It was a hard six months for the teen magazine sector, although some titles managed to weather the storm better than others.Hachette Filipacchi’s Sugar was top of the sector with a total circulation of over 153,500 copies.However, it was down year on year by around 2.5% and period on period by around 3% according to… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2008:Tough times for teen magazines

Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market was down overall by 3.8% year on year in January.There were relatively large year on year declines for the Independent, Daily Record and Daily Mirror, while the Daily Star managed to buck the overall trend. National Newspaper ABC Figures – January 2009 Daily Titles Jan-08 Jan-09 Actual Change… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: January 2009

Advertiser body ISBA is producing a new guide to give clients a better understanding of how to work with digital agencies.ISBA has worked with two leading digital agencies, Dare and i-level, to produce the 50-page guide for its members.Launched next Monday at a special seminar for more than 100 advertisers, it will look into the… Continue reading ISBA launches guide to working with digital agencies

Sky has retained the television rights to four of the six Premier League broadcast packages after agreeing to pay a figure thought to be in excess of £1 billion.The Premier League announced late last night that it had awarded Sky four of the six packages on offer, each of 23 games.It is understood that the… Continue reading Sky retains rights for biggest Premier League games

A new survey by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has found that over 99% of ads for video games comply with its rules.The survey, conducted in response to concerns raised by Dr Tanya Byron in her report Safer Children in a Digital World, looked at 241 ads for video games, with just one considered in… Continue reading ASA finds video game advertising plays by the rules

GMG Radio has appointed Jay Crawford and Steve Collins as brand programme directors of its Smooth and Real Radio networks.Crawford, currently programme director of GMG Radio in Scotland, takes charge of Real Radio, while Collins, programme director of Smooth Radio in the north-west, will oversee the Smooth Radio brand across the country.Two more stations will… Continue reading GMG Radio appoints Smooth and Real brand directors

New media owner Lighthouse Advertising has announced the launch of the UK’s first ever hospital poster advertising platform, aimed at targeting over 13.3 million consumers a year.The company, which offers advertising space in the form of six sheet posters, has acquired the exclusive rights to promote poster campaigns on NHS premises in the UK.Lighthouse currently… Continue reading First UK hospital poster sites launch

Tatler editor Geordie Greig has been appointed editor of London’s Evening Standard.Greig replaces Veronica Wadley, who has been at the paper since 2002. In a statement, the Standard said that she is leaving “pursue new interests in journalism”.Greig, 48, has been editor of society magazine Tatler since 1999. He has also worked for the Daily… Continue reading Greig appointed Evening Standard editor

Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has signed a deal with InSkin Media to offer brands a new ad format.The new format wraps an ad around a publisher’s media player, allowing visitors to click on a brand’s ad while still viewing the video.TMG has signed agreements with BUPA and Warner Music to run their ads across videos… Continue reading TMG signs video ad deal

Specialist radio group UBC is to sell its traffic and travel news business to US radio company Global Traffic Networks for £9 million in cash.A deal was going to happen last year but was not completed at the time due to what UBC said were unfavourable economic conditions.However, both companies have now entered into a… Continue reading UBC to sell traffic and travel news business