A number of magazine publishers have become media companies, having shifted from producing monthly print titles to daily videos. Several are making significant revenue from YouTube in addition to the money they bring in through online video plays on their own sites. In this feature we look at how four publishers – Dennis Publishing, Future, IPC and Vice – have moved beyond magazines and are now producing videos for their existing audiences and to attract new ones.
[..]As we wait for the Twitter’s music app to be launched, the company has put up a site at http://music.twitter.com and gives you the chance to sign in. Some reports are calling for a launch today, but then updated to say that the weekend was the target, to tie-in with Coachella.
[..]Android and iOS smartphone and tablet users spend an average of 2 hours and 38 minutes per day on their devices on Facebook, according to new data from Flurry. These consumers appear to significantly favor applications over the mobile web: 80% of their consumption (or 2 hours and 7 minutes daily) is spent inside apps, per the report, while the remaining 20% (31 minutes) is devoted to the mobile web. That means that time spent with Facebook (18% share) rivals time spent with the entire mobile Web.
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