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The London Evening Standard‘s new owners plan to invest £25 million in to the struggling title over the next three years, according to Evgeny Lebedev.Speaking for the first time since the acquisition of London’s evening paper, Alexander Lebedev’s son said he plans to increase coverage of arts, culture and business in a bid to increase… Continue reading Evening Standard set for £25m investment

Sales of Freeview+ reached record highs in the final quarter of 2008 despite the downturn, with more than two Freeview+ boxes being sold every minute in December.Freeview+ sales have now reached over 900,000, up by around 118% compared to December last year, according to new figures from Freeview.More than 17.2 million homes now have access… Continue reading Freeview+ sales soar

Independent News & Media has promised to eliminate “any loss-making businesses”, which could lead to a sale of its Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers.It is understood that IN&M is open to discussions with potential buyers of the titles, which are thought to be losing at least £10 million per year.Alexander Lebedev, the Russian oligarch… Continue reading IN&M could sell Independent titles

The onset of the Christmas shopping season brought increased traffic to UK online retail sites, with the jewellery/luxury goods/accessories category experiencing the strongest growth, according to new figures from comScore. Other categories that performed well were the mall, music, and flowers/gifts/greetings categories. High street retailers were particularly influenced by the seasonal uptick, said comScore, with… Continue reading Christmas sees increased traffic to UK online retail sites

Carat UK managing director Neil Jones has joined News International as director of commercial strategy, while Jeremy Schwartz, former marketing director at L’oreal and Sainsbury’s, has been appointed to the board-level role of chief marketing officer.Jones will report directly to Paul Hayes, managing director of News International commercial. He joins News International after 18 years… Continue reading Carat UK marketing director joins News International

The customer publishing industry has experienced impressive growth in the face of a tough economic climate, according to new market research from Mintel, commissioned by the Association of Publishing Agencies (APA) and sponsored by DHL.The report reveals that since the last study three years ago the customer publishing industry has grown to a value of… Continue reading New research reveals customer publishing showing impressive growth

Channel 4 has today launched a new version of its youth insight project, UK Tribes, with a number of new features including the introduction of five new tribes.The revised website, which originally launched in 2006 with the objective of giving agencies and advertisers a guide to UK youth culture, features additional findings on the current… Continue reading C4 unveils new UK Tribes website

Independent News & Media has unveiled a series of cost-cutting measures and has promised to focus on “eliminating any loss-making businesses”. In a trading statement released today, INM said that it has failed to find a buyer for its 39% stake in Australian and New Zealand media business APN. The group had hoped to cut… Continue reading Independent News & Media unveils cost-cutting measures

BBC One’s controversial return of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross attracted more than 5 million peak viewers and an impressive 30% average audience share.More than 4.7 million average viewers tuned in to see Ross return to their TV screens this weekend – following his three month ban after the Sachgate affair last year – boosting… Continue reading Ross’ comeback wins over 5 million viewers

Trinity Mirror is set to partner with social media platform Pluck in a bid to boost interactivity across its newspaper websites – Mirror.co.uk, Dailyrecord.co.uk and LiverpoolEcho.co.uk.Trinity plans to use Pluck’s SiteLife platform to offer social media tools to its key national and regional newspaper websites, to strengthen user experience, according to reports.The publishing group will… Continue reading Trinity Mirror partners with Pluck