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Centaur Media. owner of Marketing Week and New Media Age has reported a 16% year on year fall in group revenues for the four months to October 31.In a trading statement released today, Centaur warned of an “uncertain” outlook for the year ahead, adding that the “visibility of future market conditions is poor”.However, the company… Continue reading Centaur Media reports fall in group revenues

Havas, owner of Euro RSCG and MPG, has reported organic revenue growth of 1.5% for the third quarter of 2008.This was down from 9.5% growth for the same period last year, which Havas blamed on the loss of the Dell account in Asia Pacific and a tough European market.Organic growth over the first nine months… Continue reading Havas reports Q3 organic revenue growth

Centaur Media has reported a 16% year on year fall in group revenues for the four months to October 31. Centaur, which owns titles such as Marketing Week and New Media Age, warned of an “uncertain” outlook for the year ahead, adding that the “visibility of future market conditions is poor”. The company said in… Continue reading Centaur Media suffers fall in group revenues

Reed Elsevier is on track to meet its target of £15 million in cost savings in 2008. In a trading update released today, the publisher said that it is well placed to defy the tough economic outlook. Crispin Davis, Reed Elsevier chief executive, said: “The business is on track for a very successful year and… Continue reading Reed Elsevier on track to meet cost savings target

Just 12% of British consumers claim that they would be more likely to click through to email messages linked to video, micro-sites and social networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube, according to a new study from e-Dialog. Nearly a quarter of adults (22%) claim that this kind of content would actually make them a… Continue reading Social media email ads “turn off consumers”

Trinity Mirror has reported a 20.1% drop in its group ad revenues since the end of June, with property ad income falling by almost 50%.The newspaper group’s property ad revenue fell by 46.4% year on year, while recruitment ad income dropped 27% in the 17 week period from the end of June to October 26,… Continue reading Trinity Mirror ad revenue slumps

The internet will stay strong through the tough economic times ahead but businesses have to “get heir heads around the new rules”, Richard Eyre, chairman of the Internet Advertising Bureau, said at yesterday’s IAB Engage conference.Eyre said that young business leaders working in the UK media industry have had their instincts shaped by 20 years… Continue reading IAB Engage 2008: Online will remain strong through tough economic times

Yahoo! chief executive Jerry Yang believes that online advertising will emerge from the forthcoming recession stronger than when it went in.Speaking at yesterday’s IAB Engage conference, Yang said that performance based advertising, such as search and direct response, continues to be a growing area. However, he added that it is difficult to predict how a… Continue reading IAB Engage 2008: Online advertising to emerge stronger from financial downturn

The secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Andy Burnham, emphasised the government’s support for self-regulation of online advertising at yesterday’s IAB Engage conference.Burnham reiterated the importance of online advertising to the wider UK economy and outlined his commitment to industry self-regulation in what promises to be a turbulent time.He said: “Government is moving… Continue reading IAB Engage 2008: Secretary of state commits to self-regulation of online advertising

Trinity Mirror has reported a 20.1% decline in its group ad revenues since the end of June in a trading update today, with property ad income falling by almost 50%. The newspaper group’s property ad revenue fell by 46.4% year on year, while recruitment ad income dropped 27% in the 17 week period from the… Continue reading Trinity Mirror reveals 20% ad revenue decline