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Love Island last night recorded its highest adult viewing figures since the opening show, with a peak of 2.9 million adults (a 15% audience share) tuning in to the first episode of the evening.An average of 2.8 million adult viewers watched the first instalment of the night, on ITV1 at 10pm, while the second show,… Continue reading Love Island Resurgent Without Big Brother To Bother It

Sky Media, the advertising sales division of BSkyB, has expanded its internet advertising business with the acquisition of online sales agency, Aura Sports Ltd.Sky Media says that Aura’s network of sports and entertainment websites Aura will now join Sky’s wholly-owned websites in an enhanced online advertising offering.This is the first time that Sky Media’s third-party… Continue reading Sky Media Acquires Online Sales Agency

Phil Quartly, who left UTV Radio as commercial director after just six months in the role, has joined JCDecaux as head of sales.Quartly left UTV last week after joining the radio broadcaster from Emap (see Former SIRS Boss Joins UTV Radio As Commercial Head), and taking on a range of repsonsibilities across the flagship station… Continue reading Quartly Joins JCDecaux As Head Of Sales

Throughout the summer Big Brother was the talk of schools and workplaces around the country, with millions tuning in to see what devious tasks the contestants would have to complete on their way to winning the £100,000 grand prize.The opening show of the series kicked off to a cracking start as the new housemates took… Continue reading Big Brother Series 7 Overview

The Daily Record, the biggest selling Scottish daily newspaper, is to launch two timed, geographical editions targeting Glasgow and Edinburgh.The new editions, Daily Record Glasgow PM and Daily Record Edinburgh PM, will be on sale from 3pm each afternoon in over 1,000 outlets across both cities. Over 20 journalists have been recruited to the new… Continue reading Daily Record Launches Two New Timed Editions

Tim Brooks, IPC ignite! managing director, is leaving the company to join Guardian Newspapers Limited as MD in mid September. He succeeds Carolyn McCall, who became chief executive of Guardian Newspapers parent company Guardian Media Group in August.Tim has been running the men’s lifestyle and music division since 2002, producing titles such as Loaded, Nuts… Continue reading Tim Brooks Appointed MD Of Guardian Newspapers Ltd

Tim Brooks, IPC ignite! managing director, is leaving the company to join Guardian Newspapers Limited as MD in mid September. He succeeds Carolyn McCall, who became chief executive of Guardian Newspapers parent company Guardian Media Group in August. Tim has been running the men’s lifestyle and music division since 2002, producing titles such as Loaded,… Continue reading Tim Brooks Appointed New MD Of Guardian Newspapers Ltd

Magazine publishing company Future has cut its profit forecast by more than 20% because of continued weakness in both advertising and newsstand revenues. It says that profit for the current financial year to 30 September 2006 is now considered likely to be approximately £3.5 million below the market’s £16.5 million forecast for earnings before interest,… Continue reading Future Cuts Profit Forecast

Revenues from print classified advertising increased by more than 5% during 2005, a major improvement on the 12% decline recorded in 2004, according to the World Association of Newspaper’s (WAN) third annual Digital Classified Survey. The report also shows that newspapers in developed countries increased overall revenues by 4.2% in 2005 from a year earlier.… Continue reading Print Classified Ad Revenues Increased Over 5% In 2005

US adults whose households have a digital video recorder (DVR) are more upscale than those who do not and are more likely to be heavy readers of magazines and newspapers, according to new data from Mediamark Research Inc (MRI). the Autumn MRI data release said that 8.6% of US adults reported having a DVR in… Continue reading US DVR Households More ‘Upscale’ Than Those Without