Twitter: Avg User has 126 Followers, Runs an App
June 30, 2009
-the average user has 126 followers;
-only 20% of its traffic comes through the Twitter website; the other 80% (logically) comes from third-party programs on smartphones or computers
What’s also interesting in this piece is how Twitter stores its data.
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Paramount in home entertainment merger talks
June 30, 2009
Viacom’s Paramount Pictures studio is seeking to merge its home entertainment division with a rival and is in advanced talks with Sony Pictures and News Corporation’s Fox studio, signalling that Hollywood could soon see a wave of consolidation
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June 30, 2009
The social networking group’s choice of former Genentech chief financial officer David Ebersman is a no-brainer for a company planning to go public
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Yell starts capital restructuring
June 30, 2009
Yell said it had begun the process of restructuring the terms of its debts, as it warned that profits would fall 30% in the second quarter
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Banks to take control of Incisive Media
June 30, 2009
Debt for equity swap looms for the publisher of Legal Week and Hedge Funds Review after owner’s restructuring proposals are rejected
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Multi-media campaign launches new Zurich Connect direct insurance product
June 30, 2009
LONDON – Ads featuring the voices of comedian Alexander Armstrong and actor Marc Warren will launch new direct insurance brand from Zurich today across TV, press and radio.
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Surge in Jackson sales allays debt fears
June 30, 2009
A surge in interest in Michael Jackson’s music and history is forcing people around him to revise their initial assessment that his assets could be overwhelmed by debts attached to them
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Ad with priest and nun in ’seductive pose’ is banned
June 30, 2009
An ice cream advert which showed a priest and a nun in a “seductive pose” has been banned after complaints that it was offensive, the Advertising Standards Authority said today. The manufacturer, Antonio Federici, said the advert, which appeared in two magazines, was intended to portray the “forbidden Italian temptations” that its Gelato Italiano ice cream represented and that it was a “light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek portrayal”. But 10 people complained to the ASA that the suggestion of a kiss between a priest and a nun was offensive. They said it was demeaning to people who followed a religious vocation.
From: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/advertising/rss
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Yell faces tough talks as debt pressure grows
June 30, 2009
Yell is to open talks with lenders to renegotiate its £4.2bn of debt, but the experience of other companies that have attempted to do the same suggests that it is in for a tough time
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Marston’s launches ad campaign poking fun at Australians to coincide with Ashes cricket series
June 30, 2009
LONDON – Brewer Marston’s is launching a marketing campaign poking fun at Australians ahead of this summer’s Ashes cricket series.
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