Year-over-year, estimated online advertising spend on the top social network and blogging sites increased 119% to approximately $108 million in August 2009. The share of estimated spend on these sites has also grown, increasing from a 7% share of total online ad spend in August 2008 to a 15% share in August 2009.

B. Lenin, of Dinamalar, was arrested in Chennai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu reportedly for publishing on October 4 a purported statement by a part-time Tamil actor who had earlier been arrested on suspicion of running a prostitution ring.

Digital Media Asia 2009, to be held in Singapore on 18 to 20 November next, aims to explore how cutting edge organisations are using the most advanced digital media platforms to profitably multipurpose content from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting or books.