped in Q4, up from 4.5
million in Q3.

http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008297&Aspx

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India's media industry 'sleeping tiger': James Murdoch [AFP/Yahoo]

News Corp top executive James Murdoch on Wednesday called India's
media industry a "sleeping tiger" as a report forecast the sector
would double its revenues to nearly $30 billion by 2015. "India's
creative force is still a sleeping tiger waiting to be awakened," said
Murdoch, News Corp's European and Asian operations chief, while
describing global media firms as "grey and tired".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110323/wl_sthasia_afp/entertainmentindiabollywo...

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Forbes, Facebook and “Like” Clouds: A Social Media Report Card, of Sorts [Forbes]

As I recently told a New York Times reporter, Forbes is focused on
Social Media Optimization — just as much, if not more so, than
Google-inspired Search Engine Optimization. As Yahoo Labs rightfully
points out, “Next to content strategy, there is an emerging field of
SMO: How to maximize engagement? How to maximize secondary traffic
from social sources. How to grow the number of followers, subscribers
and fans?”

http://blogs.forbes.com/lewisdvorkin/2011/03/23/forbes-facebook-and-like-clou...

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USA Today rewrites strategy to cope with Internet [AP/Yahoo]

USA Today, a newspaper created nearly 30 years ago to appeal to people
who grew up watching television, is revising its formula to try to
counter the Internet's threat to its survival. The nation's
second-largest newspaper is expanding its coverage of
advertising-friendly topics, designing content for smartphones and
tablet computers and refreshing the look of its print edition, whose
circulation has fallen by 20 percent over the past three years.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110323/ap_on_hi_te/us_transforming_usa_today

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Facebook Test Mines Real-Time Conversations for Ad Targeting [AdAge]

This month -- and for the first time -- Facebook started to mine
real-time conversations to target ads. The delivery model is being
tested by only 1% of Facebook users worldwide. On Facebook, that's a
focus group 6 million people strong. The closest Facebook has come to
real-time advertising has been with its most recent ad offering, known
as sponsored stories, which repost users' brand interactions as an ad
on the side bar. But for the 6 million users involved in this test,
any utterance will become fodder for real-time targeted ads.

http://adage.com/article/digital/facebook-test-mines-real-time-conversations-...

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How the NY Times Paywall Could Turn Out To Be A Success [Wired]

There’s one aspect of the NYT paywall which hasn’t got as much
attention as it deserves — and that’s the idea that the NYT will be
able to charge higher CPMs for ads behind the paywall than it
currently gets for ads on a free site. Gordon Crovitz, the former
publisher of the WSJ who now has a paywall product of his own, points
out that if people pay for a subscription, that’s an excellent
indicator of the “engagement” that advertisers and agencies are
looking for.

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/03/how-the-ny-times-paywall-could-turn-ou...

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Magazines' New Rules for Counting Digital Sales [AdAge]

Magazines can now count iPad and other digital-edition sales toward
their paid-circulation guarantees even if those digital versions don't
include the ads they carried in print, according to a new rule adopted
by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the dominant arbiter of
circulation for consumer magazines and newspapers.

http://adage.com/article/mediaworks/magazines-rules-counting-digital-sales/14...

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Gary Vaynerchuk joins The Daily as a contributor [TheDaily press release]

Beginning this week, best-selling author and radio host, Gary
Vaynerchuk, will be an on-camera contributor for The Daily. In this
role, he will offer analysis on the latest developments in business,
technology and social media trends in a re-occurring video segment,
“Next Wave with Gary Vaynerchuk." The announcement was made by Jesse
Angelo, Editor-in-Chief of The Daily.

http://www.thedaily.com/the-daily-press-release-gary-vaynerchuck-joins-the-da...

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AOL Folds 30 Brands, Including Politics Daily [Forbes]

AOL just notified staffers of a major consolidation of its portfolio
of content sites, undertaken as part of its merger with the Huffington
Post. All told, some 30 brands will be “integrated” into other
properties seen as stronger by editor in chief Arianna Huffington.
Among those to be absorbed are Politics Daily (folded into HuffPost
Politics), Walletpop (folded into Daily Finance), Urlesque (folded
into HuffPost Comedy), Luxist (folded into Stylelist) and TV Squad
(folded into AOL TV).

http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffbercovici/2011/03/22/aol-folds-30-brands-includin...

