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When I started this blog in 2006, Twitter was three months old and Facebook was on the verge of providing public access. Google was up and running, turning a profit, and just beginning to destroy the business model of newspapers.

Since then, the disruption to traditional media has accelerated. While lamenting the loss of newsprint, I envisioned a world where journalism would thrive despite its passing.

Thus far, it hasn't worked out that way. I know journalism's future is online and the digital deniers are fooling themselves if they think mass-market newspapers will survive. But we need to beware of losing what we have.

I think print in future will largely serve a niche market (a reality already for magazines). An educated, affluent elite will most likely be prepared to pay for the pleasure of getting ink on their hands.

What is worrying is whether anyone can find a business model to support independent, trustworthy, quality journalism on a large enough scale to stage a daily national conversation.

Equally problematic is the growing use of social media to access news. Aside from questions about the "echo chamber" or "filter bubble" effect, will it improve the spread of news and information?

By chance, as I was preparing to write this final blog piece, I heard from a colleague at City, University of London, Neil Thurman.

He has just published a study, Newspaper consumption in the mobile age, which shows that 89% of newspaper reading is still in newsprint, with just 7% via mobile devices and 4% on PCs.

The study by Dr Thurman (also of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich) relies on data from the UK National Readership Survey (NRS) for print and from comScore for online.

It is the first research to comprehensively account for the time spent reading newspapers via mobile devices.

Although online editions have doubled or tripled the number of readers that national newspapers reach, Thurman argues that this increased exposure disguises huge differences in attention paid by print and online readers.

He said: "My research shows that while print newspapers are read for an average of 40 minutes per day, online visitors to the websites and apps of those same newspapers spend an average of just 30 seconds per day.

"Scale those numbers up and you can see why newspapers still rely on print for the vast majority of the attention they receive."

Fascinatingly, the data almost exactly mirrors the split in newspapers' print/digital revenues (88% to 12%) as reported in last month's NMA/Deloitte report. As Thurman notes: "It looks like revenues closely match audience attention."

His study covered 11 UK national newspaper brands, using a full year's worth of data (from April 2015 to March 2016).

As well as shedding new light on newspapers' multi-platform performance, the research is the first to follow Ofcom's recommendation that market share be "calculated from time-spent".

Dr Thurman added: "My calculations show the UK national newspaper market is more concentrated than is commonly believed, with one title having close to a 30% market share."

Full disclosure: I teach at City, University of London
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Would you believe it? Print remains a favourite with readers

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When I started this blog in 2006, Twitter was three months old and Facebook was on the verge of providing public access. Google was up and running, turning a profit, and just beginning to destroy the business model of newspapers. Since then, the disruption to traditional media has accelerated.

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In an effort to keep up with big online streaming services like Netflix and Amazon, the BBC is planning to re-invent the iPlayer with the aim of becoming the UK's top online streaming service by 2020.

The changes are to be announced by the BBC Director General Lord Hall when he addresses his staff as the BBC enters its new charter period.

According to Mr Hall, while "iPlayer was the biggest revolution of the last charter" it now needs to "make the leap from a catch-up service to a must-visit destination in its own right".

Bid to be the best

How might the service achieve its goal? Through three strategic priorities, which fall under the headings of creativity, culture and global ambition.

These headings don't really tell us much, but in terms of specifics it's anticipated that one possible change could see the BBC taking binge-watching enabling tips from Amazon and Netflix, by allowing users to download entire series before they appear on television.

Lord Hall is expected to say that the BBC must find new ways to embrace technology, and make using its service a more personal experience for viewers, if it has any hope of remaining a power in the TV streaming market.

To become the number one online TV service in the UK by 2020, the BBC would have to double its online viewership. It's a lofty goal, but recent figures have shown that 2016 was iPlayer's best year yet in terms of audience, so at the very least the BBC only has to continue its growth rather than turn things around.

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In an effort to keep up with big online streaming services like Netflix and Amazon, the BBC is planning to re-invent the iPlayer with the aim of becoming the UK's top online streaming service by 2020. The changes are to be announced by the BBC Director General Lord Hall when he addresses his staff as the BBC enters its new charter period.

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The real-life version of the popular "Hunger Games" movies is set to launch in Siberia this year. Thirty male and female participants will try to survive in Taiga forest for nine months - from July 1, 2017 until April 1, 2018 - intemperatures that can fall to -40 degrees.

According to producers of "Game2: Winter,"contestants will not be allowed to carry guns. But they will still be subject to local laws, and can be arrested at any time during the TV show. Anyone who wants to take part has to be over 18 and "sane." However, participants have topay the entrance fee of 10 million rubles ($164,300) or be voted in by viewers. Yevgeny Pyatkovsky, local entrepreneur and organizer of the show talks to Metro about his idea.
You are already getting applications. How will you select participants?
By internet voting.But then not only the strongest could get in.
They may simply die...
A person can cross the road and die under a car, despite being strong. Our participants will sign a form abandoning any claims, so we will not be responsible for them at all.

