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Thomson Reuters: omzetstijging in Q3

Redactie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:18:21 +0000

Thomson Reuters (TSX / NYSE: TRI), the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. The company reported ongoing revenues of $3.2 billion, underlying operating profit of $655 million, underlying operating profit margin of 20.4% and underlying free cash flow of $751 million.

“I am pleased with the continuing progress the company has made in the first half of the year. While our markets are only slowly improving, we have seen accelerating results in terms of revenues, net sales and customer uptake of our new products,” said Thomas H. Glocer, chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters. “Based on these encouraging trends, we expect that Thomson Reuters will return to revenue growth in the third quarter.” … er is meer

Dilemma: newspapers or untrustworthy Internet?

Redactie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:38:47 +0000

Based on a recent report of research carried out by the Center for the Digital Future at University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, consumers seem not to be sure of their preferences.

Only 56% of Internet users ranked newspapers as an important source of information, with an even lower 29% viewing papers as a source of entertainment. 18% withdrew their newspaper subscriptions because “they now get the same or related content online.” … er is meer

Facebook start Q&A’s

Redactie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:35:15 +0000

Millions of people ask their friends questions on Facebook every day. What new music should I listen to? Where’s the best sushi place in town? How do I learn to play the piano?

Today we’re introducing Facebook Questions, a beta product that lets you pose questions like these to the Facebook community. With this new application, you can get a broader set of answers and learn valuable information from people knowledgeable on a range of topics. Since we like to develop products carefully over time with your help, Facebook Questions is available to a limited number of people right now, and we’ll be developing it rapidly based on their feedback. We’re aiming to bring this product to all of you as quickly as we can … er is meer

Virgin Media: recordwinst

Redactie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:16:26 +0000

Neil Berkett, Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Media, said: “A growing base of customers, combined with increased ARPU and improvements in Business and Mobile revenues, drove strong revenue growth and a double digit year-on-year percentage increase in OCF for the third successive quarter.

This performance was driven by our ability to offer households and businesses an increasingly differentiated range of digital services. Going forward, we’ll continue to differentiate our propositions by proactively exploiting the advantages of our network and our mobile capability.

Study: Newspapers Sink Below Internet and TV as Information Sources

Redactie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:04:57 +0000

Newspapers continue to be seen as less important at their primary job — being sources of information – according to the latest edition of the nine-year-old Digital Future Project from the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism … er is meer

Wegener: resultaten Q2

Redactie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:57:26 +0000

Koninklijke Wegener heeft in het 1e halfjaar 2010 een bedrijfsresultaat (voor bijzondere posten) gerealiseerd van EUR 30,3 miljoen. Dit betekent een stijging van EUR 4,2 miljoen (16,0%) ten opzichte van het 1e halfjaar 2009. De belangrijkste oorzaak van deze stijging is een lager kostenniveau. In de ontwikkeling van de omzet speelt een aantal factoren:

Webdeveloper

Redactie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:31:17 +0000

Voor een uitgeverij zijn wij op zoek naar een (front- en backend) webdeveloper die het ontwikkelteam komt versterken in een omgeving die continue groeit en verandert.

Als webdeveloper ben je verantwoordelijk voor het ontwikkelen, bouwen en implementeren van softwareoplossingen van o.a. GX Webmanager onderdelen en andere webapplicaties. Je ontwerpt hiervoor zowel simpele als complexe functionaliteiten voor de realisatie van website- en internet initiatieven en je vindt het ook leuk om uitdagend CSS werk uit te voeren.

Forrester: Marketers Should Forgo Foursquare

Redactie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:00:10 +0000

Marketers, hold off on Foursquare — for now. That’s the verdict of Forrester Research on location-based start-ups, which, despite their reputation as the hot new media, are still too small for major marketers … er is meer

WK: resultaten Q2

Redactie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:38:21 +0000

Nancy McKinstry, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, commented on the performance:

“We are encouraged by our performance in the first half of 2010. Wolters Kluwer delivered revenue that was in line with 2009, while at the same time, improving operating margins and cash flow. These results demonstrate the resiliency of our portfolio and the benefits from continuous investments in the business. The first half year showed a significant improvement in our global Health & Pharma Solutions division which posted 3% underlying revenue growth and improved profitability. Tax & Accounting and Financial & Compliance Services also posted positive underlying growth … er is meer

The Financial Times: a digital success for 2010?

Redactie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:27:35 +0000

The Financial Times Group announced that the Financial Times has kicked off the first half of 2010 in the black with much credit going to its digital readership. Marjorie Scardino, CEO of the paper’s parent company Pearson Plc, reported that online readership grew 27% up to 149,000 viewers within the last six months. Registered users also climbed 77% to 2.5 million subscriptions. While most of Pearson Plc’s profits were driven by its educational and book publishing operations, Scardino was pleased to announce that FT group turned over operating profits with digital revenues contributing more than 25% of the total … er is meer