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The Evening Standard will be distributed across London for free on Monday in a bid to promote its relaunch.The newspaper, which usually runs with a coverprice of 50p, is set show off its new-look with 650,000 free copies, which will be handed out across the capital.The freebie move follows a teaser ad campaign that has… Continue reading Evening Standard to go free for a day

Discovery’s Quest channel is set to be the first solus website sponsor of Freeview during May.Quest will be the first of the Discovery channels to air on the digital terrestrial TV service when it launches on May 14.As part of the new partnership, the Freeview website will feature a number of adverts on the homepage,… Continue reading Quest to sponsor Freeview website

Carphone Warehouse is set to buy the UK division of Tiscali for £236 million in a bid to create the UK’s largest residential broadband provider.The takeover, which is expected to be completed next month, will see Tiscali UK merge with TalkTalk – Carphone Warehouse’s ISP that serves around 4.25 million homes in the UK.Charles Dunstone,… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse is set to buy Tiscali UK

thelondonpaper racked up losses of almost £13 million and nearly doubled the size of its overdraft to over £26 million in the 12 months to the end of June 2008.News International’s NI Free Newspapers subsidy, which was specifically set up to publish the Murdoch-owned freesheet, reported a pre-tax loss of £12.9 million, according to accounts… Continue reading thelondonpaper cuts losses but doubles overdraft

IPC Media has launched its third international edition of interiors monthly title Living etc in India.The English-language magazine, which will be published by Images Group under a licence in India, is set to launch with a cover price of 100 Rupees (£1.35).IPC has also launched international versions of Living etc in Thailand and Cyprus.“The last… Continue reading Living etc launches in India

Afternoon freesheet thelondonpaper has relaunched its website with a fresh look designed to be more engaging to users.The new-look site, designed by agency Nomensa, features more advertising opportunities and allows readers to include their interactions with the paper on their Facebook page.Serena Kutchinsky, former managing editor of Time Out has been hired as editor of… Continue reading thelondonpaper revamps website

Carphone Warehouse has agreed a £236 million deal to buy the UK operations of Italian internet service provider Tiscali. Carphone Warehouse, which currently provides broadband services under its TalkTalk brand and also owns AOL UK, will be the UK’s largest home broadband provider with 4.25 million subscribers when the deal is finalised at the end… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse to buy Tiscali’s UK operations

Financial services sites are the most popular among European mobile subscribers older than 55, according to a report from comScore. comScore found that teenagers are more likely to visit social networking, entertainment and even comic sites on their mobile devices. Unsurprisingly, younger users tend to access any internet content much more frequently than their older… Continue reading Financial services sites most popular among older European mobile subscribers

Total US advertising expenditures declined 4.1% year on year in 2008, to $141.7, according to new data from TNS Media Intelligence. TNS found that ad spending during the fourth quarter of 2008 plunged 9.2% against the same period in 2007. Jon Swallen, SVP research at TNS Media Intelligence, said: “The ad market at 2008 year… Continue reading US ad expenditures fall 4.1% year on year

Sir Alan Sugar’s on-going quest for The Apprentice pulled in the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm peak-hour last night with more than 8.1 million peak viewers.Around 7.8 million average viewers tuned in to watch the aspiring entrepreneurs test their sales skills in the North-West of England, only to find another one of… Continue reading The Apprentice comes up trumps