http://online.wsj.com/articles/news-corp-to-buy-online-real-estate-business-move-inc-for-950-million-1412076494



This article is about how media giants news corp are about to buy online house agency. Rupert will acquire 80 per cent of the business. This article states that Rupert Murdoch is about to buy the business and has agreed a fee to purchase the business. This shows the financial strength that Rupert Murdoch still has and he is still ahead off all competitors. This business that he is poised to buy is the third highest trafficked website looking for property. 

• purchasing will cost up to 950 million dollars 
• Third most used real estate website 
• will purchase 80 percent of the business 

In my opinion I believe news corp are purchasing a share because they want a bigger market spand in the media, they already owe massive institution but they don't have estate agency. Overall this shows the muscle that Rupert Murdoch has and this demonstrates the muscles he has. 

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/02/angry-birds-rovio-layoffs-growth



This article sums up the company behind angry birds current situation. This article states that the owner wants to reignite growth and he has to make staff redundant to make this happen. Rovio will make staff redundant in it's native America to save funds to develop the business. This article states that the business wants to develop and new business idea which will be educational app to help students with core subjects. They state they want to delight their fans and making a educational game wouldn't make them happy. The CEO Hek will step down at the end of 2014. 

• Angry bird has 200 million active players 
• Fallen from 263 million at it's peak 
• record revenues in 2013 at 128 million pounds 
• in 2013 added 300 staff members which took the count of employees to 800 million 

In my opinion I believe the educational app will not hit the heights of angry birds. 1st reason is because they're hundreds of educational apps already on the market which are free and lastly I believe it is too late as everything in the phones market has developed and people already have their preferences. Also the app will cost money and people will prefer to buy the free apps and Rovio will not put this app free because the high costs of development. 

Learner response

Mr Bush Feedback 
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WWW- Good reference to some wider context ( e.g. Egypt ) 
EBI-  Try to include more explicit reference to theory eg. news values, Marxism/ key theory)

Recently in Scotland people were voting whether to stay in the united Kingdom or to leave the United kingdom. This shows that the audience are empowered by the developments of digital media that the people of the country can have a say Online. Scottish people on twitter stated a campaign #voteyesscotland This shows that nobody can stop people online and there is no restrictions and there isn't a gatekeeper who can stop this. There was an article in the Scottish times about this campaign which again shows how big digital media is that millions of people get involved and it is all over the news.  This article states that people all around the world were involved in this vote from Alaska to the UK. This article states people from North America were among the votes. This shows how audience have been empowered as they have a say and be all over the news. This news was very big that Scotland government had to have a say and fueled everything about this campaign this links to Andrew keen as some may say that internet is killing our culture because voting is about voting on the election day not being influenced. 

http://advanced-television.com/2014/09/29/netflix-digital-media-player-viewing-surges/





This article is about the views of netflix and how the viewers are just surging up and this means netflix are making high amounts of money. Netflix was a small business providing video and know is making millions. Reports show its risen by 28 per cent which means that it's just gone big and more people are starting to use it and the buisness is just growing. 

• Risen by 28 percent 
• provided on xbox and play stations 
• Downloadable app on android and apple 

In my oppion netflix is a great service for us the audience as it provides us TV catch up whenever and on the go.  I use netflix and I will continue to use it as it offers me a great service. The reason why its going up is because of how east it is to use and it is provided on all devices. You could also use this on smart TVs meaning you don't have to use your laptop as you could use your smart TV to watch TV shows. Also it provides most TV shows which is a benefit for us as we can watch shows which we enjoyed which may not be available. 

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/19/facebook-breaking-news-feed-trending



This story is about Facebook and how the creators of Facebook want to bring the latest news story to the users feeds. Social Media is mainly our source of news as it's instant and most news industries  are know on twitter and this is where the instant news gets shared to the people and has become the younger peoples source of news.  This news story states that Facebook have had some feedback from users about this issue and Facebook are finally about to act on this issue. 

• Facebook is the biggest social media site
• Targets millions of people
• want to provide news

In my opinion this is a great idea for the users. They need to provide this to its consumers as they have fallen behind the competitors as competitors provide news instantly. This will be a great idea for Facebook as this will get them back on track as they don't provide news. 

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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a599150/transport-for-london-racks-up-1-million-contactless-payments.html#~oQTfjnXNwfNBbm





This article is about how TFL contactless payments rack up 1 million payments. This article states this way has hit one million hits only 9 days after the major mobile networks introduced and supported this idea. TFL began to accept contactless payments on the 16th of September and since then figures just began to rice.  This article says with the new devices e.g. apple watch these figures will continue to rise. 

• 1 million payments in nine days
• nine mobile networks provide this 
• buses and trams accounted 785,000 transactions whilst 375,000 on the tube and overground customers. 

This just shows how far new media has come, that you could know pay for you bus fare via your phone. I believe this will continue to grow and could hit big figures. More people will continue to use. This contactless payment method is know used in shops as you can pay for anything under 10 pounds via card or phone and this shows how far new/digital media has come. 

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/gary-lineker-involved-in-twitter-row-after-presenter-rubbishes-claims-he-will-be-warned-by-bbc-over-foulmouthed-tweets-9749229.html



This story is about former England international Gary Lineker about his Twitter Row after the Manchester United game. This article states that the BBC have warned Gary Lineker about his foul- mouthed tweets. All his tweets contained bad language on the day which offended Man united fans and his tweets provoked bad reactions. Gary Lineker took to Twitter to deny these reports.  The Journalist who published this story later apologized to Gary Lineker and he accepted the apology.  

• Sh*t on Man united tweet got 20,000 retweets
• Warned by the BBC over offensive tweets
• You can express views easily with the improvements with digital media.

I believe that BBC had to warn Gary lineker,even though he denies it,to protect their image. Gary Lineker denied that he had was warned to protect his image. I believe that influential people like Gary have to watch what they say on social media as the millions of followers won't take it well and it will cause a massive reaction and be in the news