Nielsen//NetRatings reports that in January 2002, nearly half of all US male web surfers (12.2 million men) were employed in professional, executive or managerial roles, versus just one third of all female surfers at work (5.5 million). In addition, a disproportionate share of clerical or administrative workers who were online were women, accounting for 27%… Continue reading US Women Lag Behind Men In At-Work Surfing
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GSM high speed data services are now available to more than 100 million customers across 27 countries around the world according to the GSM Association. Such services offer customers access to a range of existing and new 3G-like features and applications at much higher speeds than previously available on GSM’s second generation platform. Rob Conway,… Continue reading 100 Million Customers Now Have Access To High Speed GSM Services
Aegis, parent of Carat, has this morning released full year results for 2001 which reveal a decline in pre-tax profits of 19% from £78.4 million in 2000 to £63.3 million in 2001. New business wins at Carat totalled $1.7 billion and revenues at Aegis Research grew by 21.4% reaching £185.1 million. Doug Flynn, chief executive… Continue reading Aegis Results Beat Market But Outlook Remains Flat
Johnston Press has this morning announced that it is buying Regional Independent Media, publisher of 53 regional newspapers, in a £560 million deal. The announcement ends over a year of uncertainty surrounding the future of RIM. Trinity Mirror, Guardian Media Group and US publisher Gannett have all been named as possible buyers at various times… Continue reading Johnston Press Acquires RIM Newspaper Business
Total UK advertising expenditure for categories covered in the Advertising Association’s Quarterly Survey fell 3.2% to £13.8bn during 2001, having seen a year on year fall of 6.9% or £263m in the final quarter. Annual Adspend By Medium £ Million Annual % Change 2000 2001 2000 2001 National Newspapers* 2,252 2,071 13.1 -8… Continue reading Advertising Association Figures Reveal Extent Of 2001 Decline
Jupiter Media Metrix reports that the majority of online shoppers in the US within the next five years are more likely to be over the age of 35 and from households with an annual income of between $30,000 and $75,000. A shift from the young, affluent shoppers who make up the current online buying population.… Continue reading Older Shoppers Will Boost Online Buying, Says Jupiter
According to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), more than 875,000 new customers in the US signed up for cable modem services during Q4 2001, up from 750,000 reported during Q3. “Deployment of, and demand for, advanced broadband services continued to experience strong growth during the fourth quarter of 2001, despite general economic uncertainties,… Continue reading Cable Modem Growth Continues In US
Worldwide mobile phone sales declined in 2001 for the first time in the history of the industry. In 2001, sales totalled around 399.6 million units, falling by 3.2% when compared to 2000 sales, said Gartner Dataquest. Worldwide mobile phone sales between 1996 and 2000 experienced a compound annual growth rate of almost 60% but in… Continue reading Mobile Phone Sales Fall For First Time In 2001
A report in yesterday’s Sunday Business which suggested that SMG was soon to be broken up in order to satisfy creditors has been dismissed as ‘complete nonsense’ by SMG. The report claimed that SMG was in breach of the loan agreement made with its bankers and would soon be forced to ‘radically restructure’, separating its… Continue reading SMG Dismisses Break-Up Rumours
Zenith Media has calculated Europe’s top media owners for the first time in three years, reports the International Federation of the Periodical Press, FIPP. A number of merger deal have shifted the positions in the table, which now looks like this: Zenith’s Top 20 European Media Owners Revenue in 2000 ($m) … Continue reading Vivendi Universal Takes Top European Media Owner Spot