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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

Havas, the French holding company that owns creative group Euro RSCG and media agency 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… Continue reading Havas reports Q3 organic revenue growth of 1.5%

More than three-quarters (78%) of adult online consumers in the US made some type of online purchase in the past six months, according to a new study from Nielsen Online. Nielsen said that the top transaction categories were travel, credit-card management and online banking. The top online transaction category was travel, with 38% of adult… Continue reading Almost 80% of US adult online consumers made web purchases in past six months

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”

Clear Channel Outdoor has reported a 0.5% year on year global revenue decline for the third quarter this year.Net income for the company as a whole dropped 83% year on year as a result of higher costs and varying currency exchange rates – with these taken into account, Clear Channel’s global revenue was down by… Continue reading Clear Channel reports Q3 revenue decline

It is inevitable that advertising will become 100% digital, according to Justin Billingsley, brand director at mobile phone company Orange.Speaking at yesterday’s IAB Engage conference, Billingsley said: “It is a crushing inevitability that we will all be 100% digital.”There are only two reasons for using offline advertising, he said. One is that the over 50… Continue reading IAB Engage 2008: The case for 100% digital

Newsline attended IAB’s Engage conference in London yesterday.Key speakers included Yahoo! boss Jerry Yang and the culture secretary Andy Burnham.Reports to follow throughout the day …

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