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No New Splashy Engadget Editor Yet, But AOL Site Cleaning Begins [AllThingsD]

AOL will begin rolling out its plans to overhaul its panoply of
content sites as early as today, a key part of its integration with
the Huffington Post, sources familiar with the situation said.

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20110322/no-new-splashy-engadget-editor-but-aol-si...

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Web Ads to Draw Nearly 25% of Local Spend by 2015 [ClickZ]

Online advertising by local businesses will account for almost a
quarter of all local ad spend by 2015, says local media research and
consulting firm BIA/Kelsey. The company's new U.S. Local Media
Forecast points to channels such as daily deals offers as increasingly
popular with consumers, and thus a market ripe for local advertising
dollars.

http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2035870/web-ads-draw-nearly-local-spend-2015

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Report: CBS News Top-Performing Media Site, MSNBC Most Improved [MediaPost]

CBS News was named the top media Web site in 2010, followed by Yahoo
News and The New York Times, according to an annual report rating
sites based on actual Web performance rather than content. The awards
handed out by Gomez, a unit of Compuware that specializes in Web
optimization, are based on three basic criteria: how fast a home page
loads, how reliably it loads, and how consistently it loads across
different locations, networks and times of day.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=146999

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Google’s YouTube Revenues Will Pass $1 Billion In 2012 (And So Could Local) [TechCrunch]

With nearly $30 billion in annual revenues last year, Google needs to
keep both dominating search and find new billion-dollar businesses
fast. Google’s biggest opportunities beyond search are display
advertising, video advertising (YouTube), mobile search, and local.
And if it ever gets its act together on social, that could be a wild
card.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/21/citi-google-local-youtube-1-billion/

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News Corp. exec's new rallying cry: Pay up [LATimes]

A likely successor to CEO Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. president Chase
Carey has moved fast to secure new revenue streams for the media
giant.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-chase-carey-20110322,0,2400787,full....

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At http://thrillist.com, Mingling Commerce and Content [NYTimes]

For Thrillist, the so-called Chinese wall that publications have
between the editorial and advertising sides of the business is more of
a bridge. It can be hard to tell the difference among reviews, ads and
sales, in part because it calls its sponsored posts “allied e-mail”
instead of ads and has sold deals for restaurants it has also
reviewed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/business/media/21thrillist.html

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The Evolving Mission of Google [NYTimes]

Up and down its ranks, Google executives will tell you without fail
that Google is not a media company, that its organizes and manages
content, but stays away from producing it. It’s an article of faith at
the Internet giant. But it’s also beginning to show strain as Google
moves into new territory.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/business/media/21carr.html

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ABC merges print and online operations [PressGazette]

The Audit Bureau of Circulations is reorganising its ABC print and
ABCe digital elements into a single organisational strand to better
reflect the changing shape of the publishing industry. The change
won't affect the way figures are presented. The national press will
continue to have separate auditing of print and online audience
figures for instance.

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=46841&c=1

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New York Times Announces Digital Subscription Plan [NYTimes]

The New York Times introduced a plan on Thursday to begin charging the
most frequent users of its Web site $15 for a four-week subscription
in a bet that readers will pay for news they are accustomed to getting
free. Beginning March 28, visitors to NYTimes.com will be able to read
20 articles a month without paying, a limit that company executives
said was intended to draw in subscription revenue from the most loyal
readers while not driving away the casual visitors who make up the
vast majority of the site’s traffic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/business/media/18times.html?_r=1

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Mobile devices creating their own niche for news delivery [ArsTechnica]

Smartphones aren't displacing traditional media sources for most news
consumers—instead, they're creating their own niche, according to a
recent study out of Ohio State University. Headed up by communication
professor John Dimmick, the study argues that smartphones are only
used to deliver news when people have time to kill during the day and
other media (such as TV or newspapers) isn't available

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/03/mobile-devices-creating-their-own...

