Media - Internet

Mainstream media may be able to breathe a sigh of relief, at least for now: A study finds that although the Internet has grown significantly in the past decade, it is supplementing traditional outlets such as newspapers and television, not replacing them. The biennial news consumption survey of 3,204 adults, out today from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, finds that although a...

FAR more Americans use the internet to get their news than a decade ago but the rate of online news audience growth is slowing, according to a new study. Nearly one in three Americans regularly used the internet to get their news in 2006, compared to one in 50 in 1996, according to the Pew Research Centre for People and the Press. The most recent result was about the same as it was two years ago...

PARIS: Already famed for angry labour strikes and philosophical debates in smoke-filled cafes, the French have now brought these passions online to become some of the world's most intensive bloggers. The French distinguish themselves, both statistically and anecdotally, ahead of Germans, Britons and even Americans in their obsession with the personal and public journals of the Internet age. 60% of...

I was all ears when a man named Tony Conrad sat down next to me at a recent dinner party and introduced himself as the founder of a new blog search engine called Sphere. Oh, how I long for such a thing. With nearly 50 million blogs online, slogging through their gazillion entries makes me feel like one of the minions at the National Security Agency assigned to monitor billions of phone calls...

Bloggers in the US are focused on describing their personal experiences to a relatively small audience of readers and only a small proportion focus their coverage on politics, media, government, or technology, a survey has revealed. These are some of the key findings in a report issued by the Pew Internet & American Life Project titled Bloggers. EYE FOR A I: Most bloggers say they cover varied...

The Indian government's decision to block 18 websites including the popular blogging site blogspot.com increasingly appears to be a whimsical and arbitrary one. The loud rumours rife in the online world about the government blocking sites in the wake of the July 11 Mumbai blasts is increasingly ringing a hollow tune. None of the listed sites that this writer visited had anything to do with the...

A Florida newspaper has increased readership 20 percent without spending a dime on printing or distribution. How? By offering the entire paper online for free. Publisher Craig Swill wanted to get more people reading the Boca Raton (Fla.) News — and its ads — yet avoid any increase in the printing and distribution costs which already squeeze newspapers. He found a solution in the PDF sent by the...

Ren Xin reads news almost every day but does not subscribe to any newspaper. The 25-year-old office worker gets her information fix from the Internet. "I also watch TV for news. Sometimes, I buy a newspaper or a magazine in the subway, but that is rare," she says. Information-thirsty Ren is one of a rising number of Chinese youth who are increasingly shying away from traditional media, especially...

In the first deal of its kind among Internet rivals, Yahoo and MSN Instant Messaging (IM) users from India and 14 other countries will be able to invite and chat with each other beginning today. These 15 countries account for over 80 per cent of MSN and Yahoo’s combined user base of around 350 million. The other countries will be covered in a phased manner since they have language issues with IMs...

LONDON - The cannibalisation of print content to online is complementing rather than endangering the future of the UK press, according to a report compiled by Deloitte. The survey, which was conducted in association with the UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP), asked 30 UK publishing firms their opinion on the future of digital publishing, with 70% of those polled not perceiving online...