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Pearson Publishing, owners of the Financial Times and the Penguin books, has announced the appointment of Glen Moreno as its new chairman, with the new boss due to take up his post on 1st October.Moreno will succeed Pearson’s current chairman, Dennis Stevenson, who is retiring.The new chairman is currently the senior independent director of Man… Continue reading Pearson Names Moreno As New Chairman

The Media Research Group is to conduct a review of its direction and relevance, questioning its members and making changes to its remit in order to maintain a focus on the industry’s most pressing topics.The findings of the review will be presented at the MRG one-day conference in November, following qualitative research conducted by Quaestor… Continue reading MRG To Consult Members On Future Direction

Europe has overtaken North America as the second largest broadband market in the world, with Strategy Analytics predicting total broadband penetration in Western Europe to reach 63% by 2010, with 93% of online households using broadband to access the internet. Strategy Analytic’s Europe Surges Ahead on Broadband report forecasts that, by the end of the… Continue reading Europe Overtakes North America In Broadband Penetration

June saw a new record for text messages, with a total of 86.7 million messages sent on average per day throughout the month, topping 2.6 billion messages in total, according to new figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA). The MDA showed person to person texts sent across the UK GSM network operators last month… Continue reading June Sets Record For Number Of Text Messages Sent

Newspaper publishing group, Trinity Mirror, has increased its group revenue by 1.2% during the first six months of 2005, despite contending with a difficult advertising market, reflecting the slowdown of the UK economy since the beginning of the year. In its interim results published today, the Group revealed operating profit to be up 7.9% year… Continue reading Trinity Sees Revenue Rise Despite Difficult Advertising Market

Advertisements on the London Underground train network will be included in the POSTAR survey following the accreditation of the Tube Research Audience Classification (TRAC) system by POSTAR’s management.Helen Tridgell, managing director of POSTAR, announced today that the move is the first step towards unified out of home media measurement, expressing delight at the inclusion of… Continue reading POSTAR Expands To Include Tube Advertisements

Publishing group, Reed Elsevier, has reported an increase in revenues of 6% for the first half of 2005, with earnings per share also up by 5% at constant exchange rates. The company enjoyed good underlying performance across its businesses during the first six months of the year, forecasting momentum in revenue and profit growth building… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Sees Revenues Rise 6% For 1H 2005

Pay-TV provider Top Up TV has signed Setanta Sports to its portfolio of channels, initially offering the channel to its Scottish customers, but giving the channel the potential to reach more than five million Freeview households.Setanta, the exclusive live broadcaster of Scottish Premier League, will begin broadcasting to Top Up TV customers in the Scottish… Continue reading Top Up TV Brings Setanta To Scottish Freeview Homes

Newspaper publishing group, Trinity Mirror, has increased its group revenue by 1.2% during the first six months of 2005, despite contending with a difficult advertising market, reflecting the slowdown of the UK economy since the beginning of the year.In its interim results published today, the Group revealed operating profit to be up 7.9% year on… Continue reading Trinity Sees Revenues Rise Despite Difficult Ad Market

ITV Sales has begun taking bookings for interactive ad campaigns on the broadcaster’s newest digital channel, ITV3.The entertainment and drama-focused station will begin broadcasting interactive content within its ad breaks from 1st August, marking an extension of ITV’s interactive portfolio and offering a variety of new features to advertisers.To celebrate the launch, ITV is promoting… Continue reading ITV3 Celebrates Interactive Ads With Cut-Price Fees