Reed Elsevier has released its first half 2007 financial results, reporting unchanged revenues at £2,235 million, up 1% to €3,308 million. Its online information and digital services now account for 45% of the group’s revenues, having recorded 12% growth. It also announced definitive sale agreements for entire Harcourt Education division for total proceeds of $4.95… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Reports Unchanged Revenues

BT has published its first quarter results, showing that its revenue was up 3% to £5 million. Revenue from the group’s traditional businesses was maintained year on year. Major corporate (UK and international) revenue showed growth of 5%. BT Global Services revenue grew by 5% to £2.2 million for the first quarter. New wave revenue… Continue reading BT Reports Revenue Increase

Publicis Groupe has reported an organic growth rate of 0.2% for the second quarter of 2007 and said that the full year figure is likely to be worse than originally forecast. Growth for the first half of the year was 1.6%, whilst revenue for the period rose by 6% to €2.2 billion. Maurice Lévy, chairman… Continue reading Publicis Groupe Reports Low Organic Growth

GCap Media’s total revenues for June were up 6% year on year, ahead of the company’s expectations, and were up 2% year on year for the three months to 30 June, according to its first Interim Management Statement. The company said it has seen an encouraging trend in radio advertising revenue since its preliminary statements… Continue reading GCap Media Revenues ‘Ahead Of Expectations’

Five is conducting a review of its procedures and co-authoring a handbook for independent producers as part of its initiative to improve viewer trust, with Channel 4 and the BBC also addressing the issue.The channel is reviewing its processes, contracts and supplier relationships to ensure viewers can have total faith in the broadcaster.Five is also… Continue reading Broadcasters Look To Improve Viewer Trust

GCap is to merge eight AM and DAB digital Classic Gold radio stations with the seven AM and DAB digital Capital Gold stations to form the national Gold network, going live on-air and online from 7pm on Friday, August 3.Gold will be aimed at ABC1 35-54 year old music fans and aims to distinguish itself… Continue reading GCap To Launch Gold Network

Emap is increasing the frequency of its young women’s magazine, More, changing the title from fortnightly publication to weekly, in a move said to counter the threat of readers defecting to IPC’s Look, which launched at the beginning of this year.From September, lifestyle glossy More will double its print output, hoping to head off the… Continue reading Emap Puts More Into Women’s Weekly Market

Paul Corley, the managing director of GMTV, is to stand down from the breakfast broadcaster following the company’s recent phone-in quiz scandal.In April, Corley appeared on the GMTV sofa to apologise to viewers over failures in its premium-rate phone quiz, and will now step down in September.The GMTV call-TV scandal erupted following a Panorama investigation… Continue reading GMTV MD To Leave Following Phone-In Scandal

JCDecaux has announced that its revenues for the six months to 30 June were up 7.7% to €1 million compared to the same period last year. Excluding acquisitions and the impact of foreign exchange, organic revenue growth was 6.9%, reflecting a strong second quarter. Core advertising revenues, excluding revenues related to the sale, rental and… Continue reading JCDecaux Revenues Increase

A new study on in-game advertising from Double Fusion and Interpret has found that 75% of gamers engage with at least one ad per minute across most, but not all, game types, whilst 81% of gamers engage at least every other minute. The research, designed with and conducted by new media research firm Interpret LLC,… Continue reading Gamers Engaging With In-Game Ads