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American publishing giant Gannett is understood to have pulled out of the race to take control of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph as bidding enters its crucial second phase.Gannett, which also owns the Newsquest group of regional newspapers in the UK, was tipped as a front-runner for the papers being auctioned off by Lord Black’s… Continue reading Gannett Pulls Out Of Race For Telegraph Titles

Internet media streaming is facing stiff competition from traditional television, as online content owners feel the pressure to draw customers from TV to desktop screens, says IT analysts and consultants Frost & Sullivan.Mukul Krishna, industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan, said: “This is an uphill task, considering the present quality of streaming over the internet… Continue reading Internet Media Streaming Under Pressure From Television

Online advertising can boost off-line sales by as much as 12.5%, according to an innovative new study published by MSN in conjunction with Procter & Gamble, Nestle and Kraft.The research, carried out between November 2003 and January this year, recommends a significant increase in internet adspend after revealing that sales of consumer packaged goods rose… Continue reading Online Advertising Can Boost Sales By Up To 12.5%

The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race bowed out to a massive audience of nearly nine million viewers yesterday afternoon as the BBC aired its last ever broadcast of the prestigious annual event.Unofficial overnight figures from BARB show that a peak of 8.9 million viewers tuned in to see Cambridge secure a controversial win over Oxford… Continue reading BBC Sinks Competition With Boat Race Coverage

The Telegraph has announced its latest drive to boost sales in the form of a widespread taxi and outdoor advertising campaign.The newspaper, which has been hard hit by tabloid launches from the Times and the Independent, will be hoping to increase circulation with its latest initiative, building on the brand’s now familiar Read a best-seller… Continue reading Telegraph Hails Start Of Taxi Advertising Campaign

A controversial anti-smoking campaign run by the British Heart Foundation has struck a chord with the nation’s smokers by achieving 94% penetration.The campaign, featuring images of clogged arteries and fat dripping from cigarettes, caused outrage among some, but was cleared of being distasteful by Ofcom last month, despite complaints from more than sixty viewers (see… Continue reading Anti-Smoking Campaign Sparks Huge Response

GWR Group, owner of Classic FM, saw shares rise by 2.23% rise yesterday to close at 275p. The increase follows the announcement that revenues for the group’s financial Q4 will be up by 7%, with national spend jumping by 13% year on year (see GWR Sees Radio Revenues Up By 8% In 2003).Healthy trading in… Continue reading Sharewatch: GWR Rises Following Optimistic Results

The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising has announced the appointment of Jo Rigby, head of research at OMD UK, as chairwoman of its newly renamed Media Research Advisory Group.The group, previously known as the Press Research Advisory Group, made the name change to demonstrate more clearly their full remit, which encompasses all non-television media including… Continue reading Rigby To Head IPA’s Media Research Advisory Group

Richard Desmond’s Express Newspapers Group has today made a shock decision to withdraw from the race to take control of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph from Hollinger International.It is understood that that Lord Black’s beleaguered newspaper group told Desmond that he would have to increase his current bid of around £550 million by a further… Continue reading Desmond Withdraws From Telegraph Race

Advertising expenditure is expected to rise by 3.2% during 2004 following nearly three consecutive years of decline, according to the latest research from the Advertising Association.The figures, researched and compiled by the World Advertising Research Centre, provide further evidence that the worst advertising downturns in living memory is finally coming to an end.All media are… Continue reading UK Advertising Expected To Grow by 3.2% in 2004