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VSS Forecast: Comms Spending to Top $1 Trillion

Total communications spending will decline 1% in 2009 to $882.6 billion, but will grow 3.6% per year over the next five years to more than $1 trillion,  according to a report from private-equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS). This growth will make communications the third fastest-growing sector (behind mining and construction) of the US economy through 2013,   [...]

Tech Gifts are Must-Haves in Icky Economy

Consumer electronics products continue to top the holiday wish lists of adults and teens, resulting in 3.5% projected growth in Q4 industry shipments over last year, according to new research by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA),   [...]

Nearly 70% of Online Adults Use Social Media, Often Research Products

More than two-thirds (68 percent) of online Americans say they visit online blogs, communities or social networks, and 33 percent engage in product research online to help make purchase decisions, according to (pdf) the August/September 2008 Insight Report from MarketTools -   [...]

Olympics-Related Site Traffic Takes Off

NBC's and Yahoo's Olympics sites lead the US internet-audience race among the top 10 most-visited Beijing Olympics-related content websites -- and NBC's online-video offering have also gained momentum, according to (pdf) Nielsen Online, writes MarketingCharts.   [...]

Comcast Scarfs Daily Candy Down for $125M

Daily Candy, a fashion and culture email newsletter and website for young women, was snapped up by Comcast for $125 million -- incrementally higher than the $100M it asked for two years ago, reports The Wall Street Journal.   [...]

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W. Europe Mobile Music Market Poised to Soar

Western Europe's mobile music scene is more advanced than that of the US. While the US is the world's largest retail market for music, it lacks much of Europe's more flexible mobile infrastructure, according to eMarketer - reports MarketingCharts. The UK is the largest individual mobile music market in the EU-5 (UK, Fr  [...]

iPhone 3G Buzzing - Nielsen Online, Hitwise Issue Stats

With Apple's iPhone 3G scheduled to go on sale today, Nielsen Online and Hitwise provide a host of iPhone-related statistics. Judging by search terms used, consumers are interested in more than just price -- such as the 3G network, release date, applications and plans, Hitwise said (  [...]

Mobile Photo Messaging Up 60% in US - among Top Mobile Data Apps

Photo messaging from mobile phones has grown 60 percent in the United States over the past year and 16 percent in Europe, where photo messaging got an earlier start, according to comScore's latest figures from the M:Metrics Benchmark Study, reports MarketingCharts.   [...]

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Music Ups and Downs: Online, Mobile vs. Physical; Spenders vs. Spend

Weighed down by plummeting CD sales, the global recording industry is struggling to find footing in a changing marketplace: spend on physical music is down as online and mobile formats gain momentum, according to eMarketer, writes MarketingCharts. Global spend on recorded music will fall from  [...]

Business Travelers Balance Work and Life, Despite Increased Time in Transit

Over 68 percent of business travelers spend more time on the road than in the past, but nearly two-thirds (66 percent) claim that they can manage work-life balance while traveling, according to a survey by Expedia Corporate Travel, MarketingCharts wr  [...]

UK 2008 Ad Spend Growth Forecast Slips to 4%

2008 figures for United Kingdom (UK) advertiser investment are staying put, but discretionary spend is becoming shorter-term, at or slightly short of budget. Nonetheless, WPP's GroupM forecasts 4 percent growth in 2008 and 3 percent in 2009 for the UK, thanks to internet advertising, reports MarketingCharts.   [...]

Forget Ringtones, Games -- Consumers Want Practical Mobile Internet

Rather than entertainment and ringtones on mobile phones, US and UK consumers want practical mobile web activities -- like phone-optimized banking and travel planning, according to a survey from dotMobi and AKQA Mobile that measured mobile internet use and attitudes, MarketingCharts   [...]

Top 50 US Web Rankings Issued for May, Google No. 1 for Second Time

For the second time, Google Sites edged out Yahoo Sites among US web properties in May, having finally overtaken Yahoo for the top spot in April, according to a comScore Media Metrix monthly analysis of US consumer activity at online properties, MarketingCharts reports. With an audience   [...]

Most Don't Plan to Buy iPhone, but Lower-Priced 3G May Change Minds

41 percent of those that don't intend to purchase an iPhone are deterred by its price, but the lower-priced new iPhone 3G may change their minds. Moreover, 42 percent of online consumers surveyed are already considering an iPhone purchase, finds -- MarketingCharts writes. The  [...]

eNote Brings Audio/Visual Email Marketing to Artists, Music Labels

For up-and-coming bands, getting airtime on a radio station -- whose mailbox is typically deluged with new singles -- is a difficult task. In lieu of mailing a CD that will never be played, musicians can email sample tracks via eNote, powered by Yangaroo, which recently patented its own digital media distribution system. eNote enables recipients to listen to a song snippet, view album art and chec  [...]

Boomer Demographics: Things Retailers Must Know

Though members of the Baby-Boom generation are often lumped into a homogenous group by marketers, new research from STORES, the Boomer Project and BIGresearch uncovers differences among them that have important implications for retailers, STORES writes (  [...]

Google Surpasses 68% Share of US Searches - 87% of UK Searches

Search leader Google continued its record growth in market share of searches and is up 5 percent year-over-year in May, accounting for 68 percent of searches in the US and 87 percent of searches in the UK, according to the latest data from Hitwise, MarketingCharts   [...]

Strong, Ongoing Consumer Preference for Email

Consumers prefer email as a primary method of personal and business communication -- and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, despite online threats and the emergence of other channels and Web 2.0 applications, according to a Habeas study, MarketingCharts   [...]

Consumers Want More Mobile Web Service and App Choices, Control

Some 80 percent of consumers would prefer a service provider that gives them more choice in the applications and services available on their mobile device, according to a study titled "Go mobile, grow" from IBM's Institute for Business Value, MarketingCharts   [...]

Telecommuters More Likely to Take Part in Leisure Activities

Consumers that telecommute are more likely to engage in more, and more various, leisure activities than all US adults, according to data from Mediamark Research & Intelligence (MRI), writes MarketingCharts.   [...]