Natmags has appointed Sian Roberts to the role of advertising director at the only weekly title in its magazine portfolio, Best. Roberts has been acting ad director since June last year and will take up the role with immediate effect.Roberts has been working on Prima and Best since their Gruner + Jahr days, and joined… Continue reading Best Appoints New Advertising Director
The PPA reveals that ad revenue from consumer magazines is forecast to outperform the market again in 2002, according to new figures from the Advertising Association.Latest AA figures forecast that consumer magazine ad spend will rise by 2.1% during 2002, reaching £795 million, whilst total ad spend across all media is set to fall by… Continue reading Consumer Mags Will Outperform Market In 2002, Says AA
BBC Worldwide is revamping its BBC Good Homes magazine and is increasing its marketing investment in the title.From next month the magazine, which reported an 8.9% decline in circulation in the latest ABC results (see May’s issue of the magazine will include more home and lifestyle features and will sell at the promotional price of… Continue reading New Look For BBC Good Homes Magazine
Following the financial crisis at Kirch Gruppe (see Kirch Sell Off Begins), the German government is to step in in order to protect the German football league from insolvency. In a situation eerily similar to the collapse of ITV Digital and the repercussions for the English league, KirchMedia is unable to honour payments due to… Continue reading German Government Will Step In To Save Football League
Emap is to roll out SMS activity across all of its print, radio, online and TV brands. The company will work with Flytxt as its preferred supplier, which developed its first SMS campaign for Emap in November 2000, promoting Smash Hits.Flytxt’s role in the arrangement will be to provide consultancy, build campaign applications and run… Continue reading Emap Teams With Flytxt For SMS Rollout
The PPA reveals that ad revenue from consumer magazines is forecast to outperform the market again in 2002, according to new figures from the Advertising Association. UK Press Forecasts From The Advertising Association Total National Newspapers Regional Newspapers Consumer Mags Business Mags 2002 Q1 -10.0 -15.8 -2.0 -3.3 -18.4 Q2 0.5 2.3 1.2… Continue reading Consumer Mags Will Outperform Market In 2002, Says AA
The Government is failing in its attempt to transfer all of its services online by 2005, according to a report by public spending body, the National Audit Office (NAO).An investigation by the NAO has found that just over half of the Government’s 524 services are currently available online. However, most only provide basic information, with… Continue reading E-Government Initiative Fails To Take Off
The National Readership Survey (NRS) has released readership figures for February 2002. Overall the national newspaper market has seen a minor decline, although some dramatic performances, both positive and negative, were seen in the broadsheet and tabloid markets.The largest year on year increase in readership was seen at the Guardian, which saw a 22.2% increase.… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – February 2002
The increasingly important role of SMS advertising in the marketing mix became evident today with news that two major UK brands are to launch SMS marketing initiatives.Wireless media company Nightfly has launched what it claims is the UK’s largest ever outbound SMS marketing campaign for drinks company Smirnoff. The permission-based campaign is aimed at increasing… Continue reading Major UK Brands Turn To Text
Viacom Outdoor has confirmed that the launch of its XTP cross-track projection technology in the London Underground has been delayed due to “safety issues”.Trials of the XTP system, which projects digital images onto special screens in tube tunnels, were due to begin this month and Viacom has secured 10 major brands to partner the project… Continue reading Viacom Outdoor Delays Launch of XTP
