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The Independent unveiled its full colour revamp today, in a move to “ease navigation” between newspaper sections.The revamp also includes a new “consumer focused” supplement called ‘Independent Life’, which replaces the Extra section.Roger Alton, The Independent‘s recently appointed editor, introduced the colour-coded system to take advantage of the new full-colour presses.He said: “The Independent has… Continue reading The Independent Gets Colourful Revamp

Sir Martin Sorrell has warned that the economic crisis surrounding the financial markets is likely to make 2009 even bleaker and predicted that things may not improve until 2010.Speaking at an event organised by the industry charity Nabs, the WPP chief executive said: “The next 15 months are not going to be easy.”Sorrell said the… Continue reading Sorrell Warns Economic Crisis Will Not Lift Until 2010

At the end of 2008, there will be four billion global mobile subscriptions, according to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms & Media. Assuming that the world’s four billionth mobile subscription comes during the fourth quarter of 2008, it will have taken just five full quarters for the latest billion net additions, said Informa. The… Continue reading 4bn Global Mobile Subscriptions By End Of 2008

More than 4.5 million European mobile phone users accessed search during June 2008, up by 38% year on year, according to the latest data from comScore M:Metrics. The comScore report found that mobile search is gaining both popularity and frequency of use in Europe and the US. Over 20.8 million US mobile subscribers accessed search… Continue reading Mobile Search Grows 38% In Europe Over The Past Year

US advertising spending for the first half of 2008 declined slightly compared to the same period last year, according to preliminary figures released by Nielsen Monitor-Plus, the advertising information service of The Nielsen Company. Overall, despite a continued softening of the US economy, several media and companies showed healthy growth in advertising for the first… Continue reading US Adspend Declines Slightly In First Half Of 2008

The Carphone Warehouse has bid £150 million less than expected for Tiscali, valuing the broadband company at under £450 million.Tiscali had been expecting closer to £600 million when it put itself up for sale in May this year.JP Morgan and Banca IMI are still handling negotiations on Tiscali’s behalf, months after the company’s end of… Continue reading The Carphone Warehouse Bids £150m Less For Tiscali

The new series of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One and ITV1’s The X Factor dominated the weekend viewing figures, pulling in more than nine million viewers each.Strictly Come Dancing, with Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly, attracted 9.2 million peak viewers to the first show on Saturday at 6.10pm, while the second show on Sunday… Continue reading Singing And Dancing Dominate Weekend Viewing Figures

Johnston Press has recruited John Fry, formerly chief executive of its regional group rival Archant, as its new CEO.Fry will leave his position at Archant, which he has held for the past six years, to replace Tim Bowdler.Johnston currently publishes 300 titles, including the Yorkshire Post and The Scotsman, but has been suffering recently with… Continue reading Johnston Press Headhunts John Fry From Archant

Nokia is set to launch a new entertainment and lifestyle TV channel to promote its new N96 handset.The mobile TV channel, Capsule N96, will launch next month with downloads available from www.nokia.co.uk/n96.Nokia has hired Channel Five’s Fifth Gear presenter Jonny Smith and fashion guru Wayne Hemingway to feature on Capsule N96 programmes.Simon Ainslie Nokia UK’s… Continue reading Nokia Launches New Mobile TV Channel

Donnach O’Driscoll, chief executive of Absolute Radio, has given the station a target of three million listeners.O’Driscoll said that the station, which launches on September 29, will be investing £15 million on marketing and content over its first few years of broadcasting.As part of a sponsorship with Sony Ericsson, Absolute Radio will be free of… Continue reading Absolute Radio Targets 3m Listeners