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Nearly 50 percent of the U.K.’s kids - that is, those ages 8 to 17 years old - who have access to the internet have created a profile on a social networking site.
Of those, 41 percent leave their privacy settings as default, or open, which means anyone can view their profiles, according to research from Ofcom (via Net Imperative). Some 27 percent of 8 to 11-year-olds who are aware of the social networking sites and have access to the internet have created a profile.
Bratty behavior is apparently not out of style on social networks among the tween set: A small percentage of tots admitted to using social networks to “get back” at those with whom they had had a falling out.
65 percent of parents claim they have set rules on their kids’ social networking use, but only 53 percent of the kids themselves said their parents implemented such rules.Bebo was the most popular social networking site for kids ages 8 to 17.
Broadcasting company Radio One has struck a deal to sell ads on hip-hop news site AllHipHop.com.
The agreement spans five years and gives Interactive One, Radio One’s digital division, exclusive access to AllHipHop’s ad inventory, writes MarketingVox. AllHipHop boasts five million…
Tribune Co.’s sale of Newsday to Cablevision allows Tribune and its new chairman, Sam Zell, to put $600 million in expected cash proceeds toward its roughly $13 billion debt. This buys Tribune Co. more time to implement plans to turn…
Apple’s new model of the iPhone, which will provide 3G access and faster data connection speeds, is imminent, if the shortage of the current model means anything.
Apple’s website announced yesterday that the company is out of stock on previous…
NBC’s unusual upfront garnered mixed reviews from the media crowd; some blamed the network for using the new format to draw attention away from a weak programming slate, while others liked the innovative format.
Yesterday’s upfront event drew advertisers through…
Sirius losses shrunk in the first quarter, while XM’s losses widened, the companies announced yesterday, in what they hope will be their last quarterly financial reports as stand-alone companies.
Sirius’s loss of $104 million was an improvement over last year’s…
Budget Travel magazine is allowing readers to frolic through its pages in a whole new way: nearly all of the text and photography of the June issue was generated by readers.
The magazine pulled in 2,800 pitches, for a final…
