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There is little doubt that the arrival of the web has made a great difference to people’s lives and a new study from GartnerG2 has found evidence that offline activities are losing their appeal as a result. The report, Internet and E-mail: Changing Traditional Media Consumption, found that 20% of web users watch television less… Continue reading Net A Growing Threat To Old Media, Says GartnerG2

Channel 4 has announced it is to invest £430m in programming next year but has claimed its 20th anniversary “doesn’t feel like an appropriate time for a celebration”.It has been a relatively bad year for Channel 4, which has suffered from the closure of its Film Four production arm and the expense of establishing digital… Continue reading Channel 4 To Invest £430m In Programming In 2003

The ASA has upheld complaints against two national press ads for Vodafone after it was claimed they were sexually gratuitous.The ads were featured in Time Out, The Guardian‘s Guide supplement and The Times’ Play magazine. One ad depicted a partly clothed couple against a wall and the other showed a couple on the bonnet of… Continue reading ASA Censures Sexually Gratuitous Vodafone Ads

Affluent Americans are the fastest growing income group online, according to a new report from Nielsen NetRatings. The number of online individuals with annual household incomes ranging from $100,000 to $150,000 increased by 20% last year. This group now makes up 12% of the US internet population. “Droves of highly paid executives are coming online… Continue reading High Earners Driving US Internet Growth

Media Stocks were seen up on Tuesday cheered by a positive start to third quarter earnings in the US and positive UK inflation data.BSkyB was the sector’s biggest riser, up 13.02% to 573p.Meanwhile, Carlton and Granada remained in focus following their recent merger announcement (see Carlton And Granada Enter Advanced Merger Talks). City analysts had… Continue reading Sharewatch

Total US magazine advertising revenue rose by 9.2% year on year in September to $1.8 billion, according to the latest data from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). The number of ad pages for September was 24,756, up 2.6% from last year. In the year-to-date, revenue reached $11.7 billion, an increase of 1.5% on the previous… Continue reading US Magazine Revenue Continues To Improve In September

The optimism that permeated the UK advertising industry earlier this year appears to have diminished with marketing budgets being revised downwards for the first time since Q4 2001.The Bellwether Report from the IPA indicates that confidence among media and marketing professionals has declined in the last three months. However, the third quarter is traditionally seen… Continue reading Feature: Has The Bell Tolled For Ad Recovery?

David Montgomery’s venture capital-backed bid for SMG’s Herald and Sunday Herald publishing business is understood to be out of the running, possibly because the tabled offer was too low. If the reports are correct, the 3i Group-backed bid from former Mirror Group chief executive Montgomery will be the third major bidder to drop out of… Continue reading Montgomery May Be Out Of Herald Papers Bid

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has announced that chairman, Steve Wunker, is to step down in response to the increasing demands made by the “phenomenal growth” of the industry.Wunker will be replaced temporarily by Lars Becker, CEO of Flytxt and Jeremy Wright, CEO of Enpocket, who will be interim deputy chairman.Becker commented: “We are at… Continue reading MMA Announces Management Shake-Up

Shares in Reuters, the financial information group, plunged to a twelve year low this morning after the company revealed disappointing results for the third quarter. Total revenue fell 7% from £924 million to £857 million, with Instinet, the group’s electronic share trading service suffering a 25% drop in sales in the three months to September… Continue reading Reuters Stock Sinks Following Profits Warning