Tag Archives: iPhone

AOP: What the Washington Post will do next – mobile, Europe and a relaunch in the Spring

Caroline Little, chief executive of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, told the AOP conference, in London today, that the Post would be focusing its attention on developing its mobile offerings as a way of expanding its audience.

“We’re really far behind in mobile compared to Europeans, that’s one area that we are really focusing on right now,” she said.

“Not just on mobile phones but also being able to read stuff on your Blackberry or iPhone, or whatever else. We are really far behind. It’s an area that we are really pushing forward on.”

During a Q&A session she was asked if the Post was looking actively at other markets internationally.

“We are in the UK, we have advertising offices here. But in terms of editorial, we’re not looking at hyper-local content outside of our market.

“You have to do what you know, but we would like to do more in Europe and we have some plans to do that.”

The Post, she added, is planning an entire redesign in the Spring next year.

Cybersquatters versus Apple

‘Cybersquatters’ have been buying up domain names relating to the launch of the iPhone in the UK, according to a report from Netimperative.

Addresses such as www.o2iphone.co.uk, www.o2iphone.net and www.orangeiphone.co.uk have been snapped up in the hope of making money from misdirected customers through pay-per-click style advertising.

Not the most honest day’s work, but what a great term. ‘Cybersquatting’ – makes it sound like there’s a derelict council flat lurking somewhere on the web. Watch me shoehorn it into an article next week.