Global market information group, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), has acquired the business and assets of Elrick & Lavidge Marketing Research (E&L), a US customised research company. E&L specialises in the consumer, financial services, IT and telecoms industries, as well as being a leader in mystery shopping research, says TNS. E&L is currently owned by advertising… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Buys US Research Group From Aegis

US newspaper groups are about to start posting their Q1 2002 financial results, offering an indication of how the sector has started the year from an advertising point of view and what the outlook for the coming months is likely to be. A recent report in Editor and Publisher found that revenue levels for February… Continue reading Insight Analysis: An Upward Tilt In US Advertising?

Newsprint costs in the US are set to fall in 2002, according to forecasts from Merrill Lynch. The broker says that costs will drop by 16.5% this year, boosting newspaper companies’ operating margins. However, newsprint costs are expected to rise by 23% in 2003. As a result, Merrill Lynch is modelling for an average 10-12%… Continue reading Newsprint Costs To Fall In 2002 But Rise In 2003

The New York Times has settled a lawsuit with the National Basketball Association after agreeing to sell photographs of NBA games taken by NYT photographers and providing promotional benefits to the association. Additionally, the New York Times will display the NBA.com logo on NYTimes.com and in print and offer a direct link from its online… Continue reading New York Times Settles Lawsuit

Prohibitively high costs and a lack of awareness of the benefits will lead to slow broadband take up in Europe, reports Jupiter MMXI. Currently the average cost of broadband connection in Europe is over £125 and the average monthly subscription is around £30, Jupiter predicts that only around 14% of European households will have a… Continue reading Jupiter MMXI Reports That Broadband Take Up In Europe Will Be Slow

ONdigital owners Carlton and Granada are expected to announce spending cuts at the digital broadcaster when they reveal the latest subscription figures in two weeks time, according to a report in today’s Daily Telegraph. At present the company is spending around £3m every year thanks to the heavy subsidies on set-top boxes. Yesterday ONdigital’s chief… Continue reading Carlton And Granada May Implement Spending Cuts At ONdigital

French radio group NRJ may be winding up to its first move into the UK radio market, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. The paper says that NRJ’s founder and chairman, Jean-Paul Baudecroux, believes he could teach a thing or two to the UK’s radio operators. It speculates that Chrysalis Radio is the… Continue reading France’s NRJ Reported To Be Considering UK Radio Move

Anglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier this morning said that the slowing of the US economy is impacting its business to business operations, although it believes the effects are ‘manageable’. The group said that its science, medical, legal and educational businesses are are largely unaffected by conditions in the US. Chairman Morris Tabaksblat told the company’s… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Optimistic Despite Impact Of US Slow-Down

Global market information company, Taylor Nelson Sofres, has bought the remaining 70% of Taylor Nelson Sofres Mode Private, a leading market information company in India. The original 30% holding was purchased by the group in May 1997. Mode has 200 full time staff across 12 offices in India and also offers coverage in neighbouring countries.… Continue reading Taylor Nelson Sofres Takes Control Of Indian Division

Trinity Mirror shares have fallen by over 3% or 14½p this morning, as condemnation of the Sunday Mirror for publishing an interview with the father of the victim in the Leeds footballer trial continues to mount. Both the defence and the prosecution in the trial of Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate for affray and GBH… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Shares Fall As Fears Of Contempt Charge Rise