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News International is set to up the cover price of the Saturday edition of The Times and The Sunday Times by 10p in Scotland, matching the title’s cover prices south of the border.The two papers will be priced at £1.50 and £2 respectively from this weekend, though the weekday issue will remain unchanged at 90p,… Continue reading Times increases cover price in Scotland

Weekly classified car magazine Exchange & Mart is set to close the doors on its print publication next month to concentrate on its online site, exchangeandmart.co.uk.The closure could result in up to 80 redundancies at regional publisher Newsquest, which bought the title in 2005 from United Business Media as part of a £50.25 million deal… Continue reading Exchange & Mart migrates to digital-only format

US internet users viewed 12.7 billion online videos during November, representing a year on year increase of 34%, according to a new report from comScore. Google sites again ranked as the top US video property, with nearly 5.1 billion videos viewed (representing a 40% share of all videos viewed) in November, with YouTube.com accounting for… Continue reading American online video viewing rises

ITV’s crime thriller finale attracted more than 7.6 million peak viewers at 9pm last night.The second part of Above Suspicion secured the peak audience for ITV1 during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot with 7.3 million average viewers and a 28.8% audience share.At the same time, Channel 4’s Celebrity Big Brother just lost out to… Continue reading Above Suspicion finale pulls in 7.6 million viewers

TV advertising revenues could be down by up to 20% year on year this month, according to media buying agency sources.A 12% fall in TV ad revenue is one of the most optimistic forecasts, with a decline of up to 20% predicted by a number of media buyers, according to reports.This forecast falls below the… Continue reading TV ad revenues could drop by 20% this month

Annual revenues from the global mobile market will top $1.03 trillion by 2013, when the number of subscriptions worldwide will have risen to more than 5.3 billion, according to Informa Telecoms & Media. From end-2007 to end-2013, the global mobile market will see huge growth, increasing in size by over half (56%), according to the… Continue reading Global mobile revenues to top $1 trillion by 2013

The New York Times has launched a display ad on its front page for the first time, with CBS claiming the first spot, in a bid to counter the advertising downturn.The title’s decision to sell front page ads comes after a series of trials of ads on some of the front pages of other sections… Continue reading New York Times offers front page ads

ITV is set to substantially cut the carrying value of its Friends Reunited website in a year-end review of past acquisitions.The review, which will be carried out by ITV’s chief operating officer John Cresswell, is thought to be likely to slash Friends Reunited’s value to below the £175 million the broadcaster paid for it in… Continue reading ITV to cut value of Friends Reunited site

Celebrity Big Brother‘s comeback kicked off with over 5.8 million peak viewers on Friday night.Channel 4’s live welcome show, which saw celebrities such as Michelle Heaton, Coolio and Austin Power’s star Verne enter the house, pulled in 5.4 million average viewers and a 22.4% audience share.However, the controversial reality show’s initial ratings success dipped over… Continue reading Celebrity Big Brother kicks off with 5.8 million viewers

Lord Carter, the new minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, is expected to recommend the relaxation of rules on local media ownership in order to stop further job losses. One of the main recommendations in Lord Carter’s interim Digital Britain report, due to be published this month, will focus on helping newspaper groups by allowing… Continue reading Local media ownership rules expected to be relaxed