IPC Connect’s, Woman, is to extend it series of “Feel Good” specials with a one-off called Woman Family Special.The 75 page “one-shot” will go on sale from 23 July for six weeks and will have a cover price of £1.30. The magazine will have a print run of 300,000 and will contain advice on parenting… Continue reading IPC To Launch One Off Special
The latest Report On eBusiness from Forrester shows that whilst some areas of B2B ecommerce are growing, many businesses are adopting a ‘wait and see’ approach to online purchasing and the like. Almost 73% of companies surveyed claimed that they used the internet for ‘indirect’ purchases, an increase from the 71% recorded in Q3, and… Continue reading Forrester Report Reveals Limited Growth In B2B E-Commerce
After reports that Tempus was to be taken over by French advertising network, Havas advertising, for around £400m last week (see Havas And Tempus Set To Merge), shares in the company soared. Stock was up 48.33% week on week to finish at £5.54, an increase of £1.80˝.ITV partners, Carlton and Granada, also suffered week on… Continue reading Sharewatch
Natmags has appointed IPC Southbank’s, Amanda Pitt, as Good Housekeeping group ad director and has reorganised its sales department.The move marks a return to Natmags for Pitt who left the company in 1996. She joined IPC last year as head of advertorials and sponsorship for IPCtx and Connect and was appointed ad director across Woman… Continue reading Natmags Hires Pitt From IPC
Carlton Interactive is to close its consumer entertainment websites, Popcorn and Jamba, while Granada plans to cut 80 jobs from its health TV channel and website, Wellbeing.Carlton’s online ad sales arm, Carlton Hyperactive, will cancel all ad campaigns booked across its Popcorn and Jamba sites from 1 September, all third party contracts will cease from… Continue reading Carlton Interactive To Close Websites
Jonah Bloom, editor of ad industry paper Media Business , is to return to New York to take up the role of editor in chief of PR Week. Bloom’s job over here will be taken on by current deputy editor Lexie Goddard. Express Newspapers has poached staff from The Mail on Sunday in an attempt… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Carlton Interactive is to close its consumer entertainment websites, Popcorn and Jamba, while Granada plans to cut 80 jobs from its health TV channel and website, Wellbeing. Carlton’s online ad sales arm, Carlton Hyperactive, will cancel all ad campaigns booked across its Popcorn and Jamba sites from 1 September; all third party contracts will cease… Continue reading Carlton Interactive To Close Websites
Consumers are embracing the internet just as advertisers are losing interest, according to research into consumer attitudes towards online advertising.Research, commissioned by Starcom IP and carried out by e-hauck, reveals that consumers are more and more comfortable using the internet as part of their daily lives, but are disappointed at the lack of sophistication and… Continue reading Advertisers Lose Interest In Internet
The European Commission (EC) is challenging the UEFA over the way it sells the television rights to football games to broadcasters in Europe. Currently, free-to-air and pay-TV rights are sold to a single television network in each country. Champions’ League Rights Free TV Pay-TV UK ITV ITV Digital Italy Mediaset Stream… Continue reading EC Challenges UEFA TV Sales Contracts
New data from Webmergers reports that 726 Internet companies were acquired in the first half of 2001, in deals worth a total of $6 billion. 56% of the deals in Q1 and Q2 involved acquisitions of infrastructure companies, such as those providing networking products and ebusiness software. A further 30% involved Internet destinations such as… Continue reading Strong Start To 2001 In The US M&A Market, Says Webmergers
