According to recent US Census Bureau data, B2B e-commerce dominated commercial activity in the US in 1999. The “E-stats” report, published today, shows that while e-commerce accounted for a relatively small percent of total economic activity in key sectors of the US economy, e-commerce transactions between businesses (B2B commerce)accounted for a surprisingly large proportion of… Continue reading 1999 e-Commerce Report From US Census Bureau

The Guardian newspaper last week unveiled investment plans for its Saturday edition. Weekend magazine is to become a glossy with 60% more editorial pages and two of the newspaper’s weekday supplements – Space and The Editor – will be added to its current six sections. The move follows similar announcements from its broadsheet rivals, the… Continue reading Insight Analysis: National Newspapers Look To Boost Female Readership With New Saturday Offerings

Two thirds of the UK population have mobile phones, but many do not realise their potential uses beyond talking, according to research conducted for the BMRBi Access Omnibus Telephone Omnibus during February this year. The survey found that only 85% of those with mobile phones believe they have text messaging facilities and only 13% believe… Continue reading Two Thirds Of UK Have Mobiles, But Many Are Unaware Of Services Available

Media group EMAP is understood to be in discussions to sell off its US consumer magazine business, EMAP USA, as the division continues to lose the company money. According to a report in this morning’s Financial Times, EMAP has received ‘several’ approaches from interested parties and is understood to be pursuing these offers. EMAP bought… Continue reading EMAP Reported To Be Close To US Sale

Speaking at the FT New Media & Broadcasting conference yesterday, Granada chief executive Steve Morrison confirmed reports that he is in talks with potential European partners that could help his company gain a foothold on the continent. Granada already has production businesses in Australia and China and hopes to build similar divisions across Europe.

The New York Times warned investors Monday that its first-quarter earnings would fall below expectations as advertising revenue growth falls in the current economic climate although the company still expects to meet its target of 10% to 15% growth in full-year earnings per share, mainly due to tighter controls on costs and added revenues from… Continue reading New York Times Warns Of Ad Revenue Slowdown

European broadcaster RTL Group and its French rival Canal Plus are understood to be planning an alliance that would see the two groups sharing European sports broadcasting rights. According to a report on the Media Guardian website this morning, the companies are discussing merging their broadcasting rights and marketing units in a venture that would… Continue reading RTL And Canal Plus Thought To Be In Sports Rights Discussions

SMG has this morning announced yet another stake increase in Scottish Radio Holdings, taking its stake up to 27.7%. SMG has acquired a further 2.8% in SRH for £14.6 million, in two separate purchases: 644,000 shares yesterday and 275,000 this morning. All the shares were priced at 1,587½p each, its closing price yesterday. SMG has… Continue reading SMG Builds Scottish Radio Stake To 27.7%

BSkyB is aiming to gain an additional £50 per customer each year as a result of its interactive TV services, according to CEO Richard Freudenstein. Speaking at the FT New Media and Broadcasting conference yesterday, he said that in addition to existing interactive services on news and sports channels, new services such as SMS messaging,… Continue reading BSkyB Outlines Plans To Gain £50 More Revenue Per Customer Each Year

New Research from Jupiter reveleals that most companies are slow to move their buying processes onto the Internet many are hesitating to do so at all. Jupiter studied ‘eprocurement’ and found that many procurement managers “see so little advantage in moving online” that they will do less than 20% of their business buying online until… Continue reading eProcurement Slow To Take Off