Total US magazine advertising revenues rose by 8.5% in June, to close at $1.6 billion, according to new figures from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). However, the number of advertising pages fell by 3.2% year on year to 18,834 due to the uncertain economic environment. In the year to date, advertising revenue closed at $8.6… Continue reading US Magazine Revenue Grows But Volumes Down In June

BT has revealed an increase in the demand for high-speed internet access across the UK, which will help to speed-up its drive to bring broadband to 90% of homes and businesses. The telecoms giant is to introduce 56 new exchanges into its broadband upgrade programme and plans to launch 500 new broadband exchanges over the… Continue reading BT Reveals Increasing Demand For Broadband

Developments in the European digital TV market are sparking demand for receivers and a new report from Datamonitor claims that shipments of adaptors are set to increase eightfold over the next four years. According to the study, Beyond the STB: new device and service opportunities, the device market is set to explode as new products… Continue reading 100 Million DTV Devices In Europe By 2007, Says Report

Emap is on track to meet end of year targets, with healthy revenues flowing into the company, according to chairman Adam Broadbent. The cross-media corporation held its AGM today and there was general satisfaction at performance in the year to date. Broadbent said that Emap had been “performing reasonably well” given the state of the… Continue reading Emap In Line To Meet Full-Year Expectations

Future Network, the specialist consumer magazine publisher, has reported a 7% increase in turnover for the first five months of 2003 with growth occurring in both circulation and advertising. Since May’s AGM (see Future Lifted By Bright Start To Year), steady progress has been maintained with revenues from circulation up by 8% while advertising revenue… Continue reading Gaming Points Way Ahead For Future Network

Almost 12 million households in Britain now have access to the internet, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics. Results from the Expenditure and Food Survey issued this week show that there were 11.7 million online homes by the end of March 2003. This represents an increase of 1.2 million year… Continue reading UK Internet Penetration Approaches 50%

One of the main challenges facing the newspaper industry if it is to arrest the trend of declining sales is to reach out to young people, many of whom are showing ambivalence to the printed word. Attracting and Retaining Young Readers, a new report from the World Association of Newspapers seeks to address the issue… Continue reading Rethink As Newspapers Strive To Attract Young Readers

Wi-fi has a long way to go to establish itself in the public consciousness, according to a new report from Parks Associates which found that fewer than 3% of US internet subscribers have used hot spots. Public Hot Spots: Moving Beyond Road Warriors examines the current state and future development of the WLAN market. It… Continue reading US Consumers Still Cold On Hot Spots

Nahed Ojjeh, the Syrian-born chess promoter, has increased her stake in Cordiant Communications to more than 10%, it was revealed last night. The crisis-torn advertising group has told the stock exchange that Mrs Ojjeh, the widow of a Saudi billionaire, had “built a stake in the company during the period 10 June 2003 to 4… Continue reading Mystery As Chess Queen Raises Cordiant Stake

Liberal democrat peer, Lord McNally has narrowly failed to enforce changes to the Communications Bill which would have prevented Rupert Murdoch from buying a UK terrestrial TV channel, such as Channel Five. Despite support from across the political divide, the proposed amendment (see Lib Dems May Scupper Communications Bill Compromise) was defeated by 167 votes… Continue reading Lords Fail to Carry “Murdoch Amendment”