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IPC ignite!’s flagship men’s monthly magazine, Loaded has relaunched today, after seven months of research and development work looking at contents, design and navigation.The £2 million relaunch, led by publishing director Niall McKinney and editor Martin Daubney, reveals a greatly updated editorial, with a radical and innovative use of design and navigation throughout the magazine.Commenting… Continue reading IPC Reveals New Look Loaded

The Independent will be unveiling a new look next Tuesday, with a substantial redesign barely 12 months after the newspaper went compact.The new look has been masterminded over several months by Barcelona-based, Cases and Associates, resulting in one of the main changes being The Independent becoming a one-section paper from Monday to Friday.The magazine-sized review… Continue reading Independent To Relaunch Next Tuesday

Advertisers seeking exposure on the ever crowded high-street now have a new medium at their disposal, with new roller shutter-graphics providing brand visibility for advertisers and cammoflague for retailers wishing to install security shutters to their premises without opting for traditional metal screens.The new advertising solution, provided by Roller Vision, offered the perfect solution to… Continue reading Roller Ads To Cut Crime And Increase Standout

Internet and digital radio station, Gaydar, has announced its largest combined sponsorship deal, with the launch of Six Weeks to Summer, an on-air and on-line series of programmes showcasing issues surrounding fitness, nutrition and grooming.Six Weeks to Summer will run throughout April, and is designed to directly tap into the lifestyles of the Gaydar Radio… Continue reading Gaydar Announces Six Weeks To Summer Sponsorship Deal

Advertising expenditure in the UK is expected to rise by 4.3% in 2005, with internet adspend predicted to be the single fastest growing medium, increasing more than 33% compared to 2004.The figures, published by the Advertising Association (AA) in its Advertising Forecast, are more optimistic than previous estimates which put total UK adspend for 2005… Continue reading UK Adspend Forecast To Rise By 4.3% In 2005

The Guardian is reported to be switching to a smaller format as early as this autumn, with media buyers being shown dummy editions of an A3 size copy of the paper, according to a report.The recent decline of the newspapers circulation is thought to be worrying executives, with the recent NRS data for national paper… Continue reading Guardian To Down-Size In Autumn

UK radio companies are shunning the auction of The Wireless Group (TWG), owner of talkSPORT, as they do not want to compete with the BBC, according to a report in the Independent on Sunday.Most of the key players in the radio industry, including Chrysalis Group and Emap, have decided not to bid for TWG as… Continue reading UK Radio Companies Shun TWG Auction

Broadcaster ITV, delivered its best Sunday peak time performance since the 13th June yesterday, boosted by the Grand Prix which achieved its largest number of viewers of the season so far.Heartbeat built on this strong performance, drawing in 8.6 million viewers, gaining 800,000 viewers on last week and attracting a 35% share at 8pm, giving… Continue reading ITV Enjoys Best Sunday Peak Since 2004

UK radio companies are shunning the auction of The Wireless Group (TWG), owner of talkSPORT, as they do not want to compete with the BBC, according to a report in the Independent on Sunday. Most of the key players in the radio industry, including Chrysalis Group and Emap, have decided not to bid for TWG… Continue reading UK Radio Companies Shun TWG Auction

A record 50 million world broadband lines were added in 2004, bringing the total at the end of the year to 150.5 million, exceeding previous predictions from the broadband analysis company, Point Topic. A massive 26.5 million lines were added in the second half of 2004 alone, representing the biggest half year worldwide increase to… Continue reading Global Broadband Penetration Exceeds 2004 Forecasts