The film version of hit novel Bridget Jones’ Diary is thought to have broken British box office records for home grown films, by taking £7m in its opening weekend. Its Easter release could see it become one of the biggest UK openers, a chart headed by Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.The film stars US actress… Continue reading Bridget Jones Could Be Biggest Brit Film Box Office Opener
Future Network’s Business 2.0 is close to being sold, according to a report in the New York Post yesterday. The internet business title is published in the US under licence from Future by Imagine Media and is currently a profitable business. The NYP reports that Time Inc has been confirmed as one of the suitors… Continue reading Business 2.0 Close To Sale, Says NYP
Ivillage.co.uk is claiming to have overtaken its rivals to become the top women’s website in terms of unique visitors. New figures compiled by Doubleclick’s DART give iVillage a March total of 417,000 unique visitors, up 22% on February.The figures put iVillage, which launched in November 2000, ahead of more established rivals including handbag.com, which attracted… Continue reading New Figures Put iVillage On Top Of Women’s Websites
Regional newspaper publisher Newsquest has reported strong revenue growth, despite the challenges of a possible UK advertising slowdown and the impact of the foot and mouth epidemic. Parent company Gannett yesterday announced that advertising at Newsquest was benefiting from strong growth in classifieds. Recruitment has seen 25% growth and property classifieds reached double digit growth… Continue reading Newsquest Defies Difficult Environment To Produce Q1 Revenue Growth
Advertising markets in the UK have yet to show substantive signs of recovery and Q1 2002 has shown modest year on year falls in advertising across a number of media sectors. This is according to SMG, which operates businesses across the television, radio, press, outdoor and cinema media. Reporting its year-end financial results this morning… Continue reading Return To Traditional Media Buying Patterns Seen By SMG
The administrator handling ITV Digital has this morning announced that no new offer has been made to the Football League in lieu of the £89.25 million owed by ITV Digital to the League in August (see Football League Battle With ITV Digital Continues). In a statement, the administrator said “The shareholders are re-evaluating the business… Continue reading No New Offer From ITV Digital For League To Consider
SMS text messages currently account for 12% of European mobile operators’ revenues and this revenue will peak next year, according to a new report from Forrester Research. “Mobile operators are right to exploit SMS’ full potential now,” said Forrester analyst Michelle de Lussanet. “Forrester’s five-year forecast for mobile messaging shows that SMS revenue will peak… Continue reading SMS Revenues And Volumes Will Peak In 2003 And Stagnate In 2004, Says Forrester
Regional newspaper publisher Newsquest has reported strong growth, despite the challenges of a possible UK advertising slowdown and the impact of the foot and mouth epidemic.Parent company Gannett yesterday announced that advertising at Newsquest was benefiting from strong growth in classifieds. Recruitment has seen 25% growth and property classifieds reached double digit growth for the… Continue reading Newsquest Defies Difficult Environment To Produce Q1 Revenue Growth
Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones has turned in financial results at the bottom end of its already reduced predictions, citing a slowdown in the advertising market for the poor performance. The US publishing group last month said that earnings of 16 to 20 cents a share were likely (see Dow Jones Is Latest Publisher… Continue reading US Publishers Cut Jobs As Ad Revenue Slows
Lord Borrie has appointed two new members to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) council. The appointees are Dianne Thompson, chief executive of Camelot Group and Dan O’Donoghue, head of strategic planning at Publicis Worldwide.Thompson took up her current role at Camelot in December 2000, have been commercial operations director there since February 1997. Previous roles… Continue reading ASA Appoints New Industry Expert Board Members
