News Corporation has reported that quarter three profits have jumped 69% to reach $465 million, driven by increased sales in home entertainment and strong advertising growth. Chairman and chief executive, Rupert Murdoch said: “We are extremely pleased with News Corp’s third quarter results, 22% operating income growth was achieved across all of our business segments.”… Continue reading News Corp Profits Boosted By Ad Revenue

Omnicom-owned agencies OMD UK, Manning Gottlieb OMD and PHD Group are bringing together their media negotiating operations to form the UK’s largest single buying point. The consolidated buying giant will be called OPera and will have more than £1 billion worth of media billings under its control. It will be run as a joint venture… Continue reading Omnicom Pools Resources To Form UK Buying Point

colspan=”5″>BBC Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons

The following tables show the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of the local commercial stations broadcasting outside London. Top/Bottom 10 Weekly Reach (000s) % Change Station Survey Period Ending Mar 2003 Ending Mar 2004 % Change Classic Gold 1521 H 2 4 100.0 Signals Big AM (was… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q1 2004: Local Commercial Stations

Internet heavyweight Yahoo! has announced the launch of its latest product, Launchcast Radio, a new service enabling users to tailor their listening to individual tastes and screen out unwanted content.The service works by inviting users to rate their favourite artists and only playing content deemed suitable to those tastes. The service can introduce new artists… Continue reading Yahoo! Offers Tailor Made Internet Radio Content

The Daily Telegraph has announced the creation of a new “Business Club” section to attract new business readers and bolster its audience of medium sized company chiefs.The move will see The Telegraph Business Club launching on May 11th with a double page spread in the business section The Daily Telegraph as well as a dedicated… Continue reading Telegraph Forms New Club To Woo Business Readers

Publicis Groupe revenues for quarter one rose by 4.4% to â‚Ź866 million but are still down 4.3% on the same period last year, despite a number of countries demonstrating a solid advertising recovery, says Levy. Latin America experienced the highest organic growth of any individual region with 21%, beaten only by the region ‘rest of… Continue reading Publicis Revenues Fall Despite Solid Ad Recovery

United Business Media (UBM) is performing ahead of last year and is expected to achieve 15% margin target in 2004. At the company’s Annual General Meeting, chairman, Geoff Unwin said: “2004 has started well. All of our businesses are performing ahead of last year, consistent with the positive trends of the second half of 2003.… Continue reading United Business Media In Line With Target Says Chairman

Trinity Mirror advertising revenues are up by nearly 5% for the first four months of 2004, showing an improving trend in advertising conditions. In a statement issued ahead of today’s Annual General Meeting, chairman, Sir Victor Blank said: “Group advertising revenue for the first four months, on a like for like basis excluding the regional… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Ad Revenues Up 5% As Conditions Improve

Emap Advertising and Initiative Media have secured a six-figure deal that will see the global consumer goods giant Unilever become the sole FMCG advertiser on The Hits music channel for the next year.The exclusive deal covers the promotion of some of Unilever’s most renowned youth-focused brands such as Lynx, Impulse, CK, Cerruti Organics and Marmite.… Continue reading The Hits Secures Exclusive Partnership With Unilever