Global holdings group, Interpublic, has saw revenues jump 3% during the second quarter of 2004, with organic revenue moving out of the red for the first time since 2001. As organic revenue, which has been adjusted for acquisitions and dispositions, scraped in to the positive with a 0.3% increase, operating profits rose 3.8%, a slight… Continue reading Slow Improvements Continue At Interpublic

GWR’s, Local Radio Group, has today announced it will purchase the remaining 67% stake of Two Boroughs Radio Limited from Johnston Press, to become sole-owner of the Burnley based station. The total purchase price, which includes the previously acquired 33% share of Two Boroughs Radio, is reported to be just over £2.2 million. In June,… Continue reading Local Radio Group Snaps Up Remaining Stake Of Two Boroughs

The online research market in the UK will more than double in 2004 and rake-in a massive £160 million over the year, according to a marketing information agency. The report Online Surveys and Research – A Buyer’s Guide, published by E-Consultancy, says the UK will be using the web to conduct research as frequently as… Continue reading UK Online Research Market To Double In 2004

Researching and shopping online has become even more popular in the United States thanks to a stronger economy and growing consumer confidence says, Dieringer Research Group (DRG). The American Interactive Consumer Survey, which involved 3,000 US adults, revealed that three out of five regularly go online, with the majority using the internet for shopping and… Continue reading US Buys Into Online Shopping

Almost 8 million people tuned in to Channel 4 last night to watch Big Brother contestant Stuart Wilson leave the house in a surprise eviction just two days before the series finalé.Unofficial overnight figures from BARB show that a peak of 7.7 million reality-TV fans watched the youngest housemate get evicted after receiving the least… Continue reading Surprise Big Brother Eviction Draws 7.7 Million To Channel 4

Disney’s ABC Television Network in the United States is making its first foray into UK broadcasting with launch of a new daytime channel called ABC1 on the Freeview platform.The new general entertainment channel will initially broadcast twelve hours a day from 6am and will screen programmes sourced entirely from Disney’s ABC Network in the US… Continue reading ABC Entertainment Channel To Launch Without Commercials

Rival television audience measurement companies, AGB Group and Nielsen Media Research, have joined forces to form a global joint venture that could dominate the market.The new company, which will operate under the brand name AGB Nielsen Media Research, will be half owned by Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP and half owned by Nielsen Media Research, which… Continue reading AGB And Nielsen Join To Form Global Ratings System

Cable operator NTL yesterday announced that customer expansion and revenue growth has helped narrow year-on-year profit loss for the second quarter of 2004. Revenues from April to June 2004 jumped £28.3 million on the same quarter last year to £397.8 million, driving profit loss down to £7 million from £51 million in 2003. The New-York… Continue reading NTL Losses Down As Customer Base And Revenues Grow

Rival television audience measurement companies, AGB Group and Nielsen Media Research, have joined forces to form a global joint venture that could dominate the market. The new company, which will operate under the brand name AGB Nielsen Media Research, will be half owned by Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP and half owned by Nielsen Media Research,… Continue reading AGB And Nielsen Join To Form Global Ratings System

Worldwide free newspaper, Metro International, has remained the world’s most-read newspaper as sales increased by 50% in the first half of 2004 to reach 14.5 million readers a day. The jump in sales spurred profits at Metro to reach $145 million from January to June 2004, with the group reporting its second quarterly net profit… Continue reading Metro International Remains World’s Most Read Newspaper