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August 12, 2011
Local News #1 Reason for Subscribing to NewspapersAdAge has surveyed consumers
<http://adage.com/article/adagestat/37-newspaper-subscribers-habitual/229012
/> to find out why they continue to subscribe to a local newspaper. Local news and coupons came out on top when subscribers were asked 1) What are all the reasons you subscribe to the paper and 2) What is the #1 reason you subscribe? Here are the breakouts for the responses when asked for the #1
reason:
#1 Reason Percentage
Local News 49.6 %
Coupons 21%
National &
International News 14%
Habit 7%
Columnists 4%
Obituaries 3%
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August 11, 2011
DVD & Blu-ray Sales Drop 18.3% This YearDVD sales have been sliding for quite a while, but figures from the first half of this year show a change from "slide" to "steep drop." Sales of DVDs and Blu-ray were off 18.3%. However, Blu-ray alone gained 10% over that period of time, meaning an ...
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August 10, 2011
(Naked) Canary in a Coalmine?Time Warner has reported that its video on demand service was down again in the 2nd quarter, off 13.5%. They blame the increasing amount of free online options for consumers. In particular, some have speculated ...
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August 9, 2011
More iCloud Details EmergeMore details about Apple's upcoming iCloud service have emerged <http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/01/apple-icloud-beta-launches-for-developers-pri cing-revealed/> as Apple has started a beta phase of the service. Developers are getting their first looks under the ...
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August 8, 2011
What Is 4G?Consumers are confused about the meaning of 4G. Mobile carriers are touting the advantages - and availability of - 4G, but consumers are slow to get the message. 4G refers to the 4th generation of digital mobile technology. Without going under the hood for involved ...
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August 5, 2011
Confusion Over 4GSome interesting research <http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-what-is-4g-2011-1> has been done about 4G mobile service and customer perceptions of them. Evidence points to the fact that the average customer really doesn’t know what 4G is, wheat ...
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August 4, 2011
Mobile Music Videos At HomeVevo, the music video service owned by the labels, just released results of a study <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072611mobile#qo2GMzQr7tH5-ENtEfKNKQ> that showed that most mobile music video viewing takes place at home, not on the go. The bedroom turns ...
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August 3, 2011
Tablet Growth ProjectionsGartner's recent projections for tablet growth project worldwide sales to reach over 69 million units this year, a 5-fold increase from 2010. 47 million of those are projected to be iPads, which means that the iPad's market share will fall from 84% to just over 68%. ...
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August 2, 2011
Ford Phasing Out CD PlayersStrike another blow for cloud-based delivery, Ford has announced http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2011/07/29/ford-ejects-cds-welcomes-app-developers that it's starting to phase out CD players in some of its cars. The plan is to no longer offer CD players as standard ...
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August 1, 2011
Big Changes for Hulu?Owners of video streaming service Hulu have acknowledged that the service is up for sale. But that's not the only news. Fox is planning on limiting next-day streaming ...