Ster-Kinekor Pulls All Newspaper Advertising – One of South Africa’s top film distribution companies will no longer be featuring their movie schedules in newspapers, a report said on Tuesday. Doug Place, marketing executive for Ster-Kinekor Theatres was quoted by iAfrica.com as saying that their “core target market” are reading fewer newspapers and are instead using online and mobile media. [news24]
US Newspaper Advertising Decline – Sign Of Things To Come? Newspapers desperate to shift their businesses online are earning $1 in digital advertising revenue for every $7 they are losing in their print products. The Pew Research Center’s Project studied 38 newspapers in the United States, and cited “cultural inertia” for the papers’ inability to seize new revenue opportunities. [globeandmail]
M-Net Confirms Game of Thrones Season 2 – Winter is nearly here. After months of waiting for news on a start date for the second season of the award-winning TV series Game of Thrones, South Africans can finally rejoice. [channel24]
Allen Stanford Found Guilty Of Vast Fraud – Allen Stanford was convicted on Tuesday of running a $7 billion (4.5 billion pound) Ponzi scheme, a verdict that caps a riches-to-rags trajectory for the former Texas financier and Caribbean playboy. [reuters]
Velvet Sky Attorney Withdraws From Liquidation Case Amid Fraud Claims – The attorney representing airline Velvet Sky in a liquidation application it faces withdrew from the case on Tuesday. “I have just signed a notice of withdrawal,” said Ahmed Amod ahead of the application set down for Wednesday. [mail&guardian]
Anonymous Hacker Affiliate Leader Turns Rat – Six members of the suspected computer hacking groups affiliated with Anonymous were charged — including the suspected ring leader, who directed the entire operation from a Manhattan apartment complex — after it was revealed one of the group’s most high profile members has been working with federal authorities for months. [abcnews]
Bloomberg Launches DAILY List Of World’s Richest People – Thanks to Bloomberg News, you can add billionaires’ net worth to the list of statistics you can look up day to day. Bloomberg News launched its Bloomberg Billionaires Index yesterday, a daily ranking of the world’s 20 wealthiest people. [time]
News Corp. Probe Turns To Russia – A Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into News Corp . has turned to a former Russian subsidiary, seeking to determine whether a billboard company called News Outdoor Russia paid bribes to local officials to approve sign placements in that country, according to people familiar with the case. [wallstreetjournal]
Porn Industry Might Be Leaving LA Due To Condom Law – Producers weigh taking legal action or moving out of town when a Los Angeles measure requiring performers to wear condoms takes effect March 5. [latimes]
Google, Motorola Ordered To Give Android Data To Apple – Google Inc. and a Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) unit were ordered by the U.S. judge presiding over an Apple Inc. (AAPL) patent lawsuit to turn over information about the development of Google’s Android operating system. [bloomberg]
Private Tennis Lessons With Andre Agassi And Stefi Graf – After their business venture in the Tamarack Resort a few years back, Andre Agassi and Stephanie Graf are coming together to offer a private tennis lesson to a lucky bidder in Las Vegas. [bornrich]
Justin Bieber Buys Kutcher Rental House For $10 Bar – The 18-year-old pop star is in the process of plunking down a cool $10.8 million for the 9,000-square-foot modern mansion, which will reportedly serve as a love nest for Biebs and his girlfriend, Selena Gomez. Kutcher has been renting the sweet spread for $50,000 a month since his split with Demi Moore. [thedaily]
And The World’s Worst Tourists Are.. – A recent LivingSocial survey showed that Americans may live up to their poor reputation while travelling abroad. But what’s more surprising is that many of those surveyed self-identified themselves as ‘ugly’ Americans and the world’s worst travellers. [dailymail]
Snooki’s Ex Hopes She Has A Miscarriage – Snooki’s ex-boyfriend Emilio Masella doesn’t think the world is ready for Snooki spawn … including Snooki herself — telling TMZ, “I hope for her sake … not to be rude or anything … but I hope she has a miscarriage.” Charming. [tmz]
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