Monday, 15 April 2013

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Two charts that tell you everything you need to know about the future of newspapers

The U.S. newspaper industry has lost more than $40 billion in ad revenue in the past decade -- over half of that in the last four years alone -- and Google's ad revenues are now more than twice what the industry pulls in.

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Most Google Reader users check it “many” times a day, according to Digg survey

Digg is working on a Google Reader replacement. Its survey of about 8,000 current Google Reader users suggests that many of them are sticking with it until the bitter end; so far, among alternatives, Feedly is in the lead.

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Netflix users watched more than four billion hours of video in Q1

Netflix streamed more than four billion hours of movies and TV shows to its members in the first quarter of this year.

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Ebooks made up 23 percent of US publisher sales in 2012, says the AAP

Ebooks accounted for nearly a quarter of the U.S. trade book business in 2012, according to statistics released Thursday by the Association of American Publishers. The ebook industry appears to be maturing, however, and triple-digit growth is likely a thing of the past.

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Google’s Wojcicki: Pepsi prank with Jeff Gordon is future of online ads

Google's Susan Wojcicki says the viral success of a Pepsi prank video shows how online ad viewing is becoming a voluntary experience where marketers strive to produce content viewers want to watch.

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