"2009 might well be remembered as a year of cutbacks and closures, but also a year when newspapers started to fight back, make changes and began to reassess unsatisfactory aspects of their business models."

"This year marks the first year that Facebook has captured the #1 spot, and the fourth straight year that social network search terms have topped the “most-searched” list, Experian said. In 2008, MySpace held the #1 slot."

"Original content isn't enough. Gee-whiz tech tricks aren't enough. Neither is a fancy design or a search trap gimmick. You need an audience that is deeply and meaningfully engaged in the content of a site, so engaged in fact that many of those users become collaborators, and that requires tremendous amounts of work and editorial involvement with the audience."

"Women CEOs were nearly twice as likely as men to have been appointed to the job from outside the company — even though our analysis clearly shows that inside-CEO candidates perform better over time, presumably because long-term growth depends on deep industry- and firm-specific knowledge."

"What do you have to lose but the illusion that you are in control of your customers?"

"Given the downsides of product and service proliferation, less choice can be a competitive advantage. One of the best examples is Aldi — a German-based chain of discount grocery stores that is rapidly expanding around the world and developing a devoted following of customers. Part of the Aldi philosophy is that less is more. Each store is limited to no more than 1,400 different items."

The prime time period for evening mobile viewing runs from about 7.30pm to 11pm across the week, a similar pattern to the viewing habits of people watching on a television.

"According to their application, they hope to build a national network of regional reporters/editors/researchers/graphic artists who will create original work on spec, to be placed by The Journalism Shop editors."

"The iPhone and various Blackberry handhelds dominated the mobile device market, while Google, Yahoo! and YouTube led the way as far as most accessed sites and brands on the mobile web.

"The demo included a flythrough as well as a playable level from Unreal Tournament."

Josh Cohen, senior business product manager, Google News: You know that feeling in your stomach on New Year's Day? Part trepidation, part excitement, part hangover? Right now, the news industry seems struck with a mix of fear over what changes might yet come and excitement over the many paths available to it.