Samsung accused of exploiting younger workers in China

Workers barred from sitting during shifts and some suffer physical and verbal abuse, alleges China Labor Watch. By Charles Arthur

Freesat hopes to lure customers from BSkyB with premium service

BBC and ITV-backed venture to offer paid-for movie and music programming for first time as part of Freetime service. By Mark Sweney

Senior managers cash in £7m shares in digital sports company Perform

Share sale in Perform, which reported first-half pre-tax profit of £3.4m, is first since UK firm was listed on stockmarket last year. By Mark Sweney

US ebook customers to receive compensation in price-fixing lawsuit

Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster agree to pay $69m settlement of claims they had colluded over ebook prices

Victoria Barnsley: ‘We can’t think of ourselves as book publishers any more’

HaperCollins's chief executive is about to launch an e-atlas – and, she says, that's not the only way the world is changing

Avengers Assemble helps Cineworld almost double pre-tax profits

Despite 12% year-on-year fall in advertising, results show cinema is a resilient investment, says chief executive. By Mark Sweney

Google scoops up Frommer’s to add to Zagat acquisition

Deal gives internet company a vast archive of digital reviews as part of goal to be principal destination for reviews and listings

Facebook agrees to tighten its privacy policies

Social network settles dispute with FTC over 'deceptive act' of making confidential information public without consent. By Josh Halliday

Facebook shares fall after social network posts modest results

Facebook beats analysts' expectations – just – in announcing it brought in $1.18bn Q2 revenues but posted $157m losses. By Dominic Rushe

Facebook gets ready to deliver first earnings report after disastrous start

Social network to release maiden financial results amid calls for Mark Zuckerberg to take lead role in reassuring investors. By Juliette Garside

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ad banned from daytime TV

ASA rules scenes of London under violent assault not suitable to be shown when children could be watching . By Mark Sweney

TV and press ad revenues ‘to fall by more than £350m this year’

Sir Martin Sorrell's Group M predicts slide in traditional media – but says digital will more than make up the shortfall. By Mark Sweney

Local news crisis: it’s not too late for publishers to implement radical ideas

Roy Greenslade presents the final extract from What do we mean by local?. It is by a former editor, Neil Fowler, who has investigated the state of the regional newspaper industry

Centaur Media in £50m takeover of Econsultancy

Publisher of Marketing Week makes biggest-ever acquisition with takeover of e-commerce and marketing information firm. By Mark Sweney

Twitter to roll out ad products to 50 countries

Latin America and western Europe to be the first to get promoted tweets as network ramps up efforts to generate revenue. By Mark Sweney