Sales of digital cameras decline as consumers snap up smartphones

[Mintel Oxygen Reports] LONDON, UK: The camera and video camera - once an essential for every summer holiday, but new research from Mintel finds fewer Brits may be packing their cameras and camcorders this summer, instead relying on the smartphone. Sales of digital cameras have fallen dramatically, declining by as much as 29% since 2006, to a value of £598m in 2011. 5 Jul 2012 12:07

The BRAVES land in Leicester Square

LONDON, UK: Roll out the red carpet! The BRAVES are coming to the Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, 11 July 2012. 5 Jul 2012 09:05

The Stevie International Business Awards 2012: Deadline extended

FAIRFAX, US: The Stevie Awards, organisers of The Ninth Annual International Business Awards, one of the world's premier business awards competitions, has announced that the final entry deadline for the competition has been extended to Wednesday, 18 July. 4 Jul 2012 13:01

Are you experienced?

PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: Most companies have chief officers with various terms in the middle of their titles - "executive," "financial," "information," and so on - but chief "experience" officer? The Washington Post Company's new top-level position might sound as if management has been listening to too much psychedelic rock music, but it's an indication of how seriously the renowned newspaper takes its audience research. 4 Jul 2012 12:51

Security forces assault journalists covering protests

RAMALLAH, PALESTINE: The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned attacks by Palestinian security forces on at least four journalists who were covering protests against the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah on Saturday and Sunday, according to news reports. 4 Jul 2012 12:29

WFA to offer marketing procurement benchmark service

LONDON, UK: The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) is to offer both members and non-members the chance to benchmark their marketing procurement services against some of the world's biggest and most sophisticated advertisers. 4 Jul 2012 11:27

#MedicationMarketing: How the pharma industry is using social media to sell

NEW YORK, US: A multi-billion dollar industry that's banned in all but the US and New Zealand, Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical marketing is beginning to embrace social media, explains the latest report by international business experts GBI Research. 3 Jul 2012 10:06

Euronews launches in the Caribbean

LYON, FRANCE / PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI / ST MARTIN, MARIGOT: The international news channel Euronews, member of Co-op association (Caribbean Cable Cooperative Ltd), has signed the first two broadcasting deals in the Caribbean with the new Haitian digital platform NUtv and the cable operator St. Maarten Cable TV. 3 Jul 2012 08:52

Spanish free daily shuts as crisis hits advertising

MADRID, SPAIN: Spanish loss-making free daily newspaper Que! will shut down, owner Vocento said on Thursday, making it the third free paper to fall victim to the country's economic crisis. 3 Jul 2012 08:36

EU rights court condemns France for press freedom violations

PARIS, FRANCE: France acted unconstitutionally when authorities searched the offices of two publications and homes of five journalists over coverage of a doping scandal, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday. 3 Jul 2012 08:29

US asks Sri Lanka to stop 'harassing' media

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA / WASHINGTON, US: The United States Saturday joined rights groups in demanding that Sri Lanka stop "harassing" media organisations, a day after police shut down opposition news websites and arrested nine employees. 2 Jul 2012 12:19

Comment: Rim's results

LONDON, UK: Malik Saadi, principal analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media comments on RIM's results. 2 Jul 2012 12:10