China Online reports that the number of internet users in China has risen by 186% year on year on the period to March 2001. The survey by Lantian Market Research Company gathered statistics for 16 Chinese cities and the results show that Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou had the highest rate of Internet surfers at 25%… Continue reading Chinese Net Usage Increases
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The UK is still ahead of the game when it comes to ecommerce, reports NetValue. In their May 2001 internet survey, figures show that more UK net users are enjoying the benefits of a secure ecommerce market. visited ecommerce site made secure connection UK 75.9% 42.1% US 73.9% 28.8% France 68.9% 39.2% Norway 68.6%… Continue reading UK Leads In eCommerce, Says Net Value
In the US, the Audit Bureau of Circulations has added a demographic readership survey, the Magazine Subscriber Profile Verification Audit Report which provides information on the gender, age, education level and employment status of subscribers. “It will give greater profile to subscriber studies, so there will be more clout within the buying community,” says John… Continue reading ABC USA Launches Demographic Audience Profiling Scheme For Magazines
Despite the disheartening adspend totals released by CMR this month (see Forecasts), AOL Time Warner CEO, Jerry Levin, announced this week that advertising revenues at the company have started to stabilise. Speaking at the global ad execs knees-up in Cannes, Levin told Reuters that advertising revenue had stopped falling and that AOL was on track… Continue reading AOL Confident That Adspend Slowdown Has Arrested
Granada has warned of dire consequences for ITV and ONdigital if the changes to media ownership rules are delayed for at least another two years, as is likely following the opening of Parliament last week. In a leaked correspondence published in this weekend’s Sunday Times, Granada chairman Charles Allen and CEO Steve Morrison told the… Continue reading Granada Warns Of ‘Potential Disaster’ For ITV
Regional newspaper publisher, Johnston Press, this morning said that trading for the first five months of the year has been better than expected, with like for like advertising revenues up 3% on the same period last year. In its pre-close period trading statement, Johnston said that despite the prevailing mood of economic uncertainty, it expects… Continue reading Johnston Press Sees Positive Second Half
According to the reports in the German press, US group Liberty Media is looking to boost its interests in the German cable market (see Insight Analysis: Deutsche Telekom Sells Cable Franchises To Liberty Media) by acquiring a stake in Tele-Columbus, the cable TV service owned by Deutsche Bank. The FT also suggests that Liberty is… Continue reading Liberty Media To Acquire Further German Cable Operators
Today’s trading statement from global advertising and communications group, WPP, has indicated a slowing of organic growth from within the company, according to analysts at ABN Amro. The broker points to a fall from 6% revenue growth in the first quarter, to ‘almost 4%’ for the first five months of this year. This indicates a… Continue reading Underlying Growth Slows At WPP
Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, has unveiled electronic tearsheets for advertisers, providing an alternative to the costly and time consuming process of physically sending newspaper copies to advertisers to confirm that ads have run. Dow Jones has developed the system in partnership with Engage Inc, a marketing software and interactive media company.… Continue reading WSJ Pioneers Electronic Tearsheets
Despite the disheartening adspend totals released by CMR this month (see Forecasts), AOL Time Warner CEO, Jerry Levin, announced this week that advertising revenues at the company have started to stabilise. Speaking at the global ad execs knees-up in Cannes, Levin told Reuters that advertising revenue had stopped falling and that AOL was on track… Continue reading AOL Confident That Adspend Slowdown Has Arrested