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Shares in online retailer Lastminute.com rose this morning after the company released its preliminary results to September. They showed that, despite heavy net losses, it is ahead of target to reach profitability – partly due to the completion of its takeover of French online retailer Degriftour, completed last month. Lastminute.com, which raised £113.5m through its… Continue reading Lastminute.com Performing ‘Ahead Of Plan’ Despite Losses of �35.7m

Shares in online retailer Lastminute.com rose this morning after the company released its preliminary results to September. They showed that, despite heavy net losses, it is ahead of target to reach profitability – partly due to the completion of its takeover of French online retailer Degriftour, completed last month.Lastminute.com, which raised £113.5m through its flotation… Continue reading Lastminute.com Performing ‘Ahead Of Plan’ Despite Losses of £35.7m

Online advertising group Real Media is to launch an email marketing service. Real Media Mail will deliver targeted ads within the group’s publisher email network using bespoke ad management technology, Open AdStream.The service will be rolled out across Europe next year and will be managed by Jason Keane, european media manager. “Real Media Mail will… Continue reading Real Media Unveils Email Advertising Service

GWR Group has announced a series of new executive boards in readiness for the changes in regulation expected with the publication of the Communications Reform White Paper. The five UK divisions of the radio group will be supported by three new boards, allowing the group to sharpen its focus and maximise its profit potential when… Continue reading GWR Undergoes Restructure In Readiness For White Paper

Carlton Communications was up 19˝p to 531p at close of trading on Friday. The company releases its annual results tomorrow and analysts will be looking for a further update on the ITV advertising market, which has seen a slowdown in recent months.GWR Group took one of the biggest tumbles on the FTSE, losing 27˝p to… Continue reading Sharewatch

Zenith Media is expected to release a report today warning that the recent decline in the dotcom sector will lead to a slowdown in advertising growth during 2001. Global advertising growth will fall to 6% next year as adspend by internet companies is slashed. A year ago Zenith predicted growth in worldwide ad expenditure to… Continue reading Zenith Report Forecasts Adspend Slowdown As Dotcoms Slump

Positive comments about future ad revenue prospects from Granada Media in Wednesday’s results (see Granada Media Shows Modest Profit Rise In First Final Results Since Flotation), helped shares gain slightly yesterday, rising 1½p to 384½p.United News & Media and BT have announced that they were seeking a buyer for LineOne, their jointly-owned portal and internet… Continue reading Sharewatch

Today sees the launch of the Newspaper Society’s internet-based regional press planning system, at www.planregionalpress.co.uk. The service is designed to make planning regional press campaigns easier and to entice more national advertisers to the medium.It forms part of a series of initiatives introduced earlier this year after media planners and buyers called for a more… Continue reading Newspaper Society Unveils Regional Planning Tool

E4 has announced the signing of a carriage deal with Telewest. The new entertainment channel from Channel 4 will be available to Telewest subscribers as part of its digital and analogue packages. This is E4’s second distribution deal, having recently secured carriage with NTL, and it is hoped that deals across all multi-channel platforms will… Continue reading E4 Gains Carriage On Telewest

Two fifths of internet users claim to have clicked a banner ad during the last month, despite the fact that more than 50% also claim that “all web advertising annoys me”, according to new research from BMRB’s Internet Monitor. In contrast, during the last 12 months, the effectiveness of TV advertising in generating visits to… Continue reading Banner Ad Effectiveness Falling Away, But TV Ads Drive Internet Traffic