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Media communications group WPP has this morning posted first quarter organic revenue growth of 6% – including, for the first time, the Young & Rubicam network. This is lower than the 10% analysts at ABN Amro had expected and well below the 13.8% growth posted by rival network Omnicom yesterday (see Omnicom Shows Strong US… Continue reading WPP Q1 Results Disappoint Market And Brokers

The number of US adults accessing the web increased by 8.5% in 2001, across the 85 metro markets surveyed by The Media Audit. The report says that 74.5 million out of a total adult population in these markets of 128.3 million ‘logged on during the past month.’ This represents an increase in internet penetration from… Continue reading Web Reaches A Broader US Audience

Christopher Bland is quitting his position as chairman of the BBC to take up the same role at British Telecom. He will replace the out-going BT chairman Iain Vallance on May 1 but will keep his role at the BBC until a suitable successor is found.Keeping both jobs could lead to a conflict of interest… Continue reading Bland To Step Down From BBC Chairman Role

Media communications group WPP has this morning posted first quarter organic revenue growth of 6% – including, for the first time, the Young & Rubicam network. This is lower than the 10% analysts at ABN Amro had expected and well below the 13.8% growth posted by rival network Omnicom yesterday.Regionally, North American revenues were up… Continue reading WPP Q1 Results Disappoint Market And Brokers

Emap Elan’s Looks magazine is to be relaunched with an increased celebrity focus, a new logo and the title Celebrity Looks from the June issue this year.Since its launch in 1985 the magazine has been a fashion and beauty title aimed at 16-25 year olds. Its circulation, which began around the 130,000 mark, peaked at… Continue reading Emap Moves Looks Into Celebrity Territory

Channel 4 has promised to “encourage a younger generation in the values of public service broadcasting” with its programming priorities for 2001/2002. Commenting on the statement of intent his channel submitted to the Independent Television Commission (ITC) this week, director of programmes Tim Gardam commented, “Too often regulation has become an arid calculation of the… Continue reading Channel 4 Statement Of Intent To Continue Innovation And Quality

Channel 4 has promised to “encourage a younger generation in the values of public service broadcasting” with its programming priorities for 2001/2002. Commenting on the statement of intent his channel submitted to the Independent Television Commision (ITC) this week, director of programmes Tim Gardam commented, “Too often regulation has become an arid calculation of the… Continue reading Channel 4 Statement Of Intent To Continue Innovation And Quality

Carlton Communications and Granada have today confirmed plans to change the structure of ITV, including a radical overhaul of the jointly-owned digital terrestrial broadcaster, ONdigital. Stuart Prebble will become chief executive of the Network, which will now operate three main businesses – ITV channels, ITV Digital and ITV.com. ITV Digital is the rebranded name for… Continue reading Granada And Carlton Bring ONdigital Under ITV Brand

Reuters reported strong Q1 growth yesterday, as expected (see Reuters Stock Falls On Slower Q2 Warning) but warned that Q2 growth was unlikely to occur at the same rate. This produced an unfavourable reaction from the market, which left shares down 65p at £9.10.Bright Station announced an alliance between its Smartlogik unit and IBM yesterday,… Continue reading Sharewatch

Global advertising and communications group Omnicom has posted strong financial results, with a particularly good first quarter coming from the US. Across Europe the performance was more mixed. In Europe overall organic growth was 12.6%, with the lowest regional growth coming from the UK at 5%. Germany saw 10%, France 10% and the Netherlands 15%.… Continue reading Omnicom Shows Strong US Growth In Q1 Results