New consumer magazine figures released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that new life has been breathed into the women’s monthly market with the dramatic entry of Condé Nast’s Glamour. The title smashed its original 250,000 target by achieving a circulation of 451,486 in this, its first audit. In doing so, the… Continue reading Glamour Makes Stunning 450,000 ABC Debut
After 5pm today the concurrent release of ABC’s consumer magazine figures for the period January to June 2001 will be available to subscribers in MediaTel’s Press database. During Friday 17 August NewsLine will feature a series of sector reports based on these figures. The following notes refer to the criteria used to compile these reports:The… Continue reading Important Notes: ABC Jan-Jun 2001
Following speculation yesterday that WPP is poised to make a counter-bid for media buying agency Tempus, less than a month after Havas made their offer (see WPP Poised To Make Counter Bid For Tempus), analysts at ABN AMRO forecast that increased interest in buying into media buying may indicate a pattern for future media consolidation.Should… Continue reading WPP Bid Could Prompt Further Consolidation
Following speculation yesterday that WPP is poised to make a counter-bid for media buying agency Tempus, less than a month after Havas made their offer (see Tempus Shares Soar On Havas Takeover Reports), analysts at ABN AMRO forecast that increased interest in buying into media buying may indicate a pattern for future media consolidation. Should… Continue reading WPP Bid Could Prompt Further Consolidation
IPC Connect, the women’s weeklies division of IPC Media, has appointed a new agency to raise the profile of its titles, in an account thought to be worth over £5m.Creative agency Roose & Partners has been appointed to strengthen brands across IPC Connect’s portfolio of titles, which includes Chat, Woman’s Own and Now, to give… Continue reading IPC To Raise Profile Of Women’s Weeklies
Once again Myers Reports has downgraded its media expenditure forecasts (see Forecasts) and now sees no indication of a Q4 upturn. The new numbers, described by chief economist Jack Myers as ‘ugly’, forecast that growth in 2001 will fall 4% in year on year comparisons and the picture is particularly bad for TV where comparisons… Continue reading ‘Ugly’ Numbers Prompt Bearish Outlook For US
Emap’s Max Power got bogged down in semantics when defending itself from a complaint against it to the ASA from rival magazine, Fast Car.The complaint concerned a catalogue called the Demon Tweeks Performance Direct Catalogue. It was included with a copy of Max Power and an advertisement on the plastic wrapping stated “Free Exclusive Demon… Continue reading ASA Slows Down Max Power
Cordiant, which released its interim results on Monday (see Cordiant To Cut More Jobs), saw shares rise 5.02% yesterday to finish at £1.67˝, an increase of 8p on the previous day.ITV partners, Carlton and Granada, continued to see shares rise. Carlton was up 1.57% to close at £3.40ź, 5źp better off than the day before,… Continue reading Sharewatch
Former Chief Executive of Channel 4, Michael Grade, has been added to the list of candidates favoured for the role of BBC chairman, as speculation surrounding the appointment increases.If press reports are to be believed then Grade, current head of Pinewood and Shepperton studios and an outspoken critic of the BBC, will be running against… Continue reading Grade Enters Race For BBC Chair
ITV Digital’s attempt to cash in on the publicity of the Planet Of The Apes premier backfired yesterday when the company was told to remove a giant poster it had erected in Leicester Square.The poster, which measured 22 metres by 15 metres, and featured the Monkey character from ITV Digital’s current Al and Monkey campaign… Continue reading Monkey Business Backfires For ITV Digital
