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According to the latest figures from Jupiter, over 33 million people in the UK used the internet between April and June of this year. The home PC remained the most popular means of access but it was games consoles and set top boxes which have seen the greatest increase in usage. WAP phones are not… Continue reading 60% Of UK Now Online

Rivals.net, the Chrysalis owned sports site, is building on its reputation within football-related media with the launch of its first magazine The Score.The magazine, aimed at “passionate football fans”, will be published every six weeks and will have a cover price of £1.50. Content will be “irreverent, unique football content from a fans perspective that… Continue reading Rivals.net Launch The Score

US newspaper advertising revenues for the second quarter of 2001 totalled $11.1 billion, a decline of 8.4% year on year, according to preliminary estimates from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). This compares US newspaper’s highest Q2 growth ever last year of 6.8%. Retail advertising showed the smallest decline in the second quarter, off 2.2%… Continue reading US Newspaper Revenues Down 6.5% In First Half

Standard Media International has today officially suspended publication of The Industry Standard, the weekly magazine that chronicled the dotcom boom.The magazine that monitored internet stocks has itself become a victim of the dotcom downturn and will file for bankruptcy unless a last minute buyer can be found.The Standard will continue to publish its website, The… Continue reading The Industry Standard Suspended

TalkSPORT have signed CIS Insurance as sponsor of its new flagship football phone-in show, in a deal thought to be worth around £1m.The deal will include sponsorship and airtime spots across talkSPORT’s Premiership coverage and will see CIS sponsor the station’s 505 Saturday afternoon phone-in show, which fields calls from football fans travelling back from… Continue reading talkSPORT Signs Football Sponsor

Global advertising and communications group, WPP, has this morning posted interim financials in line with expectations, at the same time confirming a 555p per share offer for UK-based media and communications group Tempus.Pre-tax profit at WPP rose by 80% to £247.6 million, whilst revenues rose by 65% to £1.997 billion for the six months to… Continue reading WPP Posts Strong Interims

Channel 5 has poached three senior programming executives from Channel 4. Andrew Newman, Dan Chambers and Sue Murphy have been all appointed programming controllers at Channel 5.Andrew Newman, currently head of programmes at E4 is to become Channel 5’s new controller of entertainment. As head of programmes at E4, Newman was responsible for shows such… Continue reading Channel 5 Poaches Execs From 4

Recent months have seen increased consolidation with the media market as the increasing trend towards globalisation leads to one independent after another being snapped up by the ‘big boys’ of the industry. The name in the frame for the past month has been Tempus, which seemed likely to be bought by French advertising agency Havas… Continue reading Insight Analysis: The Media Agency Landscape, Consolidation And Globalisation

The interest surrounding Tempus at the moment (see WPP Bid Could Prompt Further Consolidation) benefited Cordiant shares, which rose 3p to £1.76. WPP, on the other hand, thought to be the interested purchaser, slipped 2½p to £6.84½.There were few climbers among the media companies on yesterday’s market. One was Granada, part owner of ITV Digital,… Continue reading Sharewatch

Online directory firm Scoot.com has agreed to sell Loot, its classified advertising business, to the owners of the Daily Mail newspaper for £45m.The deal comes at a vital time for the company, which has said it only has “sufficient working capital” to trade until the beginning of October this year.As well as buying Scoot’s businesses… Continue reading Scoot.com Sells Loot