The Competition Commission has today raised concerns about the acquisition by Johnston Press of eight local newspaper titles published by Trinity Mirror across the East Midlands. The Commission has raised a number of issues in its letter to the two parties, including the question of whether there is sufficient competition in the publishing areas to… Continue reading Regulator Questions Johnston’s Latest Acquisition
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The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has said that if the slowdown in advertising in the country continues, the Government will introduce extraordinary measures to help the media sector. Berlusconi confirmed his intention whilst speaking to the annual meeting of the FIEG, the Italian Federation of newspaper publishers, according to a report from ABN Amro.… Continue reading Berlusconi Will Take Government Action If Italian Ad Revenue Decline Continues
As a difficult 2001 drew to a close a number of media analysts and forecasters made last minute adjustments to their advertising predictions for the year and for 2002. Below is a comparison of the most recent set of ad growth forecasts for 2001 and 2002, by country and region, taking into account revisions made… Continue reading Global Advertising Forecasts 2002 Round-Up
Multi-channel viewing has grown dramatically over the past five years acheiving 20% of veiwing share in 2001, according to data from BARB, twice the share it had in 1996. Over the same period of time, ITV’s share has decreased from 35% to 27% and BBC’s from 44% to 38%. UK Share Of Viewing Trends, 1996… Continue reading UK Viewing Trends Show Gains For Pay TV
” ‘How did you go bankrupt?’ Bill asked. ‘Two ways,’ Mike said. ‘Gradually and then suddenly.’ “ Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, 1926. And so it was in 2001 that we inched towards recession month by month until the events of 11 September. Media giants who had previously boasted that their size and diversity… Continue reading 2001: The Year In Brief
Recruitment advertising revenue represented 26.1% of the £1.8bn spent on classified ads in the regional press during 2000 (Advertising Association Yearbook). With over 50% of UK residents now in the online habit (Office of National Statistics), increasing numbers of online recruitment sites are poised to claim a cut of this revenue. Several of the UK’s… Continue reading Recruitment Websites Will Cut Into Classified Revenues
More than two thirds of the population have never visited any of the Government’s 3,000 websites, according to new research from IT consultancy firm, Hedra. The study shows that fewer than 3% of UK adults regularly use Government websites to access public services, despite the fact that nearly two thirds of the population now have… Continue reading UK Government Sites Fail To Captivate
UK media group Pearson has this morning agreed the sale of its 22% stake in European broadcaster RTL to German group Bertelsmann for E1.5 billion. The deal, worth E44-a-share, sees Pearson depart from the commercial television market whilst Bertelsmann strengthens its position. Bertelsmann now owns 89% of RTL and has made an offer to buy… Continue reading Pearson Agrees Sale Of RTL Stake
Troubled German media group Kirch Gruupe (see International News) has today posted strong results for the nine months to September 2001 for its KirchMedia division. KirchMedia posted increased revenues of DM 4,597, a 7% increase on last year, and EBITDA down only 4% to DM 469 million despite significant losses in the commercial TV division,… Continue reading KirchMedia Posts Strong Results Despite TV Losses
Comcast has won the battle to merge with AT&T, to create the US’ largest broadband cable provider. The deal, announced last night, ends months of negotiations and sees Comcast emerge victorious over rival bidder AOL Time Warner. The deal is valued at around $7.2 billion, according to reports, and the Comcast AT&T group will reach… Continue reading Comcast And AT&T Finally Seal Merger