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The downturn in advertising spend in the US has reached its bottom and is now recovering, Jack Myers quotes JPMorgan analyst Spencer Wang as saying this week. In the Jack Myers Report, Wang is said to be relatively cautious in the short-term, but believes that the long-term fundamentals for media companies remain intact. Looking at… Continue reading US Ad Market Is Recovering, Says Analyst

The internet is starting to play a more prominent role in the marketing mix and this is backed up by figures released today by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) which show that UK online advertising spend increased by 18.7% to almost £200 million in 2002. After a difficult 2001, during which the market grew by… Continue reading UK Online Advertising Market Grows Up In 2002

Merrill Lynch is reducing its 2003 US radio advertising growth forecast from 4.3% to 3.3%, giving a total spend of $19.5 billion. Analysts say that the downward revision is an attempt to ‘wipe the slate clean’ and avoid any further downgrades. The broker has also cut its Q2 2003 predictions fairly heavily, from 5.0% to… Continue reading Merrill Lynch Downgrades US Radio Growth Forecasts

UK marketing budgets were on average revised downwards in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest edition of the IPA‘s Bellwether Report, released this morning. The survey of UK marketers found that 18.2% planned to increase their budgets, 61.3% expected to leave them the same and 20.4% are revising them downwards. This… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Bellwether Sees Weakest Advertising Outlook Yet

US radio advertising revenue rose by 7% year on year in February 2003, according to figures from the country’s Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). Local spend led the way with an 8% rise, whilst national dollars increased by 5%. The RAB says that this is indicative of a relatively healthy radio environment in spite of the… Continue reading US Radio Revenues Rise 7% In February

Total US magazine advertising revenue rose by 11.6% year on year in March, closing at $1.6 billion, according to the latest information from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). Ad pages for the month totaled 21,561, up 9.1% from last year. In the year-to-date, ad revenue closed at $3.7 billion, an increase of 10.3% on the… Continue reading US Magazine Revenue Rises 12% In March

US internet advertising revenue declined by 9.8% year on year in the final quarter of 2003, with spend coming in at $1.5 billion, according to the latest figures from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers. This represents a slight growth of 2.0% over the third quarter of the year. The top-line figures show that… Continue reading US Online Adspend Drops 17% In 2002

Net advertising revenue (NAR) for the UK television sector declined by 7.2% in 2002, according to figures in the Independent Television Commission‘s annual report, released today. The report shows that NAR fell from 2001’s £3.5 billion to £3.2 billion last year. In “stark contrast” to the commerical sector, which suffered at the hands of the… Continue reading TV Net Ad Revenue Drops 7% In 2002, Says ITC Report

Forecasters at ZenithOptimedia have downgraded their European advertising predictions, with hopes that real growth would emerge this year now all but gone. ZenithOptimedia had previously forecast that the top-five European advertising nations would see a 1.8% rise in revenues in 2003 (see European Advertising Forecasts From Zenith Optimedia); it is now anticipating growth of just… Continue reading ZenithOptimedia Downgrades European Ad Forecasts

UK advertising growth is expected to be just 1.1% in current prices this year, rising to 2.9% in 2004 and 3.2% in 2005, according to the latest forecasts from ZenithOptimedia (see ZenithOptimedia Downgrades European Ad Forecasts). The figures include spend on the major media of newspapers, magazines, television, radio, cinema, outdoor and the internet. On… Continue reading UK Ad Forecasts From ZenithOptimedia