Month On MonthFigures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for February 2001 show that national newspaper circulation fell by 1.1% month on month. Most titles saw a drop in their circulation base during the period, with just eight newspapers bucking the trend.The worst performers were the Sun, which saw a 3.7% dip in sales,… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – February 2001
Reports in the press over the past couple of days suggest that PA Sporting Life may be put on the market by its owners, the Press Association and Trinity Mirror. The price is rumoured to be somewhere in the region of £25 million and would include the subsidiary site totalbet.com, the online betting site 50%… Continue reading PA And Trinity Mirror Propose Sale Of Sportinglife.com
Pearson posted results containing pre-tax profits ahead of analysts’ expectations on Monday of last week (see Pearson Embraces The Internet Where Others Falter). However, while this caused a brief surge in share price initially, confidence soon evaporated, and Pearson ended the week among the worst performers, down £1.12 at £14.49, a week on week fall… Continue reading Sharewatch
Radio First has entered a five-year broadcasting deal with BSkyB, it has been confirmed this morning. The arrangement will see Radio First’s network of football club-related digital radio stations broadcast, regionally, via Sky Digital. Shares in Radio First were suspended on Friday pending the announcement (see Radio First Suspends Shares Ahead Of Major Agreement). Radio… Continue reading Radio First Confirms 5-Year Deal With BSkyB
Radio First has entered a five-year broadcasting deal with BSkyB, it has been confirmed this morning. The arrangement will see Radio First’s network of football club-related digital radio stations broadcast, regionally, via Sky Digital.Radio First has already agreed four 50:50 joint ventures with leading English Premier League clubs in order to own and operate commercial,… Continue reading Radio First Confirms 5-Year Deal With BSkyB
US consumer and business magazines advertising volumes fell by almost 10% during February, according to analysis of data from the Publishers Information Bureau by ABN Amro. Whilst ad pages dropped by 9.7% to 18.6 million, revenues were fairly flat at £1.2 billion, down 0.3% year on year. Media, retail, automotive and technology advertising were weak,… Continue reading US Mag Advertising Drops 10% In February
According to a new report by Fletcher, “Online Advertising Grows Up”, by 2004 internet companies will contribute around 10% of the top 10,000 companies’ advertising spend in the UK, around £750 million. Approximately half of this Net spending will go on TV, press and outdoor campaigns, as currently used by such companies as Shopsmart, lastminute… Continue reading UK Dot Com Adspend Set To Rise
The Radio Joint Research Audience Research body (RAJAR) is to hold a one-day conference on 10 April at BAFTA to discuss the future of development of radio audience research, including electronic methods. Among the speakers scheduled to address the conference will be James Moir, controller of Radio 2, Kelvin MacKenzie, chairman and chief executive of… Continue reading RAJAR Will Consider Electronic Measurement At Conference On Its Future
BSkyB is believed to be on the verge of announcing a deal which would see it take a minority stake in Radio First. This would be the first step in creating a national digital network based around Premiership football clubs and would see Radio First secure carriage for its planned network of football “fan radio… Continue reading Sky May Take Stake In Digital Football Radio Network
Radio First has this morning suspended its shares from trading on AIM. The directors of the radio group have taken the decision following recent press and bulletin board speculation regarding a potential agreement with a major media broadcasting company.
