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Joe Sinyor, chief executive of Trinity Mirror’s newspaper division, is believed to be stepping down following the appointment of Sly Bailey as chief executive of the group last week (see Bailey Leaves IPC To Replace Graf At Trinity Mirror). According to a report in the Sunday Times, Sinyor, who has been at Trinity Mirror for… Continue reading Sinyor Rumoured To Be Departing Trinity Mirror

US advertising will grow by 1.6% in 2002, leading the global ad industry out of two years of decline, according to a consensus of recent advertising forecasts. Growth is then expected to rise to around 3.6% in 2003, hit 4.2% in 2004 and fall back to 3.7% in 2005. These averages were taken from the… Continue reading Insight Analysis: US Advertising Forecast Comparisons

Internet usage has continued its inexorable rise in most countries and across the world, the web is increasingly regarded as an essential tool in everyday life. These are the findings of a new report by the global market research company Ipsos-Reid. For The Face of the Web 2002, citizens in twelve different countries were interviewed… Continue reading Internet Joins The Mainstream Media

The worldwide mobile phone handset market is set to rebound from what was its worst ever year in 2001, to show growth of 1.8% in 2002, according to Attack of the Phones: Worldwide Handset Market Forecast and Analysis, 2002-2006, a new report from IDC. According to the report, there is reason for optimism as shipments… Continue reading Global Mobile Phone Handset Market To Rebound From Worst Year, Says IDC

A consensus of the most recent advertising growth forecasts for the UK puts 2002 growth at 0.4%, rising to 4.4% in 2003. The figures are buoyed by optimistic predictions from the Advertising Association (AA), which includes estimated production costs in its calculations. The AA is expecting a stronger couple of years in 2003/4, followed by… Continue reading Insight Analysis: UK Advertising Forecast Comparisons

Total US magazine advertising revenue increased 12.6% year on year during November to close at $1.8 billion, according to the latest data from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). The number of advertising pages for November was 24,317, up 6.9% on last year. In the year-to-date, ad revenue rose by 3.3% to $15.1 billion, whilst page… Continue reading US Magazines Show Strongest Advertising This Year In November

With the proliferation of next generation networks and the wider availability of faster and smarter devices, it is estimated that the North American mobile internet access market will be worth $2.7 billion this year. Technology researchers at Frost and Sullivan believe that the mobile data industry will undergo rapid growth in the next few years… Continue reading Mobile Internet Revenues Set To Surge

The number of digital subscriber lines (DSL) worldwide increased by almost 20% to 30 million in the third quarter of 2002, according to a new report from Point Topic. Research carried out in the first half of the year found that there were 25 million DSL lines across the globe (see Global DSL Growth Hits… Continue reading Global DSL Lines Top 30 Million

ISBA has today underlined the case for a Competition Commission review of the proposed merger of Carlton and Granada. A submission to the OFT outlines advertisers’ concerns over the impact that a merger would have on the market for airtime sales in the UK, and makes clear their belief that the proposals should be referred… Continue reading ISBA Urges OFT To Block ITV Merger

Third quarter advertising revenues fell by 2.5% at Trinity Mirror, publisher of the Mirror titles and a raft of regional newspapers. However, there has been some improvement in the first two months of Q4, with a slight growth of 0.3%, the group said in a pre-close trading statement this morning. There is currently a north/south… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Ad Revenues Pick Up In Q4