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

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

US online adspend dropped by 14.7% year on year in 2001, according to the latest figures from CMRi, the internet division of CMR. CMRi estimates that internet adspend for last year reached $2.5 billion in the US. The company is expecting to see an upward swing in Q3 2002, with the year ‘already showing some… Continue reading US Online Spend Drops 14.7% In 2001, Recovery Predicted By Q3 2002

According to the Q4 2001 Global Internet Trends report from Nielsen//NetRatings 498 million people worldwide now have internet access from home. 24 million people connected to the web at home during Q4 and the rate of growth of the global population during Q4 was almost double that of Q3 when 15 million people connected. “Internet… Continue reading Online Population Continues To Grow

Total magazine advertising revenue for the month of March closed at $1.4 billion, a 1.7% decrease on last year, according to the latest data from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). Advertising pages for March were 19,350 – down 10.0% from last year. Year-to-date (January-March) advertising revenue decreased 6.3%, closing at $3.3 billion and ad pages… Continue reading US Magazines Revenue Decline Slows In March

Total US advertising expenditure for all media dropped by 9.8% in 2001, according to the latest figures from CMR. CMR estimates that total ad spending for 2001 came in at $94.3 billion, compared to $104.5 billion for the same period in 2000. Hit by a faltering economy in the US, ad spending significantly dropped in… Continue reading US Ad Revenue Falls 9.8% In 2001, Although Comparables Are Harsh, Says CMR

Business to business (B2B) e-commerce revenues worldwide will reach $2,367 billion by 2004, according to forecasts from eMarketer. The online research company has aggregated a number of forecasts for worldwide B2B revenues, which are shown here. Averaged, the industry is forecast to be valued at $3,608 billion by 2004 and $5,866 billion by 2005. B2B… Continue reading Worldwide B2B E-Commerce Revenue Forecasts Comparisons

Total US magazine advertising revenue for the month of February came in at $1.1 billion, an 8.2% decrease from year on year, according to Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). Advertising pages by volume for February were 15,326, down 16.3% from last year. Year-to-date, advertising revenue decreased 9.7%, at $1.9 billion, and ad pages were 27,233, down… Continue reading US Magazines Revenues Dip 8.2% In February

US interactive television (iTV) revenues will nearly double annually for the next several years, as broadband deployments accelerate and as consumers embrace video-on-demand and simultaneous computer/television usage. These are the views of Jack Myers Report, which has today published its latest iTV revenues forecasts for the US. The projections show that total iTV will grow… Continue reading US Interactive TV Revenues Will Double Annually, Show Myers Forecasts