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Yahoo Is About To Sell Delicious For $1-$2 Million [BusinessInsider]

Yahoo is about to close a deal to sell bookmarking site Delicious for
$1-$2 million, says a source familiar with the discussions. Our source
isn't sure what company is buying it, but says it's a "strategic
partner," something like StumbleUpon. StumbleUpon just raised a fresh
$17 million round, so it could easily afford Delicious.

http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-selling-delicious-2011-3

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AOL to launch b2b division serving publishers, marketers [B2BOnline]

AOL is planning to launch an as yet unnamed b2b division that will
market the company's ad network and other products and services to
online publishers and marketers, the company confirmed. The division
was announced internally about two weeks ago and is expected to be
officially launched in about three months.

http://www.btobonline.com/article/20110317/MEDIABUSINESS1501/303179996/aol-to...

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54% of [US] adults used the internet for political purposes [PewInternet]

54% of adults used the internet for political purposes in the last
cycle, far surpassing the 2006 midterm contest. They hold mixed views
about the impact of the internet: It enables extremism, while helping
the like-minded find each other. It provides diverse sources, but
makes it harder to find truthful sources.

http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/The-Internet-and-Campaign-2010.aspx

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Epicurious, Slate, Esquire Win Big at Digital National Magazine Awards [AdAge]

Epicurious, Slate and Esquire took home the top prizes at the second
annual National Magazine Awards for Digital Media, which were
presented today in New York after a year of rapid changes to the
landscape and some of its players. The digital awards, an extension of
the long-running National Magazine Awards, were created last year to
accommodate new prizes for magazines' digital properties, both on
their regular websites and in their mobile apps.

http://adage.com/article/mediaworks/epicurious-slate-esquire-win-big-digital-...

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Brits spend more time on social media than anything else online [FT]

After toppling Google in the US in early 2010, Facebook became the
UK’s number one website at the end of last year – but only for a day.
New figures from Experian Hitwise, the online measurement firm, found
that social networks such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter then went
on to overtake entertainment websites in January, to become the UK’s
top internet activity for the first time.

http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2011/03/brits-spend-more-time-on-social-media-t...

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News Corp. Starts Process to Decide Future of MySpace Social Network Site [Bloomberg]

News Corp. (NWSA) has started a process to decide on the future of its
MySpace social network “in earnest,” Jonathan Miller, head News
Corp.’s digital media group, said today. “We’re trying to
strategically figure out what to do with MySpace,” Miller said at a
media conference in Abu Dhabi. News Corp., which paid $580 million for
MySpace in 2005, may end up selling the Beverly Hills,
California-based company, for $50 million to $200 million, according
to MocoSpace, a potential acquirer.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-16/news-corp-starts-process-to-decide-f...

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New York Media Launches Vulture Network [MediaPost]

In partnership with some like-minded entertainment sites, New York
publisher New York Media on Tuesday debuted a vertical content network
anchored by entertainment and culture site Vulture.com. The Vulture
Network will target advertisers looking to extend their reach to a
larger number of industry insiders and entertainment enthusiasts.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=146740

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Twitter mobile use grows by 182% [NMA]

While it took over three years for the first billion tweets to be sent
– the first tweet was sent on 21 March 2006 – users now send more than
a billion tweets every week, according to Twitter.

http://www.nma.co.uk/news/twitter-mobile-use-grows-by-182/3024431.article

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Happier people tweet together [NewScientist]

As the old adage goes, "birds of a feather flock together" - and it
seems to be true even when tweeting. Scientists who have studied
millions of tweets on the micro-blogging service Twitter say they have
found that happier people tend to tweet together, as do people who are
less happy, with few tweets linking the happy and the unhappy.

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/03/happy-people-tweet-toget...

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Only 58% of Tweets Come From Official Twitter Apps [REPORT] [Mashable]

Only 58% of tweets come from official Twitter clients, according to
new data from Sysomos, shedding some light on Twitter platform chief
Ryan Sarver’s assertion last week that “90% of all active Twitter
users use official Twitter apps on a monthly basis.”

http://mashable.com/2011/03/15/twitter-apps-stats/

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Where Consumers are Logging On and Tuning Out: Hidden Opportunities for the Media Industry [LEK]

L.E.K. Consulting's third annual Hidden Opportunities in New Media
Survey provides fresh insights into changing consumer preferences
across all media (traditional and new media) – including why consumers
are focusing more on specific media channels, which business models
are driving success, and where cash flows will trend over time.

http://www.lek.com/our-publications/lek-insights/all

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Could an Apple Magazine Template in iOS Change the Industry? [FastCompany]

The iPad is a natural device for magazine content--it may be the
future of the genre, in many ways. But successes have been few and far
between so far, so Apple may be trying to help digital magazines by
building in a template to the code. Is this a good thing?

http://www.fastcompany.com/1738528/could-an-apple-magazine-template-in-ios-ch...

