Armin Schwarz and his partner, the Swiss consultancy firm ValueAdd group, have decided to pull out of the FIA tendering process for the WRC global promoter role, a position which is expected to commence in 2011.
Schwarz commented to rallye-magazin.de:
In this version, no one will sign the paper, not even North One. 
We have made a request to the FIA regarding some points, but [...]

Neil Duncanson, chairman of International Sportsworld Communicators, has stated to the the timesonline that ISC is currently looking at developing an online computer game that enables people to compete against WRC drivers live during events.
ISC is in discussion with a number of gaming companies about developing such a game. Duncunson believes that the technology and data available to ISC at the minute will help create a game which [...]

The holder of the commercial rights to the World Rally Championship halved its operating loss to £2.2 million last year as three more races were added to its calendar.
As reported by Christian Sylt & Carloine Reid in the Sunday Express
Accounts published on the eve of next weekend’s end-of-season Rally GB reveal revenues at International Sportsworld [...]