Shazam has exceeded a quarter of a billion users worldwide.

comScore and Arbitron, the radio ratings company, have announced plans to develop a five-platform measurement initiative, which aims to provide a view of changing consumption of video, audio and display content across radio, television, PCs, smartphones and tablets.

The overall daily newspaper market was down -10.1% YoY and -0.9% PoP in August, with just one title enjoying a increase in circulation over the year. Independent’s sister title i posted a 47.3% YoY rise during the summer month and now has a total circulation of 282,000 copies.

New research from TDG shows that watching videos on tablets leads to greater overall TV viewing.

Apple’s marketing chief Phil Schiller unveiled the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco last night. He claims it is the thinnest, lightest and fastest handset yet, with 4G capability.

BT has signed an exclusive £38 million a year deal to show Premiership Rugby for four season from 2013-14.

The Sun leads the way with the greatest number of combined print and website readers, according to NRS PADD (Print and Digital Data), which has been released for the first time today.

As the communications services partner of the 2012 Games, BT provided a single network spanning 94 locations – and as such London is thought to be the most connected Olympics ever.

Susan Panuccio will be transferring to News Corporation to work on the proposed restructure of the company from 1 October. Panuccio will be based in London and remain on the NI Group Board.

Everything Everywhere, which has rebranded to EE, is set to launch 4G mobile services in 16 UK cities before the end of the year.