Benedict Evans was quoted in an article on the FT's Tech Hub about a rally in the share prices of several major internet companies. One of the main beneficiaries was Facebook. “There’s a hunger for something that looks like a mobile stock that’s a good investment,” Benedict commented. “The Facebook spike reflects people hunting for places to put money that look like a mobile play.”

An article on the possible disruption to desktop-oriented internet companies by the growth of mobile quoted Benedict Evans, who discussed the case of Facebook. “It may not matter that lots of people are using WhatsApp – they are using Facebook too,” he said. “It may be a different dynamic [on mobile] – that Facebook hasn’t won in the way they have on the desktop, but that may not matter.”

Douglas McCabe appeared on Channel 4 News to comment on Jeff Bezos's decision to buy The Washington Post. The interview begins at 3:49 into the programme. 

Toby Syfret was quoted in an article discussing the impact of BT Sport, the new sports channel offered by BT. “It’s not too exciting yet as none of their jewels have come out yet,” he said. He argued that BT must create content to run alongside the live rights to justify the large amount BT has spent expanding into sports broadcasting. “It is vital that they create something that is not just reliant on games and that will push up the cost”.

Thomas Joseph was quoted in an article discussing Bauer Media acquisition of Absolute Radio which it has bought from the Times of India Group. He said that Bauer and Absolute would be able to make “significant” cost savings by combining their operations. He added that the deal “shows that Bauer is making a very serious play on digital radio stations”.

James Barford was asked by the FT to give his opinion on competition between Sky and BT over Sports TV. The interview begins at 02:32 into the programme.

Claire Enders appeared on the Today programme to discuss how BT is attempting to compete with BSkyB by boosting its TV sports offering. The interview begins at 1:16:23 into the programme.

Toby Syfret was quoted in an article discussing how ITV is managing to compete with internet companies that are streaming and producing online content. Whilst internet companies are skilled at selling ads relying on a customer’s browser history free TV stations can reach millions of consumers in one go. “ITV1 retains the ability to charge more for advertising, largely because it delivers the programmes with the largest audiences on commercial TV".

Benedict Evans was quoted in an article discussing how Apple has acquired travel app HopStop and location-and-data startup Locationary to solve deficiencies in Apple Maps. Benedict tweeted that “It is surprising how little Apple Maps have improved” after news of the deals were released.

Claire Enders appeared on The Media Show to discuss how the drive towards regime change at the BBC may have contributed to overly large executive pay offs. The interview begins at 09:05 into the programme.