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BBC One’s Comic Relief special shows attracted the highest ratings last night and helped the channel secure the peak audience from 7.30pm onwards, ahead of its terrestrial rivals.Eastenders started off BBC One’s peak run – with more than 8.6 million average viewers and a 39% audience share between 7.30pm and 8pm.Comic Relief’s one-off documentary, Kilimanjaro… Continue reading Comic Relief wins over viewers

ShortList Media is set to launch a free weekly women’s title to rival glossy magazines like Grazia, following the success of its free weekly men’s magazine ShortList.The publisher’s new title, which will be aimed at affluent ABC1 women in the 25 to 40-yeear-old age bracket, will focus on celebrity and fashion, according to reports.However, ShortList… Continue reading ShortList to launch new women’s mag

The BBC is relaunching its mobile site with a design based on the broadcaster’s existing internet site.Users are able to customise the site’s home page, adding features such as news headlines and weather updates.The new mobile site – an upgrade of the corporation’s seven year old technology – will also include more video and audio… Continue reading BBC relaunches mobile site

The USA has knocked the UK off the top slot for mobile web browsing with 29% of the worldwide traffic compared to 20% in the UK, according to new data from mobile web firm Bango. Anil Malhotra, SVP of marketing at Bango, said: “With 245 million subscribers, it was only a matter of time before… Continue reading US knocks UK off the top of worldwide charts for mobile web browsing and buying

Magazines can’t compromise their editorial integrity, despite needing to generate more advertising revenue in the recession, according to the panellist at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Consumer Magazine’ seminar yesterday.The panellist all agreed that delivering a quality product and maintaining consumer loyalty and trust is the most important thing in the magazine market, regardless of the… Continue reading Evelyn Webster: “Magazines can’t compromise their editorial integrity”

For the first time, the Audit Bureau of Circulations has released a monthly breakdown of consumer magazine circulations.Covering the July to December period, the ABC figures include more than 200 titles from 33 publishers including IPC Media, Bauer Media, Condé Nast and The National Magazine Company.The new report, which runs in tandem with the six-monthly… Continue reading ABC releases consumer magazine monthly circulation figures

UTV has reported pre-tax profits of £20.3 million in 2008, down from £20.8 in 2007. Group operating profit remained static at £28.1 million, with radio operating profit up 12% to £18.5 million. There was also an impressive increase in new media operating profits, of 44%, taking the total to £2 million. However, television operating profits… Continue reading UTV reports £0.5m drop in pre-tax profits

Independent News & Media is to make about 20 compulsory redundancies, according to a report.The Independent plans to make 60 journalists redundant out of a total of 90 job losses, and will impose compulsory redundancies if not enough volunteers come forward, said MediaGuardian.co.uk.Just last week, the National Union of Journalists suspended industrial action at the… Continue reading Independent to make compulsory redundancies

RTL Group, owner of Five, has reported a 1.2% rise in revenue to €5.7 million for the year ending December 31 2008, with underlying revenue at constant exchange rates up 2.6%. Earnings before the deduction of interest, tax and amortization (EBITA) were up 2% to €916 million. The net profit attributable to RTL Group shareholders… Continue reading RTL Group reports 1.2% rise in revenue for 2008

Future’s chief executive Stevie Spring claims that magazine publishers are “burning cash” online, although she admits that the “proportionality of reach online is massive compared to print”.Speaking at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar yesterday, Spring said publishers have a “different relationship” with online consumers as they use magazine sites to carry out “specific… Continue reading Future’s chief exec: “Shedloads of companies are losing shedloads of money” online