Mobile internet according to Google

”There are over 3 times more mobile users than internet users. There are more mobile phones than TV units, more phones than cars. Mobile devices are more than a part of our live”, says Marc Vanlerberghe from Google. Read more

Interview: Mark Challinor, g8wave Europe

How to take a printed edition of a newspaper and move it to online, and then move it to mobile? How traditional media companies can use mobile to expand their reach and increase revenues? Read more

Interview: Patrick van Waeyenberghe, de Persgroep

When online advertising revenue will overtake the printed one at a Belgian multi-media company de Persgroep? Read more

Obama’s victory too late for printed editions of European newspapers

Europeans could learn this morning results of the US elections from any medium — except printed editions of their newspapers. Have been the online editions any better? Read more

NYT’s Sulzberger: We can’t care if newspapers die

“We must be where people want us for our information. It’s the thought of cannibalizing yourself before somebody else cannibalizes you,” says Arthur Sulzberger Jr., chairman and publisher of The New York Times. Read more

Newspaper is something you read, the web is something you do

During the fourth session of WAN’s Readership Conference in Amsterdam in October 16-17, 2008, Mario Garcia, President, Garcia Media, USA spoke about how we can attract and retain the attention of people who think fast, absorb fast and demand new information faster than any generation that preceded it. Read more

Mergers, acquisitions, research and development at newspaper companies

Smart media companies are investing millions of Euros on acquiring new digital companies that are expected to grow and provide rich rewards. Companies like News Corporation in the US, Fairfax Media in Australia, Axel Springer in Germany, Telegraaf Media Group in the Netherlands and others, have invested in digital company acquisitions in order to win profits over time. Learn what some other European companies do and how they invest their money. Read more

Young readers, elections and the internet

Young people often click away from election news online because they feel the sites bombard them with too much information and too many choices. Read more

The Web and TV, a sibling rivalry

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Peter Hirshberg explains why the web is so much more than “better TV” and looks back at history of emerging media and technology.

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Kids play when producing a real newspaper

Denmark’s Ekstra Bladet helps youngsters make their own newspapers with an online editorial system. It is the only offer of this kind in the world, writes Henrik Schou of the Danish daily. Read more