By Maisie McCabe Channel 4 is to broadcast a live performance from the singer songwriter Sam Smith on Friday night, as part of a deal with Google Play, MediaCom, The Outfit and Universal Music. Read full story › Source: Campaign...
Read MoreUkip overtakes Labour to become second largest UK political party on Facebook, as BirdSong reveals it’s by far the most engaging party
By Jennifer Faull Ukip has taken over Labour to become the second most popular political party on Facebook and acts in the same way as a brand to generate the greatest levels of engagement, according to figures released to The Drum by social analytics firm BirdSong. In April, Conservative (169.268 fans), Labour (164,971 fans) Lib Dems (93,889 fans) and Ukip (92,5696 fans) made up the top four. However, this has dramatically changed for one party over the past month, with Ukip gathering over 80,000 fans during the period. It is now the second most liked political party, with over 172,000 fans, taking over from Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Noel Young Harry Potter author JK Rowling ‘s new detective novel is at the centre of a row between her New York publisher and online retailer Amazon over the price of e-books. Amazon has removed pre-order buttons for a number of titles published by Hachette, including ‘The Silkworm’, which Rowling wrote under the pen name Robert Galbraith. The book is described as ’Currently unavailable’. Now concern is growing about Amazon’s power over the e-book business. Seattle-based Amazon is believed to have a share of more than 60 percent of e-book sales and at least a Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Faull An increasing number of people under the age of 30 are dominating the digital media space and a new infographic from One Productions has taken a closer look at who holds the most influence. The majority of those featured in the top eight started their channels or blogs when they were still teenagers. Jamal Edwards was just 14 when he started playing around with a video camera before launching a YouTube channel and subsequently a broadcast company, SBTV. At 23, he is now worth £8m, reaches over 406,000 people on YouTube and employs 12 people. Similarly, Zoe Sugg (22 years Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Natalie Mortimer Apple has requested a retrial of the Samsung patent case after a jury ordered the South Korean company to pay $119m (£71m) in damages for infringing two of its patents. The iPhone giant, which had originally been seeking damages amounting to $2.2bn, is now pushing to attain the full sum and also seeking to permanently prevent Samsung from selling any device that has features similar to the ones it was found to infringe including “slide to unlock”, according to the BBC. During the trial that was concluded earlier this month, Samsung also filed a counter claim, which saw Apple ordered Read full story › Source: The Drum...
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