Monday 29 September 2014

Weekly New and Digital Media Stories

They used to say 'print or digital'. But do we need to choose?

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/28/print-or-digital-why-choose-financial-times


This article is about how before everyone used to refer tot he newspaper and physical reading items, now however turn to digital options, ie phones, ipads, laptop and etc. It also discusses how the newspaper is going to be least part of the future.

It is where the Times in Britain finds itself at the moment, with print sales in the UK marginally up year-on-year, full-price sales a few thousand ahead as well – and 390,000 paying "members" claimed on its homepage.
 180 million unique browsers a month for the Mail.)

I find this article very interesting as it relates to everyday life and is 100% true as only a minority of people do turn to newspapers.


EE agrees to buy 58 Phones 4U stores for £2.5m

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11112890/EE-agrees-to-buy-58-Phones-4U-stores-for-2.5m.html


This article is specifically about how the mobile operators 'EE' have agreed to buy a total of 58 Phones 4 U stores after the retailer went into administration last week.

Mobile operator EE has agreed to buy 58 stores from Phones 4U for £2.5 million
The news follows Vodafone's announcement on Friday that it has agreed to acquire 140 phone 4 U stores and re-employ their 887 staff. 
It went under with £110m in cash and £89m in stock. It owed £125m via a revolving credit facility and £430m to senior bondholders, who are considering their legal options. Debt holders who bought £205m in unsecured Phones 4U bonds have been wiped out.

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