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Spending on online display advertising rose to more than £147 million in 2006, up 25%, according to new figures from Nielsen Media Research. The only other sectors to record rises were national newspapers, up 2.1% to £1.5 billion and outdoor, up 1% to £751 million. The sector with the worst performance was regional press, which… Continue reading Online Display Advertising Rose 25% In 2006

The newly relaunched Times Online website has seen a 500% increase in traffic, which has caused technical problems leading to many people being unable to see the revamped pages.Users have complained that pages on the new site loaded either very slowly, or in some cases, not at all.In a report in the Guardian, Tom Whitwell,… Continue reading High Traffic Leads To Times Website Technical Problems

Real, the monthly women’s lifestyle magazine published by Essential Publishing, has closed after a large year on year decline in circulation.Real changed from a fortnightly to monthly format last month. At the last ABCs, covering January to June 2006, Real‘s circulation fell by nearly 60,000 copies year on year, or around 29%, leaving it with… Continue reading Essential’s Real Magazine Closes

Virgin Radio has teamed up with Renault Megane to launch a new interactive on air promotion to raise awareness of the new Megane Sport range.The week long promotion, negotiated by Carat Sponsorship, began yesterday on the Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show and is intended to appeal to the show’s predominantly 25-44 year old audience.The promotion will… Continue reading Virgin Radio Launches Renault Promotion

An HD for All campaign has been launched made up of a coalition of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sony, with the aim of getting high definition television made available on Freeview.At the moment there is not enough bandwidth available on the Freeview platform to support high definition channels.Ofcom has argued that HDTV channels… Continue reading Campaign Begins To Get HD On Freeview

ITV is to sell its 9.9% shareholding in Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds at £5,000 a share. If the offer goes through it will result in cash proceeds of £17.4 million. Since the merger creating ITV plc (see ITV Merger Receives Final Green Light From Shareholders) in 2004, ITV has been carrying out a… Continue reading ITV To Sell Stake In Liverpool

A new digital magazine aimed at the young women’s market could be in development, if reports in the trade press are correct.It is understood that the National Magazine Company has been in discussions with Dennis Publishing, who launched online mag Monkey in November (see Dennis Launches New Online Lads Mag), about the new project.Monkey is… Continue reading Nat Mags Could Launch Online Women’s Title

More than half of communications industry executives believe that Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) can generate significant revenue within the first three years of service, according to findings of a survey by Accenture and the Economist Intelligence Unit. The survey of nearly 350 executives from telecommunications, broadcasting and media companies across 46 countries in the Americas,… Continue reading IPTV Could Generate Significant Revenue Within 3 Years

Dennis Publishing has announced the appointment of James Mallinson as the new publisher of Monkey, the weekly digital men’s magazine.Mallinson will report to Kerin O’Conner, executive director of Dennis, and will work with the Monkey sales and editorial team to drive the online mag’s commercial business forward.He will join Monkey on March 5 from Emap… Continue reading Online Mag Appoints New Publisher

Newspaper circulation is growing and new newspapers are being launched at a remarkable rate, according to new data from the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). WAN says that even in North America and Europe, where negative assumptions about the industry are widespread, both circulation and the number of new titles have increased. Timothy Balding, CEO… Continue reading Global Newspaper Industry Shows Good Growth