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Google Is Said to Plan Payment Test in New York, San Francisco [Bloomberg]

Google Inc. (GOOG) plans to start testing a mobile-payment service at
stores in New York and San Francisco within four months, letting
shoppers use their phones to ring up purchases, two people familiar
with the project said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-15/google-is-said-to-ready-payment-test...

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Half of [US] Adults Get Local News Via Mobile, 10% From Apps [MediaPost]

Nearly half of all American adults (47%) say they get at least some
local news and information on their cell phone or tablet computer,
according to a new study. But mobile applications are not yet playing
a major part in that consumption -- only one in 10 use apps for local
news and only 1% pay for those apps.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=146550

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Condé Nast UK to invest more in iPad apps [Guardian]

iPad magazine sales have often failed to live up to their early
promise, but Condé Nast Digital Britain is nevertheless upping its
investment in bringing its publications to Apple's tablet. The
publisher announced on Friday that Wired UK will release monthly app
editions for iPad starting with its May issue, with British GQ making
its tablet debut on the App Store with its July issue.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2011/mar/11/ipad-apps-conde-naste

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[US] Online readership and ad revenue overtake newspapers [Reuters]

Online ad revenue forecast to surpass print in 2010; More people get
their news online than from newspapers; Newspaper newsrooms have
shrunk 30 pct since 2000.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/14/media-readership-idUSN134971920110314

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Facebook Plans to Test Groupon-Inspired Service That Offers Discount Deals [Bloomberg]

Facebook Inc. plans to test a Groupon-inspired service that provides
discount offers, an effort to use its 500 million-plus members to
capitalize on the surging online-deal market. The service will get
started in San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas, Atlanta, and Austin,
Texas, the company said last week in a statement.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-12/facebook-will-introduce-new-service-...

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False Alarm: Google Circles Not Coming Now–and Probably Not Ever [AllThingsD]

After a report emerged this morning of a new social network focused on
nuanced sharing called Google Circles, the company said it was not
launching anything this week at the high-profile South by Southwest
Interactive event in Austin, Texas. Moreover, such a product is not
even under development, according to the people supposedly developing
it.

http://networkeffect.allthingsd.com/20110313/false-alarm-google-circles-not-c...

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Magazines' iPad Editions Struggle to Keep Your Attention, New Study Finds [AdAge]

Readers have more trouble focusing on magazines' iPad editions than
publishers initially predicted, according to the latest study in a
growing effort to figure out tablet computers. "We thought that of
course there's a lot of activity going on on an iPad, when there's so
many things you can be doing -- between email, Netflix, playing games,
reading magazines -- but they're actually bouncing around a lot more
than we thought," said Megan Miller, research and development program
director at Bonnier, which publishes titles including Popular Science,
Field & Stream, Parenting and Ski.

http://adage.com/article/mediaworks/magazines-ipad-editions-struggle-attentio...

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Unilever's Keith Weed: Brands Must Be Made Into 'Media Properties' [AdAge]

When Unilever’s Keith Weed thinks about the future of brand building,
he points to an Axe-branded phone sold in Latin America. To Weed, the
chief marketing and communication officer at Unilever, modern
marketing embraces the convergence of entertainment, media and brands.
He reiterated that point several times Tuesday during an interview at
the 4A’s Transformation 2011 conference in Austin, Texas.

http://www.brandweek.com/bw/content_display/news-and-features/direct/e3ic4b05...

