Yahoo! has sent a letter to shareholders telling them that its current management and strategy will create value in the face of Microsoft’s $45 billion takeover bid. It is now believed that Microsoft is considering its options following Yahoo!’s rejection of its bid (see Yahoo! Rejects Microsoft Takeover Bid), with Facebook mentioned as a possible… Continue reading Yahoo! Says It Can Create Value In Face Of Microsoft Bid

This report on national radio stations has been slightly amended to incorporate the re-release of data from RAJAR for Q4 2007, following weighting irregularities from RAJAR’s contractor RSMB on six monthly reporting stations. Any changes are clearly highlighted in the text and tables (where appropriate).The latest RAJAR figures, for Q4 2007, show that BBC Radio… Continue reading BBC Radio 2 Sees Weekly Reach Decline

GCap Media’s Classic FM has signed Laurence Llewelyn Bowen, Margherita Taylor and Alex James and is introducing a daily jazz show for the first time in its 15-year history.Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, who makes his radio presenting debut with The Sunday Spa. Starting at 9am, the programme will provide two-hours of laid-back classics.Ex-Blur bassist Alex James returns… Continue reading Classic FM Unveils New Presenters

A problem has been observed with the RAJAR data for Q4 2007 regarding stations reporting on a Half-Yearly basis, due to weighting irregularities from RAJAR’s contractor RSMB.This means that the data is being reissued by RAJAR. The vast majority of Half-Yearly reporting services are marginally affected, with only a minority experiencing more significant changes. The… Continue reading RAJAR Data Re-Issue

Long-running weekly financial magazine, The Business, has been axed and is to be replaced by a new monthly, Spectator Business.Martin Vander Weyer, the Spectator‘s business editor, will edit the new title when it launches in the spring.Barclay brothers’ owned The Business will cease publishing from this week and Press Holdings Media, the company that owns… Continue reading The Business Is Axed In Favour Of New Monthly

Mobile Social Networking is already an established service in some regions, but in 2008 and beyond new features are attracting larger numbers of users and permitting new business opportunities, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media. The Mobile Social Networking: Communities and Content on the Move report concludes that the number of mobile… Continue reading Mobile Social Networking Revenues Could Reach US$52 billion by 2012

Social networking is here to stay, but the dramatic growth the sites have experienced over the past few years will settle, and marketers and advertisers will have to discover the best ways to capitalise on the format, according to panellists at yesterday’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Online’ seminar. “I think the socialisation of media absolutely… Continue reading Social Networking Growth To Settle

Kangaroo – the forthcoming on-demand video service from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 – could be a huge success, according to Ray Snoddy, media journalist and one of the panellists at yesterday’s MediaTel Group seminar on the ‘Future of Online’. “Because of the wonders of the internet it means that the BBC, ITV and… Continue reading Kangaroo Could Be A Huge Success

Agencies are not demanding an online currency, and cost could prove a significant barrier to the development of one, according to Richard Firminger, the outgoing regional sales director, northern Europe, at Yahoo!, who was speaking on the panel at yesterday’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Online’ seminar. “The agencies should speak up [if they do want… Continue reading No Huge Demand From Agencies For An Online Currency

Woman magazine has unveiled another revamp, including a price rise, just 18 months following a previous relaunch.Over £1 million has been invested in the weekly, which shed around 11.5% of its total or almost 47,400 copies to take its final figure to just shy of 370,000 for the first six months of 2007.The magazine will… Continue reading Woman Unveils Second Revamp In 18 Months