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The Financial Times is launching a forums feature on the Alphaville section of its website to allow finance professionals to start their own discussions.The new user generated content element, called the Long Room, lets users start their own debates, known as ‘tables’, and comment on existing conversations and upload documents, video and images.Rob Grimshaw, the… Continue reading FT Website Gets New Forums Feature

The Digital Radio Development Bureau has appointed the BBC’s Tim Davie as vice-chairman.Davie is set to succeed Jenny Abramsky in the role, who was also his predecessor at the BBC as director of audio and music.His appointment comes just weeks after Channel 4 abandoned plans for its second national digital radio multiplex (see Channel 4… Continue reading DRDB Appoints New Vice-Chairman

Newsquest has reported a 23.6% year on year fall in its ad revenue in Q3.The regional publisher has also revealed a 29.1% year on year decline in its classified ad revenue, due to dips in real estate ads, employment ads and car ads.Newsquest operates 300 newspaper titles in the UK, including Scotland’s Sunday Herald and… Continue reading Newsquest Ad Revenue Falls By 24%

GMTV’s pre-tax profit rose by £6 million in 2007, as a result of including £12.3 million of revenue from its controversial phone competitions. Revenue, excluding exceptional turnover, was £68.8 million down 8% year on year. The company said the inclusion of the phone revenue was the “principal factor” operating profits rose to £21.736m, compared with… Continue reading GMTV Reports Rise In Pre-Tax Profits

Aegis has acquired the Malaysian digital agency IF for an undisclosed amount. IF, based in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, specialises in creative, multimedia design and build, and online media planning. Its clients include Heineken and Discovery Networks International. The agency will be the first dedicated Malaysian office for Aegis’ Isobar network, offering digital… Continue reading Aegis Acquires Malaysian Digital Agency

Regional newspaper publisher Newsquest has revealed a 23.6% year on year drop in ad revenue for the third quarter. The company’s classified ad revenue was 29.1% down year on year, with the fall caused by declines of 51.3% in real estate ads, a 25.2% fall in employment ads and 25.3% in motors. Newsquest’s US owner… Continue reading Newsquest Suffers Drop In Ad Revenue

A new study has found that 18 to 34-year-olds in the US are more influenced by email and direct mail than marketing messages via social networks. The research from Ball State University and ExactTarget combines observational data on people’s media use with data on consumers’ attitudes toward marketing messages received through distinct channels. Mike Bloxham,… Continue reading Younger People Prefer Email Ads

UK online ad display spend was down 5.28% for Q2 2008, according to new figures from Nielsen. Recent figures IAB/PricewaterhouseCoopers found that total internet display advertising spend rose 16.3% year-on-year to £333.8 million for the first half of 2008 (see Internet Advertising Spend Up 21%). The Nielsen figure seems to contradict the received wisdom that… Continue reading Online Display Adspend Down 5.28% For Q2 2008

Channel five’s coverage of the Live UEFA Cup Football proved to be a winner last night, attracting a peak of over 2.4 million viewers.The channel raced ahead of its rivals ITV1, Channel 4 and BBC Two during the 9pm to 10pm peak time slot, as viewers tuned it to see Aston Villa beat Ajax 2-1,… Continue reading Channel Five’s UEFA Cup Proves To Be A Winner

The social-network aimed at professionals, LinkedIn, is launching a network aimed at business-to-business market researchers.So far, the LinkedIn Research Network has partnered with six market research firms to conduct targeted B2B primary research among its network of around 30 million professionals worldwide.Dan Shapero, director of business services for the LinkedIn Research Network, said that involvement… Continue reading LinkedIn To Launch B-2-B Research Network