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Emap is creating three digital director roles, for its radio, specialist and lifestyle divisions in order to accelerate its multimedia strategies.Working with the leadership teams in these businesses, Emap says that the new roles will help develop and execute the digital strategy and deliver the profit & loss digital targets across the radio, specialist and… Continue reading New Digital Director Roles At Emap

America’s Audit Bureau of Circulations has taken a further step towards introducing aggregated audience figures, after its board approved plans to develop various cross-media measurements for ABC reports this week.The board revealed plans to use data from a newspaper research firm to produce in-market net audience figures, combining print and online readership without duplication, according… Continue reading US ABC Steps Up Cross-Media Measurement Plans

A new report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveals that despite the increasingly connected society we live in, some people are being left behind by our advance into the digital era. The Focus On The Digital Age report draws together information about ownership and use of information and communications technology (ICT). The report… Continue reading Some Britons Being Left Behind In Digital Era

Sir Richard Branson’s company, Virgin Media, is said to be in secret talks with Channel 4 to sponsor Big Brother, after the news that Carphone Warehouse pulled the plug on their deal.According to reports in the trade press, if the two companies do reach a deal, Virgin Media could gain exclusive access to video-on-demand content,… Continue reading Virgin Media Could Sign Big Brother Deal

Aegis has announced that its total revenue increased 14.5% in 2006, to £996.9 million, up from £870 million in 2005. The group’s organic revenue grew 7.7%, with Aegis saying that it the company grew faster than the marketing services industry as a whole, as it has for each of the past ten years. Underlying operating… Continue reading Aegis Records 2006 Revenue Increase

Almost 70% of women claim that they could not live without the internet, according to new research from IPC Southbank, publisher of women’s monthlies such as Marie Claire and In Style.Southbank’s Web Wise Women research questioned more than 4,000 ABC1 women, finding that they are spending more time on the internet than ever before, with… Continue reading 70% Of Women Couldn’t Live Without The Internet

Now publishing director Andrew Sumner has announced the appointment of Beverley Watts as the new online editor of Now.Watts has been assistant editor of Now since its launch in 1996, and will take overall responsibility for the editorial development of www.nowmagazine.co.uk – which re-launched last summer.In this new role Watts will report directly to new… Continue reading Now Gets New Online Editor

Emap Advertising has appointed Adrian Serle as radio sales director, reporting to Karen Stacey, broadcast sales director at Emap Advertising.Serle joins Emap Advertising from Kerrang! 105.2, Emap’s West Midlands-based rock music station, where he was managing director.In his new role as Emap Advertising’s radio sales director, which he takes up on March 19, Serle will… Continue reading Emap Advertising Appoints New Radio Sales Director

Chrysalis-owned Galaxy has brokered a 13 week sponsorship deal with low cost airline Jet2.com to promote their new service Jet2holidays.com.The sponsorship, beginning on March 19, will include on-air promotions and sponsorship idents as well as online competitions and banner adverts.The deal will run across the Galaxy breakfast shows in Manchester (Wes @ Breakfast) and Yorkshire… Continue reading Galaxy Signs Package Holiday Sponsorship Deal

Cable TV set top box manufacturers enjoyed a record year in 2006 as cable operators around the world signed up millions of new digital cable subscribers, according to new research from In-Stat. Fuelled by a sharp rise in demand for cable set top boxes in China, worldwide digital cable set top box unit shipments increased… Continue reading Cable TV Enjoyed Record 2006 Worldwide