Facebook reports mobile now generating two-thirds of all ad revenue
Facebook advertising revenues hit $3.2bn (£1.98bn) in Q3, with profits up 90% year on year to $806m but admitted that its expenses would rocket as much as 75% in 2015.
View ArticleNewsworks Planning Awards 2014 shortlist
The Newsworks Planning Awards attracted a record 85 entries from 16 agencies this year, including Manning Gottlieb OMD, MediaCom, OMD UK, Mindshare, Initiative and PHD.
View ArticleChannel 5 helps Viacom achieve record viewers for MTV EMA's 20th birthday
Channel 5 helped the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) attract its highest TV audience of more than 2.3 million in the UK on Sunday for the event's 20th anniversary.
View ArticleQ&A: Tremor Video chief talks online video advertising
The rise of online video is only set to continue as it is inherently easier to sell than copy alone, says Bill Day, chief executive of Tremor Video as he discusses the future of TV vs video advertising
View ArticleWill Hayward: 'Why 2014 was such a significant year for Buzzfeed'
In a sea of change, 2014 has been a tipping point for nascent publishing business Buzzfeed, says vice president of Europe, Will Hayward.
View ArticleWages are on the rise at media owners
In the first part of Media Week's salary survey snapshot in association with recruiter Sylex, managing director Simon Shroot finds reason for optimism for those working at media owners.
View ArticleTwitter buys ZipDial for $40m to aid users in emerging markets
Twitter has acquired mobile phone service ZipDial for a reported $40 million in an attempt to make the real-time social network more accessible to people in India and other emerging markets.
View ArticleEmily Bell: Google, Facebook and Twitter 'taking over mainstream media'
Emily Bell, the director of Columbia University's Tow Centre for digital journalism, warned the current dynamics between the press and digital "super platforms" like Google, Twitter and Facebook are...
View ArticleNRS Padd: Mail titles most read newsbrands
The Daily Mail & General Trust newsbrands Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Mail Online are collectively the most read stable of titles in the UK, according to the National Readership Survey (NRS)...
View ArticleNRS Padd: OK! Magazine, Tesco and What's on TV enjoy readership sector highs
OK! Magazine, Tesco Magazine and What's on TV all enjoyed sector leading readerships in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to this week's National Readership Survey (NRS) figures for magazines.
View ArticleNewspaper ABCs: February 2015 at a glance
All newsbrands experienced falls in print circulations in February, with the biggest monthly drops reported by The Sun, The Guardian and the Financial Times.
View ArticleJeremy Clarkson suspended after 'fracas' with Top Gear producer
The BBC has suspended Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson after a "fracas" with the show's producer, leading to the removal of the programme from Sunday's schedule.
View ArticleHeat Radio signs Westlife star Kian Egan
Bauer Media's Heat Radio has signed former Westlife popstar Kian Egan to host a brand new Saturday afternoon show.
View ArticleKate Burns returns to the fray as Buzzfeed's European leader
Buzzfeed has appointed former AOL leader Kate Burns as head of its European operations, as it looks to boost its commercial prospects ahead of a possible IPO in 2016/2017.
View ArticleBuzzFeed hires Pugh-Jones to lead brand strategy in Europe
BuzzFeed has appointed former Microsoft leader, David Pugh-Jones, as director of brand strategy in Europe.
View ArticleTwitter maps out Premier League football fans
Twitter has created a custom Premier League follower map which plots the geographic location of each of the top 20 clubs in the UK.
View ArticleLabour Party winning social media election battle
The Labour Party is winning the social media election battle with its policymakers broadcasting nearly double the number of posts as Conservatives, according to new analysis by social media monitoring...
View ArticleSpotify announces 75m users and multi-million pound payouts to artists
Spotify has announced it now has 75 million active users, including 20 million paying premium subscribers, up by a third since January 2015.
View ArticleGorman and MacCallum to lead judges of Media Week Awards 2015
Rosemary Gorman, group ad director at Mail Newspapers, and Ali MacCallum, chief executive of Omnicom's M2M, will take the lead role as co-chairs of the judges at the Media Week Awards 2015.
View ArticleFacebook confirms 'monetisation test' for media contributors
Facebook has confirmed plans to offer video contributors a share of advertising revenues generated around posts, in a move that will increase competition with Google's YouTube.
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