ITV has again been linked with SMG’s cinema advertising business Pearl & Dean, following SMG’s announcement that it would be selling both Pearl & Dean and Primesight, its outdoor advertising business. ITV was first linked with Pearl & Dean at the end of September (see ITV Could Bid For Pearl & Dean), following the sale… Continue reading ITV Linked With Pearl & Dean

Publicis Groupe, the world number four advertising agency, is looking for acquisitions, according to chairman and CEO Maurice Levy. Talking to the Wall Street Journal, Levy said: “We are contemplating several possible strategies in terms of acquisitions. “We will definitely move to an acquisition strategy provided it does service the interest of shareholders.” Levy was… Continue reading Publicis Looks To Implement Acquisition Strategy

Metro International has announced its financial results for the third quarter and the nine months ended September 30 2006. For Q3 2006, net sales increased by 18% to $87.1 million (2005: $74.0 million). At constant exchange rates, net sales improved by 11%. Metro International recorded a group operating loss of $8.9 million (2005: loss of… Continue reading Metro International Announces Q3 And Nine Month Results

Omnicom has announced that its net income for the third quarter of 2006 increased 9.5% to $177.1 million from $161.7 million in the third quarter of 2005. Worldwide revenue increased 10.0% to $2,774.3 million from $2,522.9 million in the third quarter of 2005. Domestic revenue for the third quarter of 2006 increased 7.8% to $1,540.5… Continue reading Omnicom Releases Third Quarter Financial Results

ITV are supposedly lining up a ‘dream team’ of Stephen Carter, former head of Ofcom, as chief executive, and Channel 4’s Kevin Lygo as director of programmes. According to reports in the trade press, the duo are the frontrunners to take over the posts, with shareholders wanting to bring in a new programming chief at… Continue reading ITV Could Get Carter

The founder of Wallpaper, Tyler Brule, is to launch a new high-end business and cultural magazine called Monocle.The new magazine will, according to reports in the trade press, be based in London and be sold worldwide, with offices in Tokyo, New York and Zurich.Monocle will provide business reportage, and coverage of the latest cultural happenings… Continue reading Wallpaper Founder To Launch New Magazine

Future publishing has signed a deal with Sony, reviving the Official PlayStation Magazine title for a new magazine to launch next month.The magazine will continue to lead with editorial about the forthcoming PlayStation 3 console, which is launched in the UK next March, alongside coverage of portable console the PSP and the established PS2.Future will… Continue reading Future To Revive Official PlayStation Magazine

Although multimedia messaging is gaining in popularity, short text messaging continues to be the most profitable part of the mobile data universe, according to a new report from eMarketer. The report says that this year, revenues for short messaging service (SMS) will hit $20 billion in Western Europe, $9 billion in the Asia-Pacific region and… Continue reading SMS Continues To Be Profitable

China’s online display advertising activity reached a peak in September of this year, according to new research from Nielsen//NetRatings. NetRatings recently launched its online advertising measurement service AdRelevance in Japan, which allows the Chinese market to be compared with the current top three global ad spending markets, the US, Japan and the UK, as well… Continue reading China’s Online Ad Activity Reaches September Peak

The proportion of households without internet access which think it is not important to have home access to the internet has increased steeply between mid-2005 and early 2006, from 51.7% to 74.6%, according to new research from Point Topic. Point Topic’s Broadband Consumer Survey 2 says that by early 2006, an estimated 11.2 million households… Continue reading Offline Households Show Little Interest In Going Online