The hotly anticipated weekly current affairs magazine from BBC Magazines, Newsbrief, is set to launch this autumn.According to reports, it will launch with a subscription drive targeting women and international readers.The magazine’s creators have been working closely with BBC News and have conducted extensive consumer research, finding that it appeals greatly to 30+ mothers.The magazine,… Continue reading BBC News Magazine Could Launch This Autumn

The Sun‘s online offering has overtaken Times Online as the second largest national newspaper site this month, according to the ABCe.TheSun.co.uk was up 9.3% from last month, recording just over nine million unique users in May. Times Online, meanwhile, dipped almost 2% month on month to 8.7 million unique users.Times Online peaked at almost 11… Continue reading ABCe Shows Sun’s Website Scoops Second Spot

woman&home, IPC Southbank’s monthly glossy for 40-plus women, has appointed David Dowding as its new creative director and Gaby Huddart as its new deputy editor.Dowding is currently art director of modern homes magazine Livingetc. He has also worked at Cosmopolitan as art director and was on the launch team for Maxim in Russia.Huddart joins woman&home… Continue reading New Creative Director And Deputy Editor For woman&home

Mobile video revenues in the US totaled $146 million in Q1 2007, growing 198% year on year, according to new research from Telephia. Telephia says that there were 8.4 million mobile video subscribers last quarter, with penetration doubling to nearly 4% since Q1 2006. Quarterly Mobile Video Revenue Share, Subscriber Size and Penetration Rate (US) … Continue reading US Mobile Video Revenues Reach $146 Million In Q1

Game advertising spending in the US will grow from $370 million in 2006 to more than $2 billion in 2012, according to Electronic Gaming in the Digital Home: Game Advertising, a new report from Parks Associates. Over that time, game advertising will achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33%, much higher than that… Continue reading US Game Adspend To Break $2 Billion Barrier By 2012

According to a new survey from Ingenio, more than four out of five US adults surveyed (85%) currently own a mobile phone compared to only about seven in ten (71%) who have a landline or home phone. Of the overwhelming majority of US consumers that own a mobile phone, the study finds that only a… Continue reading Room For Growth In Mobile Advertising

Trinity Mirror has announced that its group advertising revenues for the 26 week period ending 1st July 2007 are expected to fall by 1.5%. In the company’s regionals division, advertising revenues are expected to fall by 1.6%. By category the expected fall in display is 0.6%, recruitment is 1.6%, motors is 10.1% and other categories… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Expects Ad Revenue Fall

BBC Worldwide made record pre-tax profits of £111.1 million in the 12 months to March 31, with the proportion of sales to outside the UK up by 5% year on year to 46%. Investment in BBC-commissioned programmes was also up at £96.3 million from £89.0 million in 2005/06, with total programme investment at £103.6 million.… Continue reading Record Profits For BBC Worldwide

Last night saw the return of Kirstie and Phil to Channel 4 with Location, Location, Location. The show did wonderfully, picking up a peak audience of 4.5 million viewers (a 23.6% viewing share) in its 8pm slot.This week, our dishy duo were in Glasgow, where property prices have risen an amazing 42% in the past… Continue reading Triumphant Return For Kirstie And Phil

Simon Marquis, chairman of the National Readership Survey, has been confirmed as the final panellist for MediaTel Group’s forthcoming ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar.Marquis joins Jo Blake, head of press at BLM; Ian Clark, general manager of thelondonpaper; Stuart Taylor, commercial director of Guardian News & Media, and Ray Snoddy, media journalist, as well as… Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Final Panellist Confirmed For Newspaper Seminar