Simon @ July 21, 2008 # 2 Comments
Rather like an intrepid local reporter who cares about nothing unless it involves something on his patch, I always start my look at the Google quarterlies by looking at the UK revenues. While most of the industry has been talking about slowdown in growth -the figure that’s been in my mind is their record breaking [...]
Simon @ June 28, 2008 # 2 Comments
Now, there’s a headline to get the pulse racing! paidContentUK picks up on an interesting part of the Lords report on media ownership, which says
News aggregator sites benefit on news gathering done by other organisations, but they do not invest in original content themselves. This is an issue of justifiable convern and we recommend that the Department for Culture [...]
Simon @ April 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Almost incredible interactive chart over at MediaGuardian.
Simon @ April 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
These days, I think I watch more ads on YouTube than on the TV. Particularly when they’re as fine as this offering [via Lunar BBDO's If this is a blog....]
Anyway - the merits of this ad aside, it’s clear that YouTube has become effectively an on demand supply of the world’s best ads (and frankly, [...]
Simon @ March 25, 2008 # 2 Comments
Just before heading off for Easter, there was a rash of coverage for an Ernst and Young report on ‘the future of national newspapers’. [You can see the E&Y press release here and download the full report here .
The bit that caught my eye was the assertion that eventually got mangled up as [...]