WPP, whose global branding, identity and consulting group, The Brand Union, acquired UK based Marketing and Communication Agency (MCA) for an undisclosed sum yesterday (see WPP Acquires UK Communications Consultancy), saw shares drop 2.21% to finish at £6.65, a loss of 15p on the previous day.After ITV rebranded as ITV1 yesterday, ITV partners Carlton and… Continue reading Sharewatch
Business to business display advertising has been impacted by the technology and telecom adspend downturn, but recruitment revenues have remained strong at EMAP, according to chairman Adam Broadbent’s AGM statement. The consumer magazine division is showing some growth and circulation revenues are continuing to improve, the company said. Radio advertising has shown a decline in… Continue reading EMAP First Half Marginally Behind Last Year
Final results from broadcaster BSkyB are expected to show the rewards of three years of investment, according to analysts ABN AMRO. The company is due to release its full year results on 25 July. Despite the seasonal slowdown in the fourth quarter ABN said “we expect the figures to reveal the extent to which BSkyB’s… Continue reading Profits Expected In Sky Finals
Anglo-Dutch publisher, Reed Elsevier, has successfully completed its take offer for Harcourt General (see US Clears Reed’s Harcourt General Acquisition), the company announced this morning. The merger of the two companies will create the world’s largest scientific and medical publisher. Once the merger has been completed, Reed said it will complete the on-sale of the… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Completes Harcourt Acquisition
Capital Interactive, the online division of Capital Radio, attracted 12,500 people to watch this year’s Party in the Park for the Prince’s Trust online via live streams on the Capital website. Event traffic to the site was almost double that of last year, while a year on year increase of 85% was seen in the… Continue reading Online Party Attracts Thousands
BSkyB and Ladbrokes have agreed to form a joint 50:50 venture to offer a fixed-odds and pools betting service via the Sky Digital television platform. Ladbrokes’ Vernons pools business will be transferred to the joint venture and BSkyB will contribute its wholly-owned bookmaker Surrey Sports, which already operates on Sky Digital. The service will operate… Continue reading BSkyB And Ladbrokes To Create Digital TV Betting Service
Web giant MSN sat comfortably in the number one spot of the Top Ten UK Online advertisers for May 2001, according to figures from NetValue. 5455,000 individual at home internet users were exposed to MSN.com throughout the month and the site achieved 39.5% reach of the total UK internet universe. Amazon.co.uk held on to second… Continue reading New Media Round-Up
Business to business display advertising has been impacted by the technology and telecom adspend downturn, but recruitment revenues have remained strong at EMAP, according to chairman Adam Broadbent’s AGM statement.The consumer magazine division is showing some growth and circulation revenues are continuing to improve, the company said. Radio advertising has shown a decline in the… Continue reading EMAP First Half Marginally Behind Last Year
Nike is back in the running after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) decided not to uphold complaints that its posters were “crude and offensive”.The poster stated: “May is keen but crap. May says Race that milk float. Race that pram. Race that pensioner. May hates hills. Loves benches. May gets stitches. Gets Shin splints. Gets… Continue reading ASA clears Nike Ads
Future Network’s words of reassurance to investors (see Future Reassures Investors) appear to have done their job, as the company’s shares rose once again during yesterday’s trading. While still a fraction of their price at the beginning of 2000 (see Sharewatch), shares climbed over 17% to end at 36½p.RTL was another high flier, with an… Continue reading Sharewatch
