Despite recent pessimistic forecasts about circulation figures and the bad news emerging from Trinity Mirror yesterday, newspaper industry figures are still upbeat about the future.Panellists at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar, held today in London, concentrated on ways the industry can move forward and improve advertising revenue and circulation figures by focusing on… Continue reading Not All Doom And Gloom For The Newspaper Industry

New figures released by comScore show that 27 million people in the UK watched more than 3.5 billion videos online in March this year.YouTube accounted for nearly half of all videos viewed online and 99% of the videos watched on Google sites, which topped the table as the most popular site to access online videos.Google… Continue reading 3.5 Billion Videos Viewed Online In March

The Sunday Times is due to launch its new full-colour version on July 6, with a redesign across all sections of the paper excluding the Sunday Times magazine and the Culture magazine.It will feature a new masthead, new font and updated slogan – “The Sunday Times is my Sunday papers” to replace “The Sunday Times… Continue reading Sunday Times Set For Full-Colour Relaunch

Google has launched Ad Planner, a free research and media planning tool that connects advertisers and publishers.The service offers users information about sites that its target audiences are likely to visit, demographic details and related search options.Ad Planner has been specifically designed for media planners, with functions which enable them to create media plans and… Continue reading Google Launches Ad Planner

Ofcom has announced that David Currie will step down as chairman of the Ofcom board after Easter next year.Currie was named as the unaugural chairman in July 2002 – he has been instrumental in guiding Ofcom through its early development and establishing a strong reputation for the company within the communications sector.Before taking on the… Continue reading Ofcom Chairman Steps Down

Dennis publishing is set to launch a new online motoring magazine, iMotor, on July 17.iMotor will be emailed to readers free of charge every two weeks and will include TV content, photographs, articles, reviews and test drive videos.Dennis described its new digital magazine as: “TV-style entertainment, web-style topicality and magazine-style authority and depth.”The publishing company,… Continue reading Dennis To Launch New Online Driving Magazine

ITV is going to revamp its digital channels ITV3 and ITV4 to build audiences for programmes that could move to ITV1, according to reports in the trade press.Rupert Howell, managing director of ITV brand and commercial, said there was “more potential” for the two digital channels as they are less defined than ITV1 and ITV2.However,… Continue reading ITV3 And ITV4 Set For Make-overs

The Independent On Sunday has slashed its cover price to £1.The Sunday title has reduced its price from £1.80 after rolling out a campaign of regional discounts this year.Since it relaunched as a new slimmed-down version in June 2007, the newspaper has seen various price-cuts and now intends to keep to the £1 price, which… Continue reading Independent On Sunday Cuts Cover Price to £1

Euro 2008 dominated the TV ratings this weekend, with peak figures of nearly 9 million viewers tuning in to see the Spain v Italy quarter final last night.Spain knocked Italy out of the competition, winning 4 – 3 on penalties, in front of more than 8.9 million adult viewers on BBC One.ITV 1’s match between… Continue reading Football Tops The Weekend Ratings

Independent News & Media looks at an alternative distribution model following plans to cancel its delivery agreements with newsagents in Northern Ireland.The company, which owns the Independent and Independent on Sunday, said it was forced to take the step because circulation of the Belfast Telegraph has suffered owing to inadequate delivery services, according to the… Continue reading Independent News & Media Is Set To Cancel Delivery Deal