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Media group, Archant, has announced a 7.5% increase in revenues for the first six months of 2005, reaching £99.2 million, compared to £92.3 million in 2004. Operating profit was shown to be £0.4 million lower at £17.5 million, while pre-tax profit was also down, by 19.5% year on year, at £13.3 million. The group’s magazine… Continue reading Archant Enjoys 7.5% Increase In Revenues For First Half Of 2005

Online advertising expenditure is forecast to hit $18.9 billion by 2010, up 59% from $11.9 billion this year, according to the latest estimates from Jupiter Research. In its new report, US Advertising Forecast, 2005-2010, Jupiter projects spending on search to account for $7.5 billion by 2010, with marketers estimated to invest $4.5 billion on streaming… Continue reading Online Adspend To Hit $18.9 Billion By 2010

Publisher, Highbury House Communications and high-street retailer, The GAME, are planning to join forces to publish the official GAME magazine, with the first issue expected to go on sale in September.The new publication will draw upon Highbury’s expertise in games publishing, giving game manufacture’s the chance to communicate with gamers at the point of purchase.Mike… Continue reading Highbury Launches New Gaming Magazine

Hachette Filipacchi has appointed Nicole Mathers as advertising director of its new woman’s glossy magazine, Psychologies due to launch in September.Mathers joins Hachette from APC Publishing in Sydney were she worked as associate national advertising director for Madison magazine, a joint venture with Hearst International.The move will see her working on the UK version of… Continue reading Nicole Mathers New Advertising Director Of Psychologies

Magazine publisher, Highbury House Communications, has sold its Real Homes magazine to rival publisher, Hachette Filipacchi UK for £500,000 as part of its ongoing restructuring scheme.Just weeks after shutting Home magazine, Highbury has also closed another of its home-interest lifestyles magazines, Inspirations.Meanwhile, Highbury has decided to keep Garden’s Monthly and Front in its portfolio as… Continue reading Highbury Offloads Real Homes To Hachette Filipacchi

Daily Newspaper Market.The majority of the nation’s daily newspapers turned in a poor performance in the six months Dec’04-May ’05, with just four titles managing to increase readership. As a whole, the daily newspaper market lost 7.65% readers year on year.Quality Daily Titles.The Guardian continued to perform well, increasing its readership by a massive 18.4%… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2005

Nick Brien has been confirmed as media agency Universal McCann’s new chief executive and president, following the post being filled on an interim basis, by Murray Dudgeon.The appointment of Brien takes place after Robin Kent left the position of chief executive and president in mid March. Kent departed after a series of setbacks at Universal… Continue reading Brien Confirmed As Universal McCann’s President

July continued on from June’s theme of adspend revision, with Universal McCann’s Bob Coen, predicting total US adspend for 2005 to be up 5.7% year on year, reaching $278.7 billion, down from his previous estimate of 6.4% (see McCann Revises 2005 Adspend Estimates). Speaking to MediaTel INSIGHT, the senior vice president and director of forecasting… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – July 2005

The use of Vividas full screen streaming technology in the Carlton Draught 60 second Big Ad commercial has resulted in it becoming a talking point across the globe, hitting the million viewing milestone in less than two weeks and being seen in over 132 countries.Matt Keen, general manager Regular Beer for Fosters said: “It’s an… Continue reading Vividas Beer Ad Attracts Over One Million Viewers In Two Weeks

Media regulator, Ofcom, has announced the advertisement of a new 12 year local FM commercial radio licence covering the town of Shrewsbury and the surrounding area.According to Ofcom, the licence could achieve coverage of an area with an adult population of between 100,000 and 120,000, with the exact coverage determined by the location of the… Continue reading Ofcom Advertises Shrewsbury Community Radio Licence