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Carat’s press director Dominic Williams predicts an ad revenue decline of as much as 15%, saying that the industry needs to work harder to maintain revenue.Speaking on the panel at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar this morning, Williams said he expects the market to fall lower than previously forecast – Group M predicted… Continue reading Magazine Seminar Keynote: Press director predicts 15% ad decline this year

JCDecaux has reported a year on year rise in revenues of 2.9% for 2008, to € 2.2 billion. Excluding acquisitions and the impact of foreign exchange, organic revenue growth was 6.3%, ahead of the growth in the global advertising market in 2008, the outdoor firm said. Group operating margin dipped by 1.0% to €550 million,… Continue reading JCDecaux reports 2.9% rise in revenues

Johnston Press, publisher of The Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, has reported a 28% drop in adjusted pre-tax profits for 2008, with ad revenue falling 36% at the start of this year. Adjusted pre-tax profits were down from £137.4 million in 2007 to £98.8 million in 2008. The group’s adjusted pre-tax profits do not include… Continue reading Johnston Press reports 28% drop in pre-tax profits

A new study from TNS investigating online behaviour in 16 countries has found that we spend one-third of our leisure time online. In the UK, people are spending 28% of their leisure time on the internet, and in the US, people are spending 30% of their spare time in online pursuits, said TNS. The Digital… Continue reading Global internet users spend one-third of leisure time online

Nicky Cheshire, sales director at Alive, talks about technological innovation in the outdoor space…

National advertisers’ radio spend was down 21.2% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2008, with total spend in Q4 down 14.5% to £129 million. According to figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau, total ad spend for the year was £560.2 million. National advertisers’ spend for the year was down 9.6% to £304.8 million.… Continue reading National advertisers’ radio spend down 21.2% in Q4 2008

New UK research has revealed a marked increase in the consumer recall of mobile advertising during the first quarter of 2009, with SMS seeing the biggest increase of all the most common channels. The survey, carried out by GfK Technology in conjunction with Limbo, reveals that consumer recall of mobile advertising has jumped to 55%… Continue reading Consumer recall of mobile advertising increases in Q1 2009

Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB has launched an attack on Channel 4, saying it has wasted £270 million on poor investments.In response to Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, which will shape the future of British broadcasting, BSkyB wrote a letter claiming that Channel 4 has wasted millions of pounds on failed business ventures and would still be… Continue reading BSkyB launches attack on Channel 4

Telegraph Media Group has appointed former Absolute Radio commercial director Nick Hewat as its new sales director.Hewat joins TMG after 17 years in radio, which saw him head up agency sales at GCap Media and most recently work at Virgin Radio, which relaunched as Absolute radio after its takeover by Times of India Group.Hewat will… Continue reading Telegraph appoints former Absolute chief Hewat

ITV1’s British re-make of Law & Order with Bradley Walsh continues to draw in the peak-time viewers.Last night, the crime drama attracted more than 6.4 million peak viewers and a 26.2% average audience share during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot.Law & Order:UK pushed ITV1 well ahead of its rival terrestrial channels during the hour,… Continue reading Law & Order: UK races ahead in the ratings war