Facebook has just launched its own app store, a platform for users to find apps available on Facebook. The launch, which was announced on the company's official blog, comes ahead of its highly anticipated IPO, forecast for the 18th of this month and predicted to value Facebook between $70-90 billion.

Highlights from the English Premier League will now be shown on Sky News Arabia following a deal with Abu Dhabi Media, the league's regional TV rights holder. Sports news segments on the channel will include highlights from the closing stages of the season, with pre and post-match and half time footage available. Meanwhile, news about next season's English Premier League will also be provided two hours after each match.

According to Brian Wieser, an analyst at Pivotal Research Group, the online-video market is split between only two major content broadcasters, Hulu and Youtube. According to Wieser, the industry was at $1.8 billion in 2011, with about $300 million of that sum going to Hula and about $600 million going to Youtube.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, newspapers' circulation has increased thanks to digital paywalls. Their latest statistics reveal that weekday circulation increased by 0.7%, while sunday circulation increased by 5%. The figures show that digital paywall strategies have helped newspapers counter years of declines in paid-print circulation. Digital gains were most clear at The New York Times, where weekday circulation over the past six months averaged nearly 1.6 million, up 73% year-over-year.

According to The Publishers Association in the UK, eBook sales increased by 366% in 2011. The Association has noted that all digital formats, including eBooks, audio book downloads and online subscriptions, accounted for eight per cent of the total value of book sales last year. This figure has increased considerably from 5% in 2010. However, the total value of books sales, both digital and printed, fell slightly by 2% to £3.2 billion, while the price of the average book fell by 1.3%. 

According to the Newspaper Association of America (NAA), citing comScore data, newspapers' website traffic have improved in the first quarter of 2012, achieving a 4.4% increase in unique visitors, and 10% in average daily visitors among adults.