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Trend Report: How do media owners monetise social media?

Trend Report: How do media owners monetise social media?

As media owners seek to monetise their social media strategies, Mike Fletcher looks at what the industry is planning to do, while assessing the available technology and formats for making social media pay.

 
 

Features

Trend Report: Are paywalls the only way forward for online publishers?

It's been 18 months since News Corp erected paywalls around The Sunday...

 

Trend Report: Is the industry ready for mobile?

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Since 2007 the media industry has been proclaiming it as the "year...

 

Sector analysis: Digital recruitment remains media's top priority

Research released by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) in October revealed further...

 

Sector analysis: Can radio sponsorship and promotion plug the COI gap?

The relaxation of the sponsorship and promotions (S&P) regulations from Ofcom announced...

 

Trend Report: How have media agencies coped with the recession?

Despite the recent slowdown of the economy there is cautious optimism among...

 

Trend report: how are newspapers monetising tablets?

The rise of tablets has offered newspapers a new and exciting challenge...

 
 
Blackhurst: 'People always tell me they don’t have time to read newspapers'

Chris Blackhurst: The Independent's new editor lays it on the line

Many in the industry did not expect The Independent to be around...

 
Outdoor and mobile: a match made in heaven

Sector analysis: outdoor and mobile

How is the outdoor industry embracing mobile and will the next 12...

 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: attracted 100,000 Facebook sign ups per week

Sector analysis: cinema gears up for social networks

The buzz around the opening of films on social networks including Facebook...

 
Trend Report: Women in Media

Trend report: how to further your career in media as a female

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In the first of our new series of Trend Report features, Suzy...

 
Kate Burns: 'Huffington Post has no competitor in UK,' says AOL chief

'Huffington Post has no competitor in UK,' says AOL's Kate Burns

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As AOL launches its first overseas edition of The Huffington Post in...

 
Can UKOM's VideoCensus propel VoD into the mainstream?

Can UKOM's VideoCensus propel VoD into the mainstream?

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The arrival of VideoCensus, the UK's first industry-backed metric for video on-demand...

 
Emerald Street: Shortlist Media's first digital only product

Shortlist Media plots expansion in print and digital

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Mike Soutar, chief executive of Shortlist Media, talks to Media Week about...

 
David Cameron wants to link the booming media and tech industries of Old Street and Shoreditch with Stratford's Olympic Park to create a UK version of Silicon Valley

Who's who on the Silicon Roundabout?

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As digital media and technology firms continue to flock to Old Street...

 
Bauer's Gaz7etta: will it or won't it make it to the news stand?

Solving the men's magazine conundrum

With Bauer mulling its paid-for weekly Gaz7etta, the News of the World...

 
Trading forecast for 2011: 'slow and steady' wins the adspend race

Trading forecast for 2011: 'slow and steady' wins the adspend race

Will VAT and interest rates scupper the industry's recovery in 2011? Media...

 
The Daily: latest Murdoch title launches in the US today

Murdoch's The Daily arrives: a 'new and robust voice' in tablet devices

Rupert Murdoch's much-trumpeted digital-only newspaper The Daily launched in New York today,...

 
Being a Media Mum: The panel

Video feature: Can you juggle motherhood with a career in the media?

It's a dilemma faced by many women working in the fast-paced media...

 
 
 
 

Profiles

Andy Mullins targets ad growth for Indy's i in year two

Andrew Mullins, the managing director of one year old i newspaper, has...

 

Forbes places social media at heart of business

Mike Perlis, chief executive of Forbes Media, believes the business brand has...

 

'The future's all about partnerships', says C4's exiting Andy Barnes

After leading Channel 4's commercial business for 20 years, Andy Barnes talks...

 

Can Carolan help Absolute Radio turn a profit?

Paul Carolan, an experienced media man and respected figure in radio, is...

 

Desmond predicts YouView success at expense of Sky

Richard Desmond, founder of Northern & Shell and owner of Channel 5,...

 

Matthew Dearden brings a 'can-do' culture to Clear Channel

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Matthew Dearden, chief executive of Clear Channel UK, tells Media Week how...

 

James Tye charts Dennis Publishing's stellar recovery

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James Tye, chief executive of Dennis Publishing, tells Media Week about near...

 

Haymarket's Rupert Heseltine on his first year in office

Assuming control of a business is never easy, so imagine taking the...

 

60 Second Spot

Media Agenda: Mike Baker, chief executive, Outdoor Media Centre

This week, Mark Banham talks to Mike Baker, chief executive of the...

 

Media Agenda: Lindsey Clay on the future of television

Thinkbox managing director Lindsey Clay talks to Media Week about television in...

 

Media Agenda: Stuart Taylor on the radio renaissance

GMG Radio's CEO Stuart Taylor talks to Media Week about the current...

 
 

My Media Week

My Media Week: Mark Halliday

This week we contacted our Media Week Awards media agency Rising Star,...

 

My Media Week: Richard Wheatly

This week, Richard Wheatly, chief executive of Jazz FM, zips back to...

 

My Media Week: Stuart Newman

This week, Stuart Newman, managing partner for planning at Vizeum, has to...

 

My Media Week: Alex Baker

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This week we contacted our Media Week Awards media owner Rising Star,...

 

My Media Week: Andrew Stephens

This week, Goodstuff founding partner Andrew Stephens is thrilled when his beloved...

 

Specials

Special report: Newspaper ABCs

All national newspapers except the FT increased circulation in January thanks to...

 

Special report: Oxford Media Convention

News from the Oxford Media Convention, including Jeremy Hunt's vision for local...

 

Special report: Rajars Q3 2010

Media Week's full coverage of the Q3 2010 Rajars

 

Special report: Changing Advertising Summit

All the news from the Media Guardian's Changing Advertising Summit

 

Special report: RTS conference

News coverage from the Royal Television Society conference, including speeches by Channel...

 
 

Out To Lunch

My Media Week: Julia Hutchison, Association of Publishing Agencies

Running an industry trade body in the busiest week of the year...

 

Marketing directors from Diesel and RSA to be part of client panel at Media 360

A client panel made up of senior marketing directors for high-profile brands...

 

British Airways chief to open Media 360

Frank van der Post, managing director brand and customer experience at British...

 

Stephen Miron to speak at Media 360

Stephen Miron, global chief executive at Global will be delivering a keynote...

 

John Lewis's Craig Inglis joins Media 360 keynote speakers

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Craig Inglis, director of marketing at John Lewis will be one of...

 

Media Bitch's Diary

Media Bitch's Diary 3 February

This week Bitch hangs out with a sharp-dressed man, tries to hitch...

 

Media Bitch's Diary 26 January

This week, Bitch witnesses MJ Media getting over an Olympic hurdle, goes...

 

Media Bitch's Diary 19 January

This week, Bitch is back, and witnesses a wedding proposal and lets...

 

Media Bitch's Diary 9 December

This week, Bitch gets all the gossip from Global Radio's Jingle Bell...

 

Media Bitch's Diary 2 December

This week, Media Bitch goes to glamorous Luton, threatens Christian O'Connell with...

 
 

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