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Internet heavyweight Yahoo! has announced the launch of its latest product, Launchcast Radio, a new service enabling users to tailor their listening to individual tastes and screen out unwanted content.The service works by inviting users to rate their favourite artists and only playing content deemed suitable to those tastes. The service can introduce new artists… Continue reading Yahoo! Offers Tailor Made Internet Radio Content

The Daily Telegraph has announced the creation of a new “Business Club” section to attract new business readers and bolster its audience of medium sized company chiefs.The move will see The Telegraph Business Club launching on May 11th with a double page spread in the business section The Daily Telegraph as well as a dedicated… Continue reading Telegraph Forms New Club To Woo Business Readers

Commercial radio group GWR was seen in focus yesterday, with shares rising by 1.18% after revealing plans to invest more than £4 million in the launch of a new digital service that will deliver a range of multi-media content direct to mobile phones.The new operation, formed as part of a joint venture with BT Wholesale,… Continue reading Sharewatch: GWR Boosted By New Digital Initiative

Emap Communications today announced the acquisition of ABI Building Data (ABI) from ICW Publications for £14 million. ABI, who was part of the Springer Science and Business Media group, generated £5 million revenue and £1 million profit in 2003 and is a leading provider of construction sales and marketing information services in the UK. This… Continue reading Emap Builds Business With New Acquisition

RAJAR has announced that four new contenders have entered the race to provide the radio ratings organisation with an electronic measurement system to replace the current diary-based system of listener research.Although RAJAR has not released the names of those bidding for the contract to supply the meters, all four newcomers have very different approaches to… Continue reading RAJAR Auditions New Electronic Audio Meters

Times Newspapers have revealed that losses are expected to reach in excess of £28.6 million this year, up from £16.3 million last year. The group, which publishes The Times and The Sunday Times, revealed the loss when the newspapers’ operating division filed accounts that show, despite a small rise in turnover to £378 million from… Continue reading Tabloid Pushes Times Losses To £28m

Channel 4 has secured TalkTalk, the new home phone company from The Carphone Warehouse, as the exclusive broadcast sponsor of this year’s Big Brother.The deal, negotiated by Matters Media, includes a range of branding and idents that will be screened with every episode of the now infamous reality-TV marathon on both Channel 4 and E4.The… Continue reading Channel 4 Talks Up Big Brother Sponsorship

Emap Advertising and Initiative Media have secured a six-figure deal that will see the global consumer goods giant Unilever become the sole FMCG advertiser on The Hits music channel for the next year.The exclusive deal covers the promotion of some of Unilever’s most renowned youth-focused brands such as Lynx, Impulse, CK, Cerruti Organics and Marmite.… Continue reading The Hits Secures Exclusive Partnership With Unilever

Global advisor, Merrill Lynch, predicts that US advertising spending will increase by 6% in 2004 and admits the market “finally has growth to be proud of”. The Monthly Advertising Trends report says that US advertising spend is “rebounding nicely”, along with what seems to be a stronger than expected economy in the US. According to… Continue reading US Ad Spending Finally Has Growth To Be Proud Of Says Merrill Lynch

Advertisers look set to pay up to £100,000 for a standard 30-second spot during the final episode of Channel 4’s long running American sitcom, Friends, which is due to be broadcast later this month.A range of mobile phone brands, car manufacturers and beauty advertisers are fighting to secure airtime during the finalé of one of… Continue reading Advertisers Line Up For Channel 4 Friends Finalé