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Media communication and market research group Aegis Group Plc has today announced, in their pre-close trading statement, a positive performance in 2004 and a strong outlook for 2005, resulting in a share price increase of 3.23%, to close at 103.75p in yesterday’s market. The Group had a successful past 11 months and the Board is… Continue reading Strong 2004 And Future For Aegis

A High Court judgement was handed down yesterday, clearing magazine publisher Highbury House of any wrong doing against rival publisher IPC’s claims that its Home magazine was too similar to its Ideal Home title.IPC had complained that the design of Home‘s front cover and certain internal features of the magazine were too similar to its… Continue reading Highbury Wins IPC Media Copyright Case

Independent News and Media PLC has had a positive 2004, according to their pre-close trading statement, enjoying strong revenue growth and an expected 10% increase in group circulation revenue year on year. All of the companies major markets, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the UK have seen impressive revenue growth, with a strong… Continue reading Independent Prepares To Close Book On Successful 2004

The mobile phone industry has seen spectacular growth during 2004, with text messaging bulk reaching record breaking numbers and 50% of consumers now using the latest Internet enabled handsets.In November the number of text messages sent was a staggering 2.27 billion, taking the annual total to 23.83 billion, according to figures released yesterday by the… Continue reading Record Texts Spell Success For Mobile Industry In 2004

Independent News and Media PLC has had a very strong 2004 and is looking forward to a strong 2005, according to positive pre close trading statement issued by the company today. The leaders of the compact revolution have not been phased by rival paper,The Times, also down-sizing.Independent show that it has gone up in circulation… Continue reading Strong Year For Independent

Broadband internet and TV provider HomeChoice has signed a deal with ITV to pilot an on-demand local television news and information channel across its network.The deal will see the service, provided by ITN, launch in the new year, offering HomeChoice subscribers 24-hour on-demand access to local news and weather summaries, concert and movie information in… Continue reading HomeChoice To Offer Viewers Local News On Demand

Specialist magazine publisher Future Network saw a jump in share price yesterday, gaining 2.11% to close at 72˝p. This comes ahead of the recent acquisition of Beach Magazines and Publishing and the appointment of Richard Schofield as its new head of marketing, charged with creating an aggressive new promotional plan for Future’s portfolio of titles… Continue reading Sharewatch: Future Publishing Performing Well

Magazine publisher Highbury House has indicated that a number of the magazines in its portfolio will face closure or consolidation next year as the company seeks to cut costs and recoup some of the revenue which evaded it during 2004.Delivering an update to investors on the company’s ongoing strategic review, the publisher outlined the cost… Continue reading Highbury To Close Titles As 2004 Proves Unsuccessful

The US looks set to spend $7.6 billion on online advertising by the end of 2004, with Europe on target to hit $2.8 billion, says research analyst Jupiter Research. With growth rates outperforming all other advertising channels, 2004 has been a extremely positive year for the online media industry, with investment in online advertising and… Continue reading Strong 2004 For Online Advertising

UK magazine publisher Highbury House Communications has today issued a trading update of their expected results, outlining a weak performance in the second half of the year that did not live up to expectations published in its interim statement in September. As a result, the Group’s share price dropped by 1.13% to 6.62p. The Group… Continue reading Highbury House Has Disappointing Second Half Of Year