The lad’s mag craze is a “phenomenon that is over”, according to David Davies, editor of the UK’s highest circulating men’s lifestyle magazine FHM.Speaking at Emap’s Men’s Seminar earlier today, Davies said that FHM and other leading men’s magazines are seeing circulation fall because large numbers of consumers are outgrowing the traditional booze and boobs… Continue reading Lad’s Mag Phenomenon Is Over
A quarter of all internet-connected British businesses are planning to adopt a broadband connection within the next 12 months, according to the latest wave of the Business Internet survey, published this month by NOP Business, the specialist business research division of NOP World. High speed drivers Recently announced price reductions in high-speed, broadband services are… Continue reading British Businesses Enticed By High-Speed Net Connections
Pearson In Exclusive Talks Over FT BusinessPress reports this morning suggest that Pearson has entered into exclusive talks with a management team concerning the buy out of FT Business, the company’s magazines division.The team, led by ex-FT Group chief exec Stephen Hill, is thought to have made the highest bid following Pearson’s decision to sell.… Continue reading Pearson In Exclusive Talks Over FT Business
Capital Radio and supermarket chain Safeway have struck a “mutually beneficial” deal surrounding Safeway’s ‘Picnic 2002’ event, which will feature artists including Diana Ross, Rod Stewart and Ronan Keating and draw on Capital’s experience at putting on the ‘Party in the Park’ events.The deal evolved after initial discussions regarding Safeway using Capital FM’s event infrastructure… Continue reading Capital Partners Safeway For ‘Picnic 2002’
BSkyB has denied press rumours that it is interested in making further investment in Premiere World, the pay-TV business of Kirch. Sky already holds a 22% stake in the KirchPayTV operation (see Murdoch In ‘Make Or Break’ Talks Over Kirch), but has made it clear that it will not be seeking any further investment in… Continue reading BSkyB Denies Further Investment In KirchPayTV
Two UK radio stations were ranked first and second in the world in terms of hours of programming streamed on the web during March. Virgin Radio streamed over 1.2m hours of programming during the month, taking first position in a chart compiled by internet radio audience measurement service Measurecast, while Jazz FM, which ranked first… Continue reading Virgin Radio Tops Net Streaming Table
The BBC and BSkyB are thought to have been asked by industry regulators to come to the rescue of digital terrestrial television if the beleaguered ITV Digital closes.According to a report in today’s Guardian, the ITC has approached a number of broadcasters including the BBC and BSkyB about ways to maintain Britain’s lead in the… Continue reading BBC And BSkyB May Rescue Digital TV
Colin Lloyd has stepped down from his role as president of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) after nine years in the job. He is not taking on a new full-time role, but will instead consider increasing his non-executive directorships and consultancies.Lloyd, who joined the DMA in 1993 as chief executive, has been credited with the… Continue reading Lloyd Steps Down After Ten Years With DMA
Twice as many people watched coverage of the Queen Mother’s funeral on BBC1 than on ITV1 yesterday, according to unofficial overnight figures from BARB.The figures show that BBC1’s live coverage of events, which ran from 9.15am to 2.10pm, attracted an average of 5 million viewers and achieved a 51.3% share. ITV1’s coverage, which ran from… Continue reading Viewers Turn To BBC1 For Funeral Coverage
European consumers’ inclination to buy goods and services has been significantly dampened in the first two months of 2002, after the introduction of the Euro was used by many retail and service companies as justification for a hike in prices. This is one of the key findings of a study by GfK, carried out on… Continue reading Euro Introduction Curtails Consumer Spending In Europe