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Tablet bubble brewing: Wall Street analyst [NYPost]

The tablet market is headed for trouble. That's the assessment of one
Wall Street analyst who sees all the signs of a bubble: a rush to
build, a flooded market, lackluster demand and an ultimate crash in
prices.
JPMorgan analyst Mark Moskowitz sees a rising "risk of a bubble burst"
this year following the huge success of Apple's iPad, which sold about
15 million devices last year.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/tablet_bubble_brewing_analyst_COYoDsWyq...

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Twitter fade? Edison and Arbitron report growth in Twitter usage slows [RadioInk]

Research is showing that although the awareness of Twitter is nearly
universal growth in usage has slowed. Growth from 2010 to 2011 was 7%
to 8%. From 2009 to 2010 the increase was 2% to 7%. 8% of Americans
12+ is approximately 20 million people.

http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2129016&spid=24698

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Most young people use social networks while watching TV [NMA]

The majority of under-25-year-olds chat to friends on social networks
via their mobile while watching TV, according to a study by marketing
agency Digital Clarity. Of the 1,300 UK people surveyed, 80% said they
use their mobiles while watching TV, while 72% comment specifically on
programmes via social networks on their mobiles.

http://www.nma.co.uk/news/most-young-people-use-social-networks-while-watchin...

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Gannett Considers Charging for Online Newspaper Content, CEO Dubow Says [Bloomberg]

Gannett Co., the owner of 82 newspapers including USA Today, is
considering charging for its online content, Chief Executive Officer
Craig Dubow said. The company, which also owns television stations, is
trying a paid-content model at three newspaper websites, and is likely
to experiment more before making a decision about the broad use of
paywalls, Dubow said in a telephone interview today.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-07/gannett-considers-charging-for-onlin...

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Online romance? Publisher starts e-romance imprint [AP/Yahoo]

There's a new romance in publishing — and it's happening online. Avon
Books announced Monday that it has set up a digital romance imprint,
Avon Impulse, where books by new and established authors will be
released electronically, with paper editions available on demand.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110307/ap_en_ot/us_books_e_romance

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'Tosh.0' turns Internet videos into laughs, cash for Comedy Central [LATimes]

The hit TV show that features comedian Daniel Tosh has caught on with
young male viewers, becoming a must-buy for advertisers.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-comedy-tosh-20110308,0,4908271.story

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Charlie Sheen's First Twitter Sponsor: Internships.com [ClickZ]

Charlie Sheen has run his first Twitter advertisement - for hiring
site Internships.com - only five days after Ad.ly helped launch him on
the micro-blogging site. And while Warner Bros. Studios has reportedly
fired the actor, Sheen's in a hiring kind of mood.

http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2031944/charlie-sheens-twitter-sponsor-inte...

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Why “Bloggers vs. Journalists” is Still With Us [PressThink]

To many people who have been paying attention, especially the
digerati, bloggers v. journalists is almost the definition of a
played-out theme. Aren’t we past all that by now? I know this is what
some people will be thinking because I thought that way myself.
Blogging is far more accepted today. Most journalists are bloggers
themselves, so the distinction is getting weirder. Many newsrooms are
trying to attract bloggers into local networks. Blogging itself has
been overtaken by social media, some people think. But I’ve noticed
something else over the years. The issue may be fading, but the
conflict remains.

http://pressthink.org/2011/03/monsters-of-the-newsroom-id-why-bloggers-vs-jou...

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AOL To Announce Outside.In Acquisition Today, Less Than $10 Million [BusinessInsider]

AOL will announce today that it has acquired "hyper-local" blog
aggregator startup Outside.In, an industry source tells us. We don't
know if AOL will announce how much it is paying for the company --
probably not -- but we're told that it is less than $10 million.

http://www.businessinsider.com/outside-in-2011-3

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Google CEO: Mobile Growing Faster Than Predicted [ClickZ]

Mobile is taking off faster than predicted, said Google CEO Eric
Schmidt. And Google, which develops the Android operating system for
smartphones, has seen mobile usage soar in all sorts of activities.

http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2029405/google-ceo-mobile-growing-faster-pr...

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[UK] Watchdog clamps down on web adverts [Telegraph]

The UK’s advertising watchdog is going to vet sites like Twitter and
Facebook for the first time after receiving thousands of complaints
about misleading online adverts.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8352989/Watchdog-clamps-down-on-we...

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