Virgin Radio has confirmed that Chris Evans’ contract with the station has been terminated (see SMG To Part With Absentee Evans?). A spokesman for the station said that due to the events of the past week they had no choice but to take this action, as the breakfast presenter had breached his contract. The spokesman… Continue reading Virgin Radio Sacks Evans
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Scottish Media Group (SMG) is expected to confirm this morning that it has ended its relationship with high profile breakfast DJ Chris Evans. The move will be the result of Evans’ failure to turn up to present his show during the past week. Yesterday he was sent a letter by the SMG board informing him… Continue reading SMG To Part With Absentee Evans?
Growth at newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror was mainly strong in the first half, although advertising levels tailed off during second quarter, according to a trading statement released this morning. The company said that “the 26 week period has been characterised by a relatively strong advertising performance in the first 13 weeks which has been offset… Continue reading Trinity Sees No Return To Earlier Ad Levels
ABN Amro reports today that the latest UK data shows a drop in advertising spend for May of 10.1% year on year, mainly due to falls in TV, Radio and Newspaper advertising. The most worrying aspect of the May decline is that in terms of year on year comparisons, May ought to have been an… Continue reading Analysts Forecast Deepening Woes For Adspend As May Figures Are Released
New research has revealed the extent to which the issue of illegal fly posting divides the industry, with creative directors in the main supporting the “guerrilla” tactic and media directors condemning it, while acknowledging clients’ desire for the street credibility it can command. A survey by outdoor specialists Concord found that 77% of creative directors… Continue reading The Media Buzz On Fly Posting
The Industry Standard has published it’s latest research on the group of people we knew as nerds or geeks in school and it transpires that they are now much travelled, high spending, well rounded individuals whose lives are, by no means, ruled by their PCs. The report ‘How Geeks Pass Their Time’ identified 27 million… Continue reading Rich ‘Geeks’ Spend Big On More Than Just Hi-Tech Gadgets
Internet audience measurement company Nielsen//NetRatings has launched a survey of internet behaviour in Switzerland. The first findings, for May 2001, reveal that average internet sessions for Swiss users lasted for 24 minutes and banner ads had an average click-through rate of 0.3. More than 3 million people had internet access in May and active users… Continue reading Nielsen//NetRatings Launches In Switzerland
According to Nielsen//NetRatings, Golf fans took to the net in droves this month to check out the latest happenings on both USOpen.com and PGATour.com. Both sites were amongst the top performers in the latest figures from the internet reasearch company although the usual suspects, AOL Time Warner, Yahoo! and MSN continued to lead the pack.… Continue reading Golf Fans Hit The Net
The internet plays a pivotal role in the lives of American teenagers, with 73% of 12-17 year olds (17 million people) logging on regularly, according to new research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The study claims that teenagers’ use of the Net plays a major role in their relationships with their friends,… Continue reading Internet Is Pivotal In US Teenagers’ Lives, Finds Survey
PricewaterhouseCoopers has forecast huge net growth in India over the next five years according to a report by The Economic Times Online. Net users in India are expected to number 25 million by 2005, a huge increase from the 3 million online in 2000. India’s huge population is the reason why analysts see it as… Continue reading PWC Forecast Net Boom In India