Comments on: UK Newspaper Sites See A Summer Slump http://paidcontent.org/2011/07/28/419-uk-newspaper-sites-see-a-summer-slump/ The economics of digital content Sat, 18 May 2013 13:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Robert Andrews http://paidcontent.org/2011/07/28/419-uk-newspaper-sites-see-a-summer-slump/#comment-84707 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:52:38 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/07/28/419-uk-newspaper-sites-see-a-summer-slump/#comment-84707 When you think about it, it’s been such a news busy summer, there hasn’t even been a silly season.
That said, the phone “hacking” stuff didn’t really kick off majorly until July.

]]> By: Dan Thornton http://paidcontent.org/2011/07/28/419-uk-newspaper-sites-see-a-summer-slump/#comment-84706 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:43:30 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2011/07/28/419-uk-newspaper-sites-see-a-summer-slump/#comment-84706 Isn’t that true of almost every consumer media website if you look at year-on-year figures? It’s one reason why mobile and tablet adoption is so interesting, as the usage tends to be the exact opposite of that on a desktop computer.

It would be interesting to compare the loss in June of UK audiences versus those in climates which have less variation between summer and winter, just to prove that it’s because we’re all actually going outside for the few days of good weather in England…

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