Highbury’s last remaining magazines were sold off yesterday, with Bournemouth-based Imagine Publishing snapping up 24 of the failed company’s computer and gaming titles. The magazines, including PC Home, Play and iCreate, were secured following a 2.7 million investment by Imagine’s venture capital backer Kleinwort Capital. Elsewhere, Highbury’s Front, Hotdog and DVD World, titles have been… Continue reading Highbury House Sell Off Continues

UK specialist print group, Wyndeham Press, has been awarded a printing contract by Emap worth over £3 million for the next three years, with the deal significantly expanding Wyndeham’s relationship with Emap. A total of 28 Emap magazines will be included in the contract, including monthly magazines, Today’s Golfer, Golf World, Health Plus, Your Horse,… Continue reading Wyndeman Wins £3 Million Emap Contract

Advertisers are missing out on a large percentage of the adult population, with a new study from Carat revealing the high spend potential of Britain “singletons.” The report breaks the group down into four definitive types: Social Butterflies, Achiever Beavers, Pippa Pans and Silvertons, claiming that few brands are maximising the spending power of singles… Continue reading Advertisers Fail To Target UK Single Market

Triple play services, comprising of voice, video and data look set to overtake broadband adoption in Europe, with a new study by Booz Allen Hamilton claiming that by 2010 more than half of European homes will have the option of digital television offering the technology. Commenting on the findings, Thomas Kunster, Booz Allen Hamilton partner… Continue reading Triple Play To See Surge In Popularity

UK advertising expenditure is forecast to rise by 3.7% in 2006, with new forecasts from Initiative Media predicting online to be the fastest growing medium fuelled by the increasing uptake of broadband. Initiative expect 2006 to be another slow year for the UK media market, albeit a better one than 2005, with the projected 3.7%… Continue reading UK Adspend To Rise By 3.7% In 2006

Newspaper reports over the weekend have claimed the Guardian Media Group (GMG) is preparing to sell off its non-national newspaper titles, including the high profile Auto Trader series, in a move which could raise £1.7 billion.The sale would see GMG part company with Trader Media, its classified automotive division, as well as a possible sale… Continue reading GMG Mulling Asset Auction, Newspapers Claim

Today sees GCap Media launch the first ‘national-local’ network in UK radio, with eleven of its The Storm DAB licences rebranded under the Xfm network.The move will see a localised service offered to three DAB regions in the North East, South Coast and the Midlands, while a national service is broadcast to the remaining non-London… Continue reading GCap Widens Xfm Coverage With DAB Rebrand

Rula Lenska’s departure from the Big Brother house on Friday saw the station achieve the highest 16-34 audience of the evening, but was topped by BBC One’s Judge John Deed in the battle for adult audiences.The 9pm eviction show saw 1.9 million 16-34 year olds tune in to see the 57 year old actress leave… Continue reading Judge John Deed Overrules Big Brother Eviction

Broadband and TV firm HomeChoice is to be sold off by operator Video Networks Limited, according to newspaper reports over the weekend, with BSkyB rumoured to have shown interest in the firm.The report by the Sunday Express does not name its source, but claimed BSkyB had tabled an initial bid for the company, believed to… Continue reading HomeChoice Under The Hammer As Sky Takes An Interest

Sir Victor Blank, chairman of Trinity Mirror has announced that he will be retiring from the Board at the company’s annual general meeting in May.The outgoing chairman took up the position at the Mirror Group in July 1998, overseeing the merger between Trinity and the Mirror in 1999.Commenting on his departure, Sly Bailey, chief executive… Continue reading Trinity Chairman To Step Down