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MyHeritage tracks down £8m capital injection

The second-round funding was led by Index Ventures, which counts internet-TV service Joost among its investments

Nokia says market share is shrinking

The world’s biggest mobile phone maker said it was being undercut by rivals trying to gain a share in a weak global market

Television viewing goes mobile with BBC and Nokia

All BBC programmes transmitted in the past seven days will be available to download to the new Nokia N96 multimedia handset

Informa rejects new £1.8bn bid as too low

The events and exhibitions group swiftly dismissed a lower than expected bid of 450p from a private equity consortium

SMG in £30 million share buy back

Scottish media company plans to change name to STV Group to reflect its television business after radio operations sale

Mediapolis: U2 and Universal

Universal fighting back despite U2's album delay, and is arguing that its Christmas release schedule is jammed with key artists

Commercial radio needs stability and growth

Already 13 percentage points behind the BBC, the operators need a period of calm in which to start rebuilding audiences

Only the deluded believe worst is over

Signs that September could be the worst month for the advertising downturn doesn’t mean pressure on media companies will be brief

Where Jamie and Del Boy lead, Aldi follows

German-owned supermarket hires chef in a marketing push to rival Sainsbury's-Jamie Oliver and M&S-David Jason partnerships

'Kangaroo' plans leap into new era for web TV

Google has told the Competition Commission that it would support a website hosting BBC, ITV and Channel 4 programmes

Google takes on Microsoft with browser

Search giant is to launch its own web browser called Google Chrome to take on the might of its rival's Internet Explorer

Equity firms close in on £3bn Informa deal

The firms bidding for the events and exhibitions group are believed to be close to securing financing for the acquisition

Business big shot: Amy Winehouse

Two years since its release, the album Back to Black was still Universal's bestseller worldwide in the first half of this year

Indian movie giant eyes UK's Reel cinemas

Pyramid Saimira Group is in talks to take control of Reel in a deal that would value the art-house chain at up to £30m

Market warms to electronic books

A technology that has been around for 20 years may finally go mainstream — Amazon and Sony are about to launch digital readers in the UK