Why? You are luring them into forest with money...

If a man went to pick mushrooms and wolves ate him, who will be responsible? Mushrooms that lured him into the woods?
Will someone help participants? Maybe some rescuers?
Everyone will have a panic button. Once pressed, you get evacuated. But you instantly lose. If, for example, you broke a leg, you can click it or just power through it. The sumof 100 million rubles ($1.6 million) will be divided between those who remain in the forest from July 1, 2017 to April 1, 2018.
How can someone watch the show?
You have to sign up on our site to get access to 2,000 cameras we will put in the forest.
Have you ever lived in Taiga by yourself?
Once I walked for two days through this forest.

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The real-life version of the popular "Hunger Games" movies is set to launch in Siberia this year. Thirty male and female participants will try to survive in Taiga forest for nine months - from July 1, 2017 until April 1, 2018 - intemperatures that can fall to -40 degrees.

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Britain's growing appetite for services such as Netflix and Amazon has helped push streaming and downloads of films and TV shows ahead of sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs for the first time.

The rise in popularity of paying for TV content helped power total UK revenue from music, TV shows, films and video games to a record £6.3bn last year.

Video: the death of the DVD

Total revenues from digital video - which includes services such as Apple's iTunes as well as Sky's store and Now TV - surged almost 23% to £1.3bn last year.

The digital boost came as high street sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs fell 17% to £894m - the first time it has fallen below the £1bn mark. The once mighty physical rental market fell 21% to just £49m.

Total revenue from physical and digital sales rose 2.2% to £2.25bn, with the biggest seller of the year Star Wars: The Force Awakens with sales of 2.3m .

"We've seen an explosion of technology that has allowed people to consume entertainment in different ways," said Kim Bayley, chief executive of the Entertainment Retailers Association, which compiles the annual figures.

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Netflix has rapidly grown to 6 million UK subscribers since launching in 2012. Amazon, which has shows including The Man in the High Castle as well as Jeremy Clarkson's The Grand Tour, is estimated to have attracted 2.3 million regular users of to its UK video service since its launch in 2014, according to Ampere Analysis.

Sky had more than 3 million customers to its Sky Store in the year to the end of June, while its "buy and keep" service - where by customers download a film and get a DVD posted out - grew by 80%.

Despite the digital revolution, Bayley said that it was too soon to ring the death knell of the DVD, with physical sales of music, TV shows, films and computer games still worth £2.2bn annually.

"Physical entertainment retailing is clearly off its peak," she said. "A multichannel economy is going to exist for some years to come. The strength of the DVD and CD formats over the Christmas period shows that physical still dominates when it comes to gifting, for instance."

Music: digital, Adele and compilations

The digital onslaught is also continuing in the music market, with subscription revenues increasing by 65% to £418m, driven by services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Deezer.

Physical sales of CDs fell by 13%, a steep decline after a 3.7% fall in 2015.

Consumer spend in £m
Consumer spend in £m

Overall physical sales were 7.3% down as a surge in vinyl sales, up by 56% to £65.6m, helped stabilise the decline.

Total music revenues were up 4.6% to £1.1bn, with the top two sellers Now That's What I Call Music compilations followed by Adele's 25, which was the biggest-selling album by a single artist.

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Adele's album 25 on CD. Photograph: Alexander Schippers/AFP/Getty Images

Digital services now account for 57% of all music sales.

Video games: the back of the digital net

Total revenue from games grew 2.9% to £2.95bn last year. Digital sales from online and mobile grew by 12% to £2.2bn, while physical sales of games fell 16% to £776m.

The biggest selling game of the year was Fifa 17, with sales of 2.5m. This was almost the same number as its chart-topping predecessor Fifa 2016.

Almost three-quarters (74%) of the UK games market is now accounted for by digital revenues.

Last year marks the second in a row that the UK entertainment industry has seen growth after almost a decade of declining sales as businesses struggled to take advantage of the digital revolution.

"The music, video and games industries were understandably nervous about the advent of new digital services, but these figures provide resounding evidence of the benefits of our members' investment in innovation," said Bayley. "Take away today's digital services and the entertainment market would be barely a third the size it is today."
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Britain's growing appetite for services such as Netflix and Amazon has helped push streaming and downloads of films and TV shows ahead of sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs for the first time. The rise in popularity of paying for TV content helped power total UK revenue from music, TV shows, films and video games to a record £6.3bn last year.

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Teens spend 9 hours a day using media, report says - CNN

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Frozen 2 Cast Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

Frozen 2 stars Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. Where does Jonathan Groff live? Is Josh Gad married? Is he a nice guy? Is Jonathan in Hamilton? Jonathan and Josh answer all these questions and more! Frozen 2 premieres Nov. 22

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Frozen 2 stars Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad take the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answer the internet's most searched questions about themselves. Where does Jonathan Groff live? Is Josh Gad married? Is he a nice guy? Is Jonathan in Hamilton? Jonathan and Josh answer all these questions and more!