Videos from Universal Music Group have more ads sold against them on YouTube than those of any other company

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Source: TubeMogul, reported by BusinessInsider, 20th November 2009

Torrent site mininova has seen over 10 billion downloads since 2005

"Mininova, the most visited BitTorrent indexer, broke an impressive record today. Since its inception, the site has served a dazzling 10 billion torrent downloads.
mininovaMininova, founded in January 2005, grew out to become one of the most successful torrent sites with millions of daily users.
The site has grown steadily over the years and continues to do so, despite a setback in court this summer. In fact, today the 10 billionth torrent file was downloaded from Mininova, an impressive achievement to say the least."
Source - TorrentFreak.com, 19th November 2009

Over two million people saw the video stream of the red carpet event for New Moon on MySpace

"MySpace just released their data and as it turns out, the stream garnered over 2 million uniques, and almost 3 million total viewers. [I think they mean views - Dan]
According to MySpace press materials, “It was a huge success breaking the record to become the highest amount of viewers to tune in to a Ustream red carpet live webcast. It also set the record as the farthest reaching webcast for Ustream with over two million uniques.”"
Source: MySpace, reported by Mashable, 17th November 2009

Australian web users spend over 25% of their time on Facebook

"The extent of Facebook's reach in Australia - it accounts for 29 per cent of all time spent online by Australians - has led to research group Nielsen defining the trend as "Facebook Time" and "Non Facebook Time".
"It's just phenomenal," said Nielsen Online's director of analytics, Mark Higginson. "Every time I run those numbers I have to double check. Australians are spending nearly a third of all their time browsing the internet on Facebook alone."
In October, Australian users spent 27.2 hours browsing online and 7.55 hours of the total was sucked up by Facebook. MySpace managed just 39 minutes and Twitter 17 minutes."
Source: Data from Nielsen, reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, 20th November 2009

EA bought 2 year old social networking games company Playfish for $300 million

"The US video game publisher Electronic Arts has paid $275m (£170m) in cash, plus $25m in share options, for two-year old gaming company Playfish.
The deal could cost a further $100m if Playfish hits certain financial targets by December 2011.
Playfish is different from many rivals as it makes free games for social networking sites - such as Facebook and MySpace - and mobile phones.
Players typically will then start paying for extras as they get hooked.
Playfish has 60 million registered users for its virtual games, such as Pet Society and Restaurant City."
Source: BBC News, 9th November 2009

Modern Warfare 2 sells an estimated 7.2 million copies on the first day of release

"Early data is in and the confirmation that Modern Warfare 2 will become the fastest-selling game of all time isn't a big suprise in itself, but the margin with which it looks to take the record is astounding.
VGChartz preliminary day one figures puts the sales to date (including the midnight launches) at over 7 million copies worldwide across Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Around 55% of sales are on Xbox 360, 33% on PS3 and the remaining 12% on PC. In terms of regional breakdowns, over 4.2 million units were sold in the Americas (3.7 million USA), 1.2 million in the UK and 350,000 each in France and Germany.
Based on the day one figures and the Tuesday release, week one figures should come in at close to ten million units which smashes the 5.92 million week one record set by Grand Theft Auto 4 last year and positions Modern Warfare 2 as the most successful game launch of all time.
In fact, even on a single format (Xbox 360), week one sales are projected to come in at around 5.5 million units - this alone is enough to be the fastest-seller of all time, even without the PS3 and PC versions"
Source: VGChartz, 11th November 2009

62% of UK illegal downloaders say that using Spotify has reduced the amount they illegally download

"Almost two thirds (62 per cent) of those who admit to illegally downloading, say using Spotify has encouraged them to reduce the amount they download illegally or kick the habit altogether.
The survey** from the leading price comparison website moneysupermarket.com on downloading and streaming also showed that one in eight Brits (12 per cent) admit to download illegally in the past six months."
Source: Press release from MoneySupermarket.com, 6th November 2009

Apple only sold 5,000 iPhones in the first 4 days on sale in China

"The iPhone didn't exactly roar out of the gates in China, only picking up 5,000 new subscribers in its first weekend, according to China Unicom.
China's number two carrier, China Unicom, says it's pleased with the launch of the iPhone, and it will add revenue for the company in Q4, Reuters reports.
Compared to the ususal rip roaring success we hear about iPhone launches, this sounds small. Apple Insider says Apple is expected to sell around 460,000 iPhones annually through Unicom."
Source: China Unicom, reported by Sillicon Alley Insider, 3rd November 2009

The Your Reekok app for the iPhone generates more direct sales for the company than its website

"The Your Reebok application on the iPhone delivers income in spades. Created by Inside Mobile and Agency Mobile, this neat app allows users to design their own trainers and then either order a pair or upload them for others to view and purchase. Launched earlier this year, the application now generates more direct sales for Reebok than its website. That's the kind of case study other marketers pay attention to."
Source: The Guardian, 9th November 2009

Ebay's iPhone app has generated over $400m in sales

"Since $400 million was generated in business since the eBay application’s launch, Mr. Donahoe said that devices like this one and others like it are going to impact his company.
Last week someone bought a $350,000 Lamborghini on the iPhone. Also, someone bought a $150,000 boat from their iPhone"
Source: MobileMarketer, 24th September 2009

Barack Obama is the most listed twitter user

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Source: BloggersBlog, retrieved 6th November 2009

The Pizza Hut iPhone app generated more than $1m in sales in 3 months

"After being live in the iTunes App Store for just three months, the Pizza Hut App for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch has garnered more than one million dollars in sales. As the featured icon in the iTunes Lifestyle Category, the App is a proven option for customers seeking an innovative way to order their pizza, pasta, and wings from Pizza Hut."
Source: Pizza Hut press release, 28th December 2009