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Total US magazine advertising revenue for the month of January closed at $799.9 million, a 9.6% decrease from last year, according to the latest data from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). Advertising pages for January were 11,842, down 15.9% from last year. However, four of the major advertising categories showed positive dollar growth last month,… Continue reading US Magazine Ad Revenue Drops 9.6% In January

BSkyB has announced that it is writing off its investment in KirchPayTV, amounting to just under £1bn. The group, which has announced its interim results this morning, has written down the value of its shareholding to nil, in the process pushing losses to £1.2bn.An analysis of today’s results from MediaTel Insight will be available on… Continue reading Sky Writes Off Kirch Billion

According to a recent report from The Strategis Group Strategis dataBank: Global Cellular/PCS & Next Generation Subscribers and Operators, the global wireless marketplace will grow by 19% in 2002. Next generation services launching around the world will drive growth and by 2007, Strategis believes that 63% of users will subscribe to these services. Growth will… Continue reading 1.7 Billion Mobile Subscribers Worldwide By 2007, Says Strategis

BSkyB gained 218,000 new digital satellite customers in the six months ended 31 December 2001, beating consensus expectations and taking the group’s customer base to 5.7 million.As well as a healthy growth in subscribers, the satellite broadcaster’s average revenue per user (ARPU) also rose, by 11% to £331. Overall revenues were up 22% to £1.3… Continue reading BSkyB Growth Beats Expectations

The number of UK households with access to the internet is growing but “considerable barriers” exist preventing certain demographic groups from getting connected, according to new research.Colin Shaddick, director at Continental Research, which conducted the study, said: “Home internet access has increased over the past year from 7.6 million homes to 9.3 million homes. But… Continue reading Blue Collar Workers And Over 65s Slow To Go Online

The BBC is unveiling an interactive gaming and information service to support its new CBeebies and CBBC digital channels which launch next week (see BBC Announces Kids Channels Launch).Each channel will get its own tailored content with CBeebies providing information to help the under fives achieve pre-school learning goals and CBBC catering for 6-12 year… Continue reading BBC Unveils New Interactive Service For Kids

Natmags is investing half a million pounds in revamping its young women’s health title Zest. The news comes as the consumer magazine industry prepares for next week’s ABC results for the second half of 2001.The last set of ABC results did not bring good news for the title, as its circulation total of 110,000 represented… Continue reading Health Mag Zest Given £0.5m Makeover

BSkyB was the best performer in the media market and the highest climber in the FTSE yesterday. Shares rose 6.44% close at £7.02, ahead of the company’s figures due to be released today.ITV partners Carlton and Granada also performed strongly yesterday. The former saw shares climb 5.98% to finish at £1.95, whilst Granada was up… Continue reading Sharewatch

The national press market had a better year in 2001 than the year before, in that falls in readership and circulation were less pronounced. Falls were seen in circulation for the mid and more especially the popular market titles, but the broadsheets had a better year in this respect. The daily mid market saw its… Continue reading National Press Market Round-Up – 2001

The number of internet users globally grew to a record 308.8 million in January 2002, according to ComScore. This represents an increase of 1.3% on December’s total. The increase was largely driven by growth in the number of users outside the US. An increase of almost 2% was recorded amongst the non-US audience where users… Continue reading Global Internet Users Hit 308.8 Million In January