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Radio advertising sales continued to mirror the recovering US economy for the month of June, rising by 3.0% year on year, according to the latest data from the US Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). Local adspend grew by 2.0% during June, while national sales fared better, showing a 7.0% gain. In the calendar year to June… Continue reading ‘Steady And Strong’ Recovery Predicted In June US Radio Figures

The head of troubled media corporation, Vivendi Universal has sought to reassure investors after heavy share price falls in the second half of last week. In an open letter to staff and shareholders, chief executive Jean-René Fourtou admitted that the company was in difficulty but claimed to have “identified a strategy for getting out of… Continue reading Vivendi Chief Attempts To Allay Debt Concerns

UK cinema admissions for July totalled 15 million, an increase of 8% on the same period last year. Making this July the highest month on record since 1971.An average of 3.38 million visits a week were made to see films including Minority Report, Scooby-Doo and Austin Powers: Goldmember. Minority Report topped the July box office… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Soar During July

A new study by analysts at Datamonitor has painted a grim picture of the European 3G landscape and there is growing speculation that telecoms companies will be forced to cut their losses and hand back the licenses. At the peak of the hi-tech boom, third generation services were seen as the way ahead for mobile… Continue reading Insight Analysis: 3G Promises Unfulfilled

Capital Radio is coming together with Sleazenation to launch a new monthly magazine into the music sector.Xfm’s contract title, X-Ray, is being redesigned and given national news-stand distribution. The new-look magazine will be aimed at 18-30 year-old new music lovers and will have an initial print run of 90,000.Priced at £2.50, each issue will be… Continue reading Capital Radio To Launch New Monthly Music Title

European cinema admissions and box office revenues are set show significant growth over the next four years, with ticket sales forecast to reach E4.7 billion by 2006, according to the latest Cinemagoing Europe report from Dodona Research. Despite the rise in attendance, the report also predicts that growth of new screens will slow when compared… Continue reading European Cinema Sales To Hit €4.7bn By 2006, Says Dodona Research

Future publishing is launching a new bimonthly title called Practical Web Pages Project Guides at the end of this month.The guides, which are targeted at web-users with an interest in web building, will be A4 sized with 100 pages covering tutorials and examples of simple web building. The first issue of the magazine, which will… Continue reading Future Publishing Launches Practical Web Pages Magazine

ITV could lose around £500,000 in advertising revenue following its decision to show a documentary on the victims of 11 September without any ad breaks.The hour-long documentary, called September Mourning, follows the lives of some of the families affected by the tragedy. It would normally feature around nine minutes of adverts, but ITV has decided… Continue reading ITV To Drop Ads From 11 September Documentary

Week on week analysis shows that the best performance in last week’s media market came from Highbury House Communications, which saw a correction in share price after a 5.26% slump the previous week.Carlton, continued its downward trend, with a 23.56% drop week on week. According to press reports, Carlton and Granada are to combine large… Continue reading Sharewatch

ABC results for the six-month period ending June 2002 show that the men’s lifestyle sector saw 0.3% year on year drop in circulation (see ABC Jan – Jun 2002 Men’s Lifestyle Magazines). However, figures from Nielsen Media Research indicate that the total number of adverts in men’s lifestyle magazines increased by 12.20% year on year… Continue reading ABC Follow Up Report: Adverts In Men’s Lifestyle Magazines