Highbury House has announced the appointment of Michael Peter Alan Frey as its new chief operating officer with immediate effect, promoting the magazine boss from his previous position as managing director of Highbury Entertainment.Frey joined the company as managing director of Highbury Entertainment in September 2004, with 20 years of experience in magazine publishing, beginning… Continue reading Highbury Appoints Entertainment Boss As New COO
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Future has announced that trading for the second half of 2005 has continued at levels below expectations, with the specialist magazine publisher attributing the demise to newsstand weakness in the UK and France, combined with a higher level of new product development expenditure. According to its trading statement, total group turnover for the 11 months… Continue reading Future Reveals Trading Below Expectations
Highbury House Communications has revealed that revenues for the first half of 2005 are down by 28% year on year to £39.6 million, resulting in an operating loss of £2 million, according to its trading statement published today. Total operating losses were shown to be £11 million, compared to £22.9 million last year, with revenues… Continue reading Highbury Revenues For First Half 2005 Down By 28%
French entrepreneur Vincent Bollore has increased his stake in Aegis to “close to 9%”, further fuelling industry speculation that he will enter the bidding for overall control of the firm. Bollore, chairman of rival agency Havas told a French news conference: “Maybe Aegis will be a long-term shareholding one day, but for the moment it… Continue reading Bollore Raises Aegis Stake To 9%
Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is increasing in awareness with most executives at small and medium-sized businesses claiming to have heard of the technology, however, just 6% of businesses surveyed said that they planned to put a VoIP system into operation within 12 months. According to a new survey by Harris Interactive for Hewlett Packard,… Continue reading VoIP Providers Need To Market Towards SMBs
Student TV network, SUBtv, has signed a year-long sponsorship deal with Titan Poker, extending its gambling credentials and creating a bespoke, student-facing poker site where SUBtv will arrange online tournaments.The promotional activity builds on SUBtv’s highly successful promotion of US-based PokerStars.com through its network earlier this year, which saw nearly 800 players from 60 universities… Continue reading SUBtv Extends Poker Events With Branded Tournament
MediaTel Group has confirmed former Flextech boss Adam Singer as the third panelist at this year’s Media Question Time.Before taking up his current post as chief executive of the MCPS-PRS Alliance – the alliance of UK societies that collect royalties for composers and songwriters – Singer was chief executive of Telewest, and chairman and CEO… Continue reading Adam Singer Joins Panel For Media Question Time
Emap’s Q magazine will publish with two special edition covers next month, commemorating John Lennon’s 65th birthday with the special issue and free 14 track CD of Lennon covers.The collector’s edition will hit newsstands on 1 October, with covers featuring either a young John Lennon or one the Beatle later in life.The Lennon Covered CDs… Continue reading Q Prints Double Covers For Lennon’s Birthday
Emap is to hold free seminars to promote understanding of the imum generation, building on its research with QuickWise Brand Research and provide fresh insights into the UK’s changing parenting market.The research, carried out in partnership with Emap’s Mother & Baby and Pregnancy & Birth brands, seeks to create a continuous research programme into Britain’s… Continue reading Emap Seminars Offer Insight Into Parenting Sector
Advertising and marketing communications company, Omnicom has announced plans to invest in a global expansion of its PHD media network, extending its presence in markets across Europe, Asia and Africa. Omnicom will launch the new offices by taking resources from its existing Media Group offices, with the expansion beginning in the final quarter of 2005… Continue reading Omnicom Extends PHD’s Global Reach