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US broadband service providers attracted 1.3 million new subscribers during the second quarter of 2002, according to a new study from Jupiter Media. Approximately 13.1 million households or 21% of all online households now connect to the internet using a high speed connection. In the report, Broadband User Segmentation: Understanding and Targeting the Broadband Audience,… Continue reading Broadband In 13 Million US Homes, Says Jupiter

Less than half of all UK employers know how long their staff are online and in many cases, employees are free to use the internet for non-work purposes. These are the conclusions of a new report from the ISP Star Internet. The survey found that only 43% of bosses were aware of the amount of… Continue reading Employers In The Dark On Internet Usage

Trinity Mirror’s revamp of the Mirror and other main national titles is unlikely to result in any substantial increase in circulation, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. Responding to a Trinity Mirror analyst meeting last night, the broker says that whilst the rationale behind the strategy is sound (adding that something does need to be… Continue reading Mirror Revamp Unlikely To Bear Fruit In Declining Sector, Say Analysts

There was some good news for the US newspaper advertising sector yesterday as two major publishers reported positive results for the third quarter of the year. The New York Times Company (NYTC) talked of a steady improvement in advertising and circulation revenues and posted profits up 35% on ad revenues up 3.6% during September; circulation… Continue reading US Newspaper Groups See Ad Pick-Up In Q3

Global shipments of games consoles will hit 41.9 million units in 2002, an increase of 84% year on year, according to new forecasts from Strategy Analytics. Sony’s PlayStation 2 (PS2) console is expected to account for 63% of sales, followed by Nintendo’s GameCube with 21% and Microsoft’s XBox with 16%. Cumulatively, the PS2 will account… Continue reading Sony Domination May Drive Nintendo Out Of Games Console Market

Media stocks were seen up on Thursday, cheered by positive numbers from IBM in the US and bargain hunters moving in.However, the UK advertising sector did not join the broader FTSE rally after Interpublic in the US announced its second profit warning in the last three months. WPP fell 2.36%, while Cordiant extended losses by… Continue reading Sharewatch

The IPA has announced plans to collaborate with the Design And Art Direction Agency (D&AD) on a joint training manifesto to promote the continuous professional development of creative practitioners.Their collaboration will come together under the banner of D&AD’s ‘Workout Programme’, which is being relaunched to identify and cater for the vocational and development needs of… Continue reading IPA And D&AD Launch Training Manifesto For Creatives

Chairman of Scottish Radio Holdings, Lord Gordon of Strathblane, has been appointed chairman of RAJAR, replacing John Whitney who will retire later this year.Lord Gordon, who has had an extensive career in radio, was appointed chief executive of Scottish Radio Holdings in 1996. Prior to that he was managing director of Radio Clyde, which was… Continue reading Strathblane Appointed New Chairman Of RAJAR

The media and publishing sector will be forced to lay off more workers in the final quarter of this year than any other industry, according to a report out this week.The recruitment group Reed surveyed 800 UK companies across the board and found that the number planning to downsize had fallen from 10% in 2001… Continue reading Media Workers Feel The Pinch

Trinity Mirror’s revamp of the Mirror and other main national titles is unlikely to result in any substantial increase in circulation, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch.The broker says that whilst the rationale behind the strategy is sound (adding that something does need to be done after “years of mismanagement”), the paper is unlikely to… Continue reading Mirror Revamp Unlikely To Bear Fruit In Declining Sector