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Advertising spending for all US media fell by 5.9% year on year for the first half of 2001, according to figures released yesterday by advertising and marketing communication group CMR. CMR estimates that total adspend for the first half of 2001 came in at just under $47.5 billion, compared to $50.4 billion for the same… Continue reading No Positive Advertising Shift Anticipated This Year, Says CMR

Future Publishing has signed a deal with Haymarket Publications to acquire the subscriber list and usage rights to Haymarket’s suspended title the net.Future plans to merge the title, which closed last month, with its own internet magazine .net.Publisher of .net, Dave Taylor, said: “We’re looking forward to welcoming these new subscribers and more newsstand readers… Continue reading Future Acquires Rights To the net

Online retail sales in the US declined for the second quarter in a row, from April to June, according to a report on Europemedia earlier this week. The article says that according to US government statistics online commerce fell by 1.8% to $7.5 billion (E8.2 billion) in the quarter. This is less severe than the… Continue reading US Online Commerce Declines For Second Consecutive Quarter

Centaur Communications is to close New Media Creative as a stand-alone title in order to merge its content into New Media Age.Nigel Roby, New Media Age group publishing director said: “It is sad to have to lose New Media Creative as a stand-alone title. But if we can serve the creative community and those promoting… Continue reading Centaur Closes New Media Creative

ITV partners, Carlton and Granada, continued to see shares fall yesterday after Zenith Media downgraded its global forecasts on Friday (see Zenith Cuts Ad Forecasts Again), casting a shadow over the advertising industry. Carlton was down 0.98% to finish at £3.02, a loss of 3p on the previous day, while Granada saw stock drop 1.55%… Continue reading Sharewatch

The number of UK homes with multi-channel TV has reached the 10 million mark according to the latest figures from the British Audience Research Bureau (BARB).The figures show that 41% of the UK’s 24,458,000 TV households now have multi-channel TV and that almost 28 million individuals throughout Britain have access to multi-channel services.The news comes… Continue reading 10 Million Homes Have Multi-Channel TV

Deutsche Telekom AG has sold its remaining six German cable regions to US company media company, Liberty Media Corporation. The sale is part of Deutsche Telekom’s strategy of focusing on its four main corporate divisions – mobile communications, internet communications, systems solutions and network access services – and spinning off its non-core assets, the company… Continue reading Deutsche Telekom Sells German Cable Regions To Liberty Media

The Sunday Times is to close Doors its weekly internet supplement.The final issue of the magazine, which launched last October to provide consumers with an easy guide to the web, will be published this Sunday, after which it will be scaled down to form an eight page section of the Culture supplement.Editor of The Sunday… Continue reading Doors Close On Sunday Supplement

Independent News & Media (INM) this morning reported that its pre-tax profits fell by 17.2% to E56.6 million during the six months to 30 June. The group, which publishes the Independent national newspaper, says that the drop is due to adverse currency movements, exceptional start-up costs, investment in a new Irish print facility and costs… Continue reading Independent News & Media Sees Profits Fall 17%

Independent News & Media Sees Profits Fall 17%Independent News & Media (INM) this morning reported that its pre-tax profits fell by 17.2% to E56.6 million during the six months to 30 June. The group, which publishes the Independent national newspaper, says that the drop is due to adverse currency movements, exceptional start-up costs, investment in… Continue reading Independent News & Media Sees Profits Fall 17%