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Search giant Google saw net profits rise 18% to $1.48 billion (£901 million) in the three months to the end of June.Revenues were up 3% year on year to $5.52 billion (£3.36 billion) with Google saying the increases were due to “responsible efforts to manage expenses”.Chief executive Eric Schmidt said: “Google had a very good… Continue reading Google reports 18% rise in profits

The paid-for model is the key to reviving the deteriorating newspaper industry, according to some panellists at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar yesterday.Two decades of free content has led to an over-supply, according to News International’s Paul Hayes, who later confirmed that Rupert Murdoch plans to charge a “fair price” for both print… Continue reading Paid-for model is the key

Pagination reports are available to MediaTel subscribers in the Press-Pagination database.Following MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar held in London yesterday, Newsline has highlighted some pagination trends for daily and Sunday newspapers.Over the past 10 years, the national newspaper market has been in gradual decline, losing 18.6% of overall sales between 1999 and 2008,… Continue reading National Newspapers Pagination Report

Regional newspaper publisher Newsquest suffered a 36.9% year on year fall in advertising revenue in the second quarter of 2009. However, Newsquest said that June was its strongest month since the start of the advertising slump. Classified advertising fell 45.2% year-on-year fall in the second quarter. Within classifieds, recruitment ad revenue fell 55.6%, property ads… Continue reading Newsquest advertising revenue falls 36.9%

Google has reported an 18% increase in net profits for the three months to the end of June, to $1.48 billion (£901 million). Revenues were up 3% year on year to $5.52 billion (£3.36 billion) with Google saying the increases were due to “responsible efforts to manage expenses”. Chief executive Eric Schmidt said: “Google had… Continue reading Google reports profits increase

100% of internet users surveyed in Q2 2009 went online to pass the time, according to new research from Ruder Finn. Other reasons given were education, connecting with others, researching and sharing. The least common intentions when logging on were to make purchases, manage finances, comparison shop and join causes. Kathy Bloomgarden, Ruder Finn co-CEO,… Continue reading 100% of US internet users “go online to pass the time”

Seven in ten consumers globally agree that advertising contributes to economic growth, while eight in ten agree that advertising helps create jobs, new research has found. The Nielsen Company surveyed 25,420 consumers in 50 countries for the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) in April 2009. Sixty eight per cent that, as a critical driver of… Continue reading Seven in ten consumers agree advertising contributes to economic growth

“Too many media agencies are surviving on share deals to prop up their business models”, Paul Hayes, managing director NI Commercial at News International, told the audience at today’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Newspapers’ seminar.“There is not just an over supply of media; currently there is an over supply of media agencies.”Phil Georgiadis, chairman and… Continue reading “Too many agencies surviving on share deals to prop up business models”

In our latest Research Focus report, Ipsos MediaCT looks at the increasing popularity of downloadable games among next generation console owners.2008 was a record year for the UK videogames industry. Despite the economic downturn, the software market grew by over 20% year-on-year to £1.905bn (ELSPA/GfK Chart-Track figures). The vast majority of this spend was on… Continue reading Ipsos MediaCT: Is the future of gaming downloadable?

ITV1’s viewing share was down 1.6 percentage points year on year in June, with BBC One also down over the same period.All ViewingITV1’s share now rests at 16.2% following a year on year fall. It was a poor month for the channel, despite the relative success of shows such as Real Crime (see Overnights: Real… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – June 2009