Associated Newspapers has seen display advertising revenues rise by a solid 8.5% year on year in the eleven months to August following a strong performance from its daily freesheet Metro and London evening paper the Evening Standard. Metro saw display advertising revenue rise by 25% year on year following the launch of two new franchises… Continue reading Metro And Evening Standard Boost Associated Revenues

The Independent’s transition from broadsheet to compact tabloid has helped push post-tax profits at its parent group, Independent News & Media, up over 42% to â‚Ź68.1 million during the first six months of this year. From January to June 2003, operating profit have grown by over 25% to â‚Ź129 million, driven by record results in… Continue reading Record Results Push Independents Profits Up 42%

Outdoor advertising group, JCDecaux, unveiled record results for the first six months of this year, as operating income pushed up by nearly 14% to â‚Ź125.3 million, reflecting the recovery in the European advertising market. Revenues for the Paris based group grew by 4.5% to â‚Ź792.3 million from January to June, driven by a good performance… Continue reading European Ad Market Recovery Spurs JCDecaux Profits

Saga, the family-run business for the over 50’s, is planning to list its shares on the London Stock Exchange. The group, which specialises in a number of services including holidays, numerous radio stations, as well as a best selling magazine, has also been considering a sale to private investors. Since July 2004, Saga customers and… Continue reading Saga Plans To Float On The London Stock Exchange

Holland and Barrett’s Healthy magazine, published by River Publishing, has announced unexpectedly high sales for its September/October issue, bucking the current trend of decline amongst health titles and forcing the publisher to reprint the issue to cope with demand.The reprint will add 50,000 copies to the rapidly declining stocks of the title, which is forecast… Continue reading Healthy Magazine Bucks Trend With Reprint

The Times has announced the launch of a new appointments supplement, published in compact form to target junior to middle managers in the commercial sector following the success of its Public Agenda insert.The new supplement, entitled Career, will be published on a weekly basis from 16 September, offering readers in-depth editorial content about jobs and… Continue reading The Times Builds Job Pages With Career Supplement

The Independent is hoping to woo media planners and buyers with a viral marketing campaign and video game designed to raise the profile of its recently launched compact edition and attract more advertising revenue.The ‘Compact Catch’ game has been e-mailed to over 600 key industry figures and the newspaper hopes it will spread further from… Continue reading Independent Targets Planners And Buyers With Viral Push

Four of IPC Connect’s leading women’s weekly titles have come together in a promotion that will see readers offered a £30,000 package of prizes in an attempt to build brand loyalty and drive cross-purchase.The so-called ‘Highlife’ promotion will launch in this week’s issues of Woman, Woman’s Own, Woman’s Weekly and Chat. It will run for… Continue reading IPC Links Woman’s Weeklies For Cross-Title Promotion

Advertisers continued to return to television and national newspapers in the second quarter of this year as the economic recovery gathered steam. The latest figures from the Advertising Association show that total UK adspend rose by a solid 5.7% year on year to just under £3.7 billion, as confidence slowly returned to the industry and… Continue reading UK Adspend Shows Solid Growth In Second Quarter

The government’s media regulator, Ofcom, has today outlined the steps that have to be taken to ensure that UK broadcasters are ready for a fully digital future by as early as 2007. The consultation document, adds weight to previous reports that said, analogue switch-off will become a reality for commercial television stations including; ITV, Channel… Continue reading Ofcom Puts Steps In Place For Early Digital Swith-Over