comScore today released a study of blog traffic in the U.K. that found that 41 percent of the total U.K. Internet audience visited a blog in August. “Blogs have become part of the essential fabric of the Internet today,” said Herve Le Jouan, Managing Director, comScore Europe. “They’re increasingly displacing traditional media usage and carving […]

The Christian Science Monitor today announced plans to discontinue its daily print edition in favor of a largely online “multiplatform strategy”.  Plans include production of a daily e-mail version, a continually-updated online edition, and a weekly print edition.  All three editions will be created and maintained by a single staff. Editor in Chief Mary Trammel […]

The Wall Street Journal reports that people are starting to drop their cable subscriptions for Internet video: “I’m saving a lot of money,” says Tony Leach, a product manager at an online stock brokerage firm in the Bay Area. Mr. Leach canceled his $60-a-month cable subscription two years ago and has watched all of his […]

According to Microsoft Zune guru Rob Greenlee, there’s been “a huge jump in podcast interest in the Zune Podcast Marketplace Software.” “This is an annual rite of passage, that summer is the time when podcast usage dips and then it comes stampeding back in the Fall and Winter,” explains Greenlee. “This year is no exception […]

According to a new survey, the number of people watching video streamed through a browser has doubled over the past year, going from 32% a year ago to 63% today.

“Consumers are changing their online habits quickly,” says research director Michael Wolf. “Broadband speeds have continued to increase at the same time that Hollywood has decided online distribution is a legitimate monetization opportunity.”

  More people are watching video online than ever, with the percent of the total U.S. Internet audience viewing online video now topping 75%.  What’s this mean to you? In  a few years, your television will be more like your computer than a traditional television.  comScore today released July 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix […]

Think new media and social networking are just for young people? Think again. Market Research firm The NPD Group reports that online activities once mainly popular with teens and young adults are now getting active participation by baby boomers, too: 61 percent of baby boomer Internet users (age 44 to 61) had visited sites that […]

PBS’ Media Shift has published an interesting article that looks at the state of new media education.  Blogger Alana Taylor talks about her experiences in a journalism class at NYU: Professor Quigley begins by explaining how blogs are becoming more important and asks if any of us have a blog. One hand slowly rises. It’s […]

Newspapers sales are plummeting and, along with them, newspaper revenues. Total newspaper advertising revenues fell by $3 billion in the first six months of this year to $18.8 billion, the lowest level in a dozen years, according to data from the Newspaper Association of America. While the decline of print sales is on ongoing trend […]

For the last three years, we’ve been wondering why Paris Hilton was the first celebrity podcaster. You may recall that, back in 2005, when most people had no idea what a podcast was, Hilton was featured in The Paris Hilton Podcast, considered by some to be the worst podcast of all time. Now a new […]