Johnston Press Sees Revenue GrowthWith cautious optimism, regional newspaper publishers Johnston Press today announced a 14.3% rise in H1 profits but warned that growth in H2 was likely to be more modest. Following the company’s optimistic trading statement in June, Johnston announced a like-for-like advertising increase of 3.2% buoyed by a 13% increase in recruitment… Continue reading Johnston Press Sees Revenue Growth
Following Hello! and OK!’s inflated results during the recent audit, ABC is to change the rules, preventing magazines from being able to count copies given away at less than 20% of cover price being counted as circulation. Low price is undoubtedly a draw for the fickle consumer- Glamour’s debut success is thought to be in… Continue reading Feature: Shopping For Circulation
Delegates at last weekend’s TV festival have little to worry about, according to new research which shows that an average 54% of the population say they would be lonely without their TV, even though 67% say there is often nothing worth watching on. These and other contradictory results caused Nigel Horne, editor of the Radio… Continue reading Official: We Love TV
NME Radio, the recently launched joint venture between IPC Ignite and Virgin Radio, is to offer cross media packages to advertisers allowing them combine radio campaigns with online banner and print ads.Advertisers who buy air time on the online radio station will be able to purchase banner ads on NME.com, which will flash up on… Continue reading NME Radio Launches Cross Media Ad Deals
The unveiling of a government decision regarding the BBC’s digital television plans (see Greg Dyke Lays Out Future Of The BBC) was delayed when Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell had to withdraw from her appearance at the GEITF (see Jowell Cancels Edinburgh Speech).The announcement, which is likely to have profound effect on the landscape of UK… Continue reading GEITF Report: BBC’s Digital Future
Following the success of relaunching Home and Away on Channel 5 (see Channel 5 Says G’Day To Home And Away), Dawn Airey has hinted that she will be on the look out for other ratings winners to poach in order to boost the station’s audience in future.The benefits to Channel 5 of the Australian soap’s… Continue reading GEITF Report: Channel 5
WPP, which released its interim results last week showing pre-tax profits of £2.46m (see WPP Posts Strong Interims), saw shares drop 2.7% in week on week analysis, to finish at £7.22, a loss of 20p on the previous week.Pearson, which rebranded its TV division to FremantleMedia last Tuesday (see Pearson TV Rebrands), also saw losses… Continue reading Sharewatch
Cable operator Telewest is abandoning its interactive TV venture, Smashed Atom, less than a year after its launch, due to insufficient funds.The joint venture with Atomic Tangerine, an branch of the Stanford Research Institute, will close in the next few months, resulting in the loss of 46 jobs unless a buyer can be found.A spokesman… Continue reading Telewest Folds Smashed Atom
MXR, the digital radio group, today launches the West Midlands digital radio multiplex, delivering digital programming to an area with an adult population of around 3.3m.The consortium, whose shareholders include Chrysalis, Capital Radio, Guardian Media Group, Jazz FM, Soul Media and UBC Media, was awarded the licence by the Radio Authority in February (see MXR… Continue reading MXR Launches Third Digital Radio Multiplex
David Liddiment’s stirring MacTaggart lecture may have captured the largest number of column inches for this year’s Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF), but the issue of TV’s soul was not necessarily the one which occupied the delegates over the bank holiday weekend.Events on the festival programme provide a respite from the relentless networking that… Continue reading GEITF Special: Who’s Next At Four?
