Daily Newspaper MarketDaily newspapers in Britain continued to drop in circulation last month, with an overall dip of 2.4% year on year for September, with declines for almost all titles across the sectors.Titles in the Popular sector suffered the largest actual fall in circulation, with the Daily Mirror shedding more than 100,000 copies and the… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: September 2006

Maxim publisher Dennis Publishing is launching another lads’ mag. However, the latest addition to the genre will not be available in print, but rather will be an online offering.Monkey, which will be published each Wednesday on the net, will launch on 1 November via email. The format will incorporate written, video and audio content embedded… Continue reading Dennis Launches New Online Lads Mag

The London Lite is winning the battle of the free newspapers, recording its first ABC of 359,389, compared to thelondonpaper, which stands at a distribution of 327,120.The new free titles, which were launched in London at the beginning of this month, have also clearly impacted on the Capital’s paid-for evening newspaper, the Evening Standard.The Standard… Continue reading London Lite Wins Battle Of Free Papers For September

National newspaper ABCs for September are released today, with MediaTel.co.uk subscribers able to access the data in the Press database as soon as it becomes available.NewsLine will provide full analysis of the results shortly after the figures are released. September’s results should provide interesting reading, with newly-launched free newspapers thelondonpaper and London Lite submitting ABCs… Continue reading National Newspaper ABCs For September Released Today

Viacom Outdoor will change its name to CBS Outdoor in the New Year, in a move to make the brand consistent across the globe.Advertising panels across Europe and China will begin replacing the Viacom Outdoor name with CBS Outdoor on 1 January 2007.“We do business with advertising clients and media groups that conduct business around… Continue reading Viacom Outdoor To Rebrand In New Year

talkSPORT has secured the exclusive live commentary rights to 32 top-flight domestic football games on Saturday afternoons next season for three seasons, after winning an auction for the rights organised by the Premier League.The win makes the speech station the first national commercial radio station to broadcast live top-flight domestic football games since the BBC… Continue reading talkSPORT Wins Exclusive Football Rights

Internet search engine Google has surged ahead yet again, with the latest figures from Nielsen//NetRatings showing that 706 million searches were undertaken in the UK in August, 30 million more monthly searches than six months ago.This 4.4% increase in the use of Google in Britain means that 16,000 searches are conducted every minute in the… Continue reading Google Boosts Its Internet Dominance

ITV1 was given a much needed ratings boost last night with a dramatic double bill of Coronation Street pulling in more than ten million adult viewers each.The first episode, Bev and Fred’s wedding day, was seen by more than half of the television viewing audience in the 7.30pm slot, whilst the tragedy of the groom’s… Continue reading Corrie Double Bill Lures 10 Million To ITV1

MediaTel Group, the UK’s leading online media intelligence company, celebrates its 25th birthday this month.Established in 1981 in a small office in London’s the Strand, the company’s main objective was to make media data available quickly and efficiently, which fuelled its early adoption of the internet in 1995.Speaking about the company’s early days, managing director… Continue reading MediaTel Group Celebrates 25 Years In The Industry

All UK advertising sales for SCI FI, the science fiction television channel, will be taken over by Sky Media, the advertising sales division of BSkyB, in the New Year.Following the addition of the formerly independent SCI FI, the Sky Media portfolio will account for 13.1% of adult impacts, rising to more than 15% among 16-34s… Continue reading Sky Takes Control Of SCI FI Channel’s Ad Sales