Marie O’Riordan has announced that she will step down as editor of the women’s monthly magazine, Marie Claire, at the end of the year.O’Riordan took over as editor of the IPC title in May 2001, after working for Emap on youth titles Bliss, J17, Look and Minx.IPC confirmed her departure and said they have already… Continue reading Marie Claire Editor Stands Down

Discovery Communications is set to launch a new channel brand in the UK next year, after buying a Freeview slot at auction.The broadcaster, which currently owns channels including Animal Planet and The Discovery Channel, will offer the channel free of charge as it attempts to step away from its pay-TV model, according to reports.Content on… Continue reading Discovery Channel Set For Freeview Launch

This analysis is comparing the weekly reach of the breakfast shows of the London stations and not the time slots. Heart 106.2 FM’s and Magic 105.4’s breakfast shows currently run from 6am-9am, while 95.8 Capital Radio’s runs from 6am-10am.Johnny Vaughan’s 95.8 Capital Radio breakfast show remained on top in Q3 2008, with a weekly reach… Continue reading Johnny Vaughan Is Number One In London

Magic 105.4 remains above all the other London stations in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, despite suffering both year on year and period on period declines, according to RAJAR figures of Q3 2008.Its average weekly reach in London has slipped to below 2 million listeners, after a year on year downturn of… Continue reading Magic Still Has The Most Listeners In London

The latest RAJAR figures, for the third quarter of 2008, show that All BBC radio experienced a year on year increase in weekly reach of 0.3%, while All Commercial radio suffered a year on year dip of 0.2%.However, comparing to the previous quarter, All BBC’s reach declined by 1%, while All Commercial enjoyed a 0.6%… Continue reading Mixed Fortunes For Overall Radio Market

The IPA today unveiled the new Touchpoints2 Integrated Planning Database, which is set to become available from Telmar, IMS and KMR from the end of this month.All the previous data currencies will still be available on the new system, as well as Fame for cinema, which replaces Caviar.In addition, Touchpoints2 now has a simulated search… Continue reading IPA Launches TouchPoints 2

The FT Group’s parent company, Pearson, reported an 11% year on year rise in total revenues for the first nine months of 2008 in a trading update today.The group also enjoyed a 1% increase in advertising revenue over the same period, rising above the general downward trend that the newspaper sector has seen in its… Continue reading FT Group Reports 11% YoY Revenue Rise

James Aitken, chairman and founder of IASH, is set to step down from his position in the New Year.Aitken, who founded the internet advertising trade house in 2005, said he feels he has achieved his goals at IASH and wants to concentrate on his own business interests now.He said: “I have accomplished my objectives of… Continue reading IASH Chairman Set To Step Down

Sky+ is set to launch its new HD advert at Clear Channel’s banner site in Hammersmith until October 19.Sky is the first advertiser to book the giant advertising site, which targets traffic between Heathrow Airport and Central London.The 30m by 8m Hammersmith Apollo banner, which sits beside the elevated section of the A4 at the… Continue reading Sky+ Advertise At Clear Channel’s New Banner Site

The BBC has signed licence agreements with three companies to make iPlayer downloads available to mobile phone users.The BBC has licensed digital rights management software, allowing it to create and distribute content in the Open Mobile Alliance DRM 2 format as well as ensuring content will only stay on mobiles for a set 30-day period.According… Continue reading BBC Plans To Extend Mobile iPlayer Downloads