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Carat UK managing director Neil Jones has joined News International as director of commercial strategy, while Jeremy Schwartz, former marketing director at L’oreal and Sainsbury’s, has been appointed to the board-level role of chief marketing officer.Jones will report directly to Paul Hayes, managing director of News International commercial. He joins News International after 18 years… Continue reading Carat UK marketing director joins News International

Future Publishing’s revenues grew 1% to £41 million in the three months leading up to December 31. In a statement released today, Future said that increases in advertising and other revenue streams offset a 2% decline in circulation revenue, while a 25% increase in online advertising more than offset a 4% decline in print. Stevie… Continue reading Future’s revenues up 1%

Independent News & Media has unveiled a series of cost-cutting measures and has promised to focus on “eliminating any loss-making businesses”. In a trading statement released today, INM said that it has failed to find a buyer for its 39% stake in Australian and New Zealand media business APN. The group had hoped to cut… Continue reading Independent News & Media unveils cost-cutting measures

Google reported a 15% year on year increase in global ad revenue in Q4 2008 to $5.5 billion, despite experiencing its first quarterly profit decline in the same quarter. The internet search giant managed to buck the continuing downward trend, as ad revenues from its own website increased from $3.1 billion in Q4 2007 to… Continue reading Google’s global ad revenue up 15% in Q4

Google reported a 15% year on year increase in global ad revenue in Q4 2008 to $5.5 billion, despite experiencing its first quarterly profit decline in the same quarter.The internet search giant managed to buck the continuing downward trend, as ad revenues from its own website increased from $3.1 billion in Q4 2007 to $3.8… Continue reading Google’s global ad revenue up 15% in Q4

Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev has acquired London’s Evening Standard for £1 from Daily Mail & General Trust. The deal will see a new company, Evening Standard Ltd, established that will own the paper, with Lebedev taking a stake of 75.1% and DMGT subsidiary Associated Newspapers becoming a minority shareholder with 24.9%. Associated will continue to… Continue reading Ex-KGB spy buys Evening Standard

Financial Times owner Pearson has announced an upbeat trading update for the newspaper group, ahead of the release of its preliminary results for 2008 in March. Pearson said that Financial Times Publishing “has produced good sales and profit growth despite the slowdown in the advertising market in the fourth quarter”. Marjorie Scardino, chief executive, said:… Continue reading Positive trading update for Financial Times Group

Alexander Lebedev, a former KGB agent, is set to buy London’s Evening Standard in a deal that will see him become the first Russian oligarch to own a major British newspaper. Lebedev is reportedly poised to take a controlling 76% stake of the struggling title, while the Evening Standard‘s parent group Daily Mail & General… Continue reading Ex-KGB spy poised to buy Evening Standard

Yahoo has confirmed the appointment of Carol Bartz as its new chief executive and has also announced that its president, Susan Decker, will be stepping down after almost nine years with the company.Former Autodesk boss Bartz has been given a seat on the Yahoo! board, and is set to take up her new position at… Continue reading Yahoo! names Carol Bartz as new chief

The Christmas period significantly boosted a number of retail websites, with the top 10 sites seeing an average 37% year on year increase, according to new data by Nielsen Online. Online retailers in the UK witnessed an impressive rise in unique users during Q4 compared with the Christmas shopping period in 2007, with Amazon averaging… Continue reading Christmas boosts retail websites