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Trinity Mirror has reported increased advertising revenues of 2.1% for the five months to the end of November. In a trading update released today, Trinity Mirror said that advertising revenues in its regionals division increased by 0.6% for the five months to November, compared with a decline of 1.0% for the first half. By category,… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Reports Increased Ad Revenues

UK cyber shopping visits continued to gain momentum in the last week of November, up 34% versus the average weekly online shopping activity in the eight weeks prior to the start of the Christmas shopping season, according to the latest figures from comScore. The study, the second in a series of three looking at the… Continue reading UK Online Shopping Sees Seasonal Growth

Helen Johnston, editor of IPC women’s weekly Now is set to leave the role to join a top-secret start-up project.Johnston has been editor of Now for just seven months, having joined the magazine in April.A report on MediaGuardian.co.uk quoted Johnston as saying: “After very careful consideration, I have decided to leave Now to pursue a… Continue reading Now Editor To Leave

Ofcom has outlined its plans for the “digital-dividend” auction, which will occur after digital switchover in 2012 when valuable broadcast transmission spectrum will be freed up.The regulator has decided on a market led approach, although it has identified one case where it will reserve spectrum to avoid the risk of market failure in an auction.The… Continue reading Ofcom Unveils Digital Dividend Plans

The total number of people using the internet over the third quarter of 2007 comes to 30.6 million according to figures released by BMRB. This is a 7.9% increase on the same time last year.Internet users in the UK broke the 30 million mark for the first time in Q2 of this year. In the… Continue reading Online Usage Round-Up Q3 2007

Network advertising revenues (NAR) at ITV’s digital channels have increased to £209 million, according to a trading statement released by the broadcaster today.The trading update, for the 12 months to December 31 this year, shows that ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4, enjoyed an increase in NAR of approximately 32%.ITV added that it has stabilised its ad… Continue reading Ad Revenues At ITV Digital Channels Reach £209m

IPC Media has announced a new partnership with online sales house Tomorrow Focus to develop digital opportunities for pan-European clients across key IPC web properties.The deal sees IPC Media become a core partner in Premium Publishers Online (www.premium-publishers.eu), Europe’s largest sales network for editorial websites, alongside publishers including Associated Northcliffe Digital in the UK, El… Continue reading IPC Media Joins Premium Publishers Online For Pan-European Ad network

Five has secured two new sponsorship deals with UK price comparison site moneysupermarket.com.travelsupermarket.com (part of moneysupermarket.com) will sponsor Five’s brand new travel series, Rough Guide To…, from January 10.The package includes 1×15″ opening credit, 2×5″ break bumpers and 1×10″ closing credit per episode. The deal also includes up to 5″ visual accreditation on any related… Continue reading Five Secures Two New Sponsorship Deals

The big Champions League football match between Liverpool and Marseille on ITV1 was pretty much level with BBC One’s offering of soaps and drama last night.At 7.30pm on BBC One, EastEnders picked up a peak of 8.1 million adults (a 40% share of the audience) in an episode which ended on a cliffhanger when Phil… Continue reading Liverpool Locks Horns With BBC One

Capital 95.8 today announced that programme director Scott Muller will be leaving the station at the end of December, although he will remain within GCap in a group programming role.Last week, it was reported that Bam Bam was to leave the station, to be replaced on by current drive and Hit40 presenter Lucio.Margherita Taylor is… Continue reading Muller Leaves Capital 95.8