Duncan George, former GCap Media commercial director, has been appointed by AOL as its UK sales director.He will begin the new role next week and will be tasked with growing AOL’s sales capability to assist the online portal’s ad-supported web strategy.George left his role at GCap Media in June (see Duncan George To Leave GCap)… Continue reading AOL Appoints Duncan George As New UK Sales Director

Online networking is now firmly established as an essential element in the working lives of UK marketers, according to the latest Marketing Trends Survey, from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).Over half of marketers taking part in the survey (55%) say that their organisations use business networking regularly, while over a third (37%) claim to… Continue reading Marketing Trends Survey Finds Digital Technology Now An Essential Tool

Xfm has become the first official radio partner to the Orange Rising Star Award at the Orange British Academy Film Awards.As part of the partnership Xfm’s breakfast show presenter Alex Zane has been asked to sit on the panel of jurors, who met on Friday November 23 to cast their final votes for the nominees… Continue reading Xfm Announced As Official Radio Station To Orange Rising Star Award

The Advertising Association has received a letter from the public health minister Dawn Primarolo stating that the government will look to work in partnership with the ad industry over its new obesity strategy.The letter was sent in response to a query from the Advertising Association about the government’s intentions.Primarilo said in the letter: “We welcome… Continue reading Government To Work With Ad Industry On New Obesity Strategy

Last week saw Emap take centre stage, with the review of its assets begun in July continuing to hit the headlines.At the start of the week it was reported that the private equity firm Cinven had pulled out of the race for the company’s consumer magazine division, apparently unhappy with the £700m price tag (Full… Continue reading Media In The City: Emap Still On Track To Sell Its Divisions

New research from IPC Media has found that 71% of UK women go online every day, with the average woman having been connected to the web for six and a half years.The findings come from Women’s Space, the latest wave of research from IPC Media’s Origin Panel – a rolling programme of research using a… Continue reading New Research Finds Women At Home On The Web

Daily Newspaper MarketThe latest ABC figures for the main national daily newspapers reveal that circulations suffered an overall decline of 1.1% for October.The only Quality national daily title not to suffer a slump in circulation was the Financial Times, which posted a year on year increase of more than 2%.The Mid-Market titles remained relatively static… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: October 2007

thelondonpaper‘s circulation remained ahead of the London Lite‘s in October, with thelondonpaper enjoying an increase of more than 3,900 copies month on month.thelondonpaper now has a circulation of almost 495,700, whilst the London Lite‘s rests at almost 401,000 after a month on month decline of nearly 900 copies.Paid-for title the Evening Standard enjoyed a small… Continue reading thelondonpaper Remains In Front Of London Lite

Almost 21 million Britons visited a TV, video or movie-related website in Sept 07, a 28% increase in visitors since Sept 06, according to a new report from Nielsen Online.The TV/Video/Movie sector online is now visited by 63% of Britons online; up from 55% in Sept 06 – a growth rate of 15%.The total time… Continue reading Almost 21 Million Britons Visited Video Websites In September

Last week saw Sky announce an 11% increase in group revenue for the six months to the end of September, to £1.19bn.The satellite broadcaster added that its adjusted operating profit of £150m reflects very strong Sky+ customer growth, of 323,000 to 2.7 million (Full Story).It was also reported that Sky could give up nearly a… Continue reading Media In The City: Sky Revenues Up