The Guardian Media Group (GMG) has acquired a shareholding in UBC Media Group, following UBC’s purchase of part of GMG’s minority shareholding in Oneword Radio, the only national commercial digital station dedicated to the spoken word. Following the purchase of part of GMG’s shareholding in Oneword Radio, UBC’s interest in the station is increased to… Continue reading UBC Increases Oneword Stake In Guardian Stock Deal
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Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, has announced a further fall in advertising volume at its flagship title but there are signs that the market has bottomed out and the company is quietly confident ahead of fourth quarter results. Advertising linage at the WSJ was down 4.5% last month but this compares favourably… Continue reading Dow Jones Sees Improving Conditions, Losses Stabilised
A consensus of the most recent advertising growth forecasts for the UK puts 2002 growth at 0.4%, rising to 4.4% in 2003. The figures are buoyed by optimistic predictions from the Advertising Association (AA), which includes estimated production costs in its calculations. The AA is expecting a stronger couple of years in 2003/4, followed by… Continue reading Insight Analysis: UK Advertising Forecast Comparisons
Total US magazine advertising revenue increased 12.6% year on year during November to close at $1.8 billion, according to the latest data from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). The number of advertising pages for November was 24,317, up 6.9% on last year. In the year-to-date, ad revenue rose by 3.3% to $15.1 billion, whilst page… Continue reading US Magazines Show Strongest Advertising This Year In November
With the proliferation of next generation networks and the wider availability of faster and smarter devices, it is estimated that the North American mobile internet access market will be worth $2.7 billion this year. Technology researchers at Frost and Sullivan believe that the mobile data industry will undergo rapid growth in the next few years… Continue reading Mobile Internet Revenues Set To Surge
The number of digital subscriber lines (DSL) worldwide increased by almost 20% to 30 million in the third quarter of 2002, according to a new report from Point Topic. Research carried out in the first half of the year found that there were 25 million DSL lines across the globe (see Global DSL Growth Hits… Continue reading Global DSL Lines Top 30 Million
Second half advertising levels have showed continued, modest growth at regional newspaper group, Johnston Press, up by 2.8% in the five months to 30 November 2002. Ad revenues at the recently-acquired Regional Independent Media (RIM) grew by 1.1% during the period (see Johnston Press Acquires RIM Newspaper Business), the group said in a trading statement… Continue reading Johnston Press Sees FY Profits At Top End Of Estimates
In a busy week of forecasts, Universal McCann has offered the most optimistic prognosis yet for the ailing ad market. Robert Coen, the agency’s venerable advertising prophet, is predicting that US adspend will increase by 5.3% to $249.3 billion in 2003. This compares with the 1.9% growth forecast by Zenith Optimedia (see Zenith Optimedia Predicts… Continue reading Universal McCann Expert Upbeat On Ad Prospects
The consensus of a number of the most recent advertising forecasts puts 2002 global growth at 0.2%, rising to 3.4% in 2003. This is a notable upgrade on the previous consensus, as compiled by MediaTelINSIGHT in September (see Insight Analysis: Global And Regional Advertising Forecasts Comparisons). These figures are compiled from an average of the… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Global And Regional Advertising Forecast Comparisons
US media spending in national and local media accelerated at a much faster pace in the third and fourth quarters of 2002, generating an overall growth rate of 2.5%, says the latest data from Jack Myers Report (JMR). “Strong performance in virtually all media sectors, especially driven by continued growth of electronic media and a… Continue reading Myers Is Positive Over US Adspend, 2.8% 2003 Growth Predicted