Ad spending on newspaper websites is still growing at a healthy clip, but the signs of a slowdown are increasingly visible, according to the the latest quarterly numbers from the…

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Fifteen percent of UK consumers now have a DVR box and, when asked whether they skip ads in recorded programs, 78 percent of them said they always or usually do,…

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The British lads’ mag, with its 1990s formula of gadgets, cars and scantily-clad girls, is supposedly losing out to the web. Latest ABC figures for the half-year to June show…

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As with all traffic data from third party sources, this is subject to suspect data, and then subjective analysis of that data..a new report by Joan Shorenstein Center on the…

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Internet users are spending nearly half their online time accessing content, a 37 percent rise in the share of time they devoted for the same use four years ago, according…

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Online advertising will be bigger than newspaper advertising in the U.S. by 2011, according to a new forecast. Veronis Suhler Stevenson’s (VSS) annual media research report says money going to…

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Growth in the number of people who legally download music is slowing, according to a new report. While last year saw 40 percent growth in legal downloaders, this year there…

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It’s old data, but this new research study from City University, London, online journalism researcher Neil Thurman is the first to illustrate why British news organizations are courting U.S. readers.…

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-- Broadband video use on the rise: About 81 million people, or 63 percent of the 129 million who have broadband connections in the U.S., watch broadband video at home…

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Advertising on internet TV channels could yield worldwide revenues of up to $10 billion in 2011, according to a report from Understanding & Solutions. That would make up 18 percent…

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Newspapers’ online audiences are rising at twice the rate of the general internet audience, according to research by Nielsen//NetRatings for the Newspaper Association of America. The research is being used…

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It once was, a user just had to avoid opening suspicious e-mail attachments or downloading dubious software. Now, spyware, malware and viruses can get you through infected online ads, WSJ…

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Newspaper publishers may get a little ammunition this fall when, for the first time, the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) includes online audience estimates. The move was approved during a…

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Budgets for internet advertising grew faster than those allocated to any other medium in the U.K. during Q2, according to latest industry figures. Some 21.8 percent of companies reported increasing…

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Online ad spending rose 17.8 percent in 2006, as major marketers continued to reduce spending on newspapers, according to a study by Wachovia Equity Research written up by E&P. Wachovia…

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The internet will grow six times faster than traditional media between 2006 and 2009 and increase its share of the ad market from 6.1 percent to 9.4 percent, according to…

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-- Consumer group hits at Google $3 billion move: European consumer rights group Beuc sent an official letter to European Commissioner Neelie Kroes protesting Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick and warning…

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Like just about everybody else, preteens and teens tend to reject banner ads and other obtrusive forms of online advertising.  But an online study suggests younger internet users also tend…

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Advertising and access fees are going to push spending on the internet to $78.4 billion by 2011, up from $47.2 billion in 2006, a 10.7 percent average annual growth rate,…

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As The Nielsen Company prepares to complete its merger with online audience metrics firm NetRatings by the end of this month, the company is planning to make internet measurement compulsory…

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While the threat of an internet ad spending slowdown has been hanging over the industry lately (by that, we mean lower double-digit growth), online media revenue appears resilient on both…

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Dot.com days are here again. Fashion e-commerce disaster Boo.com was resurrected earlier this month, now a new survey from retail analysts Verdict has found UK online retail has grown at…

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UK broadband take-up is on the rise and the “digital divide” is closing, according to a new report from media regulator Ofcom. Broadband adoption in 2006 was 45 percent in…

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The Interactive Advertising Bureau says its dispute over audience measurement ratings with comScore and Nielsen//NetRatings has been resolved. The parties met last week and the IAB said it has commitments…

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The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) opened its national convention today with the requisite study/press release: a custom analysis by Nielsen/Net Ratings.NetView shows the newspaper web site audience is growing…

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