01 Jul 2011
| by MT Staff
Success has many fathers. Or, in the case of the phrase 'social media', at least one mother....and assorted blogs, forums and sharing sites. 'Social media' is a new type of 'media', short for 'mass media', a term used since the 1920s. 'Social media' contrasts with 'traditional' media, where content ...
and 'consumer-generated media' is ungainly. So 'social media' is here to stay: until the next big thing. ...
01 Oct 2003
| by Roy Greenslade, media commentator for the Guardian
BOOKS: Wires crossed at Reuters - Two ex-employees think they know who to blame for the catastrophic decline of the company. Roy Greenslade remembers the scoops.
01 Jun 2001
| by ALAN GILES, chief executive, HMV Media Group
BOOKS: On the bedside table of ... Alan Giles - 'I'm reading The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss. The football team from a small Abruzzo town climbs five divisions to the dizzying heights of Italy's Serie B. A compelling tale of triumph over
This eye-popping time-line logs every notable event in the history of social media. Check out how...This sprawling infographic has more data in its 600 x 3,500 pixels than you can shake a stick at. It's practically an infonovel. Featuring the key dates in the life of the social media beast, you can ...
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27 Nov 2007
1. BSkyB 72.0 2. WPP Group 64.0 3. Pearson 63.1 4. Reuters 61.3 5. Informa 60.6 CEO James Murdoch continues to impress the City with his empire expansion, although his 17.9% share in ITV and the spat with Virgin Media are still causing problems. Third-quarter profits fell 27% to 121m ...
09 Mar 2009
As social media websites overtake personal email online, are they really about to change the world?...of social media: Facebook has a greater market penetration in the UK than anywhere else, while social ...
lag well behind Brazil, where social media sites have a penetration rate of 80% and account for a ...
it s not surprising that social media sites are on the rise at the moment. In tough economic times, entertainment ...
25 Sep 2008
ITV, Channel 4 and the future of public service broadcasting are all suffering from the financial fall-out.
01 Oct 2004
| by Clive Hollick, chief executive of United Business Media
This invaluable book explains the secret of the swing and will cure even the most perfect slice, as Clive Hollick discovered.
01 Jun 2000
| by TIM WATERSTONE, chairman of the HMV Media Group
BOOKS: The book that shook ... Tim Waterstone - 'I read in earnest as a teenager, encouraged by a superb English teacher.
01 Mar 2000
| by TIM WATERSTONE, chairman of the HMV Media Group
Books: More serious than lifestyle - Loadsamoney now has A-levels:
he reads labels rather than wears them. Tim Waterstone finds a book that
explains the power he wields - THE SOUL OF THE NEW CONSUMER