WPP has appointed four senior executives to the board of Tempus in its first move since taking control of the advertising group last week. Finance director of WPP, Christopher Sweetland, will sit on the Tempus board alongside The Media Edge chief executive, Charles Courtier, TME Europe chief, Hans-Willem Germeraad and TME finance director, Tom Handy.… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Commercial radio saw advertising revenue in the third quarter of 2001 fall by 6.4% year on year, although the medium is still outperforming TV and display media, according to the latest figures released by the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB).Analysis from AC Nielsen MMS shows that the amount of revenue advertisers invested in the medium fell… Continue reading Commercial Radio Outperforms TV Despite Drop In Ad Revenue
Peter Bazalgette, creative director of Endemol, has joined Dawn Airey in ruling himself out of the running to become Channel 4’s chief executive.Bazalgette, the creative force behind the commercial success of Big Brother and a non-executive director of Channel 4, was one of the favourites to take over from Michael Jackson (see GEITF Special: Who’s… Continue reading Peter Bazalgette Pulls Out Of Channel 4 Race
MSN has launched its biggest ever retail marketing campaign to raise the profile of its online shopping channel in the run up to Christmas.The £1m campaign, which includes radio, press, online and outdoor activity aims to attract over a million page impressions to the MSN shopping portal over the Christmas period by providing online shoppers… Continue reading MSN Launches Biggest Ever Ad Campaign
Future Network was the best performer in yesterday’s media market, in which only four companies saw shares fall. Stock jumped 25.64% to finish at 49p an increase of 10p on the previous day.Scottish Radio saw shares rise 3.34% yesterday to close at £8.50, after an encouraging set of interim results confirmed that the company had… Continue reading Sharewatch
Capital Radio has this morning reported a gloomy set of financial results, which show a 27% decline in pre-tax profit for the twelve months ended 30 September to £30.1 million. The company is saying that conditions remain tough as a result of the continued downturn in advertising, adding that there is virtually no visibility for… Continue reading Capital Radio Profits Fall 27% Following Ad Downturn
The National Magazine Company (Natmag) is attempting to raise the profile of its women’s lifestyle titles with the appointment of Cara Sayer to the newly created position of events sponsorship and PR manager.Sayer, who takes up the position with immediate effect, will be responsible for raising brand awareness across Natmag’s portfolio of women’s lifestyle titles… Continue reading Natmag To Raise Profile Of Women’s Lifestyle Titles
EMAP on Tuesday released financial results that demonstrated the continuing effects of the advertising and economic downturn, forecasting that there would be no second half recovery (see Emap Results ‘In Line With Expectations’ But No Second Half Recovery Expected). The Times notes that investors were wary of EMAP’s big US acquisition – which has since… Continue reading EMAP Results – Reaction
Capital Radio has this morning reported a gloomy set of financial results, which show a 27% decline in pre-tax profit for the twelve months ended 30 September to £30.1 million. The company is saying that conditions remain tough as a result of the continued downturn in advertising, adding that there is virtually no visibility for… Continue reading Capital Radio Profits Fall 27% Following Ad Downturn
The Radio Authority has approved the Kent Messenger Group’s acquisition of South East Radio following an investigation to determin if the deal is in the public interest.The Kent Messenger Group acquired South East Radio, which broadcasts Neptune Radio to Folkestone and Dover, in September, but the deal was blocked by the Radio Authority because it… Continue reading Radio Authority Approves KM Radio Acquisition
