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It was a dismal picture for the teenage market, with large declines for most of the featured titles in the sector, according to the ABC January to June 2007 concurrent release.NatMags’ CosmoGIRL! closed in June (see NatMags To Close CosmoGIRL!) in order for the company to put more focus on Jellyfish (see NatMags Names Digital… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007: Dismal Picture For Teen Market With Sugar Taking Top Spot From Bliss

Radio listening via platform (analogue and digital), announced for the first time since the introduction of new methodology in January 2007 (see New RAJAR Diary Survey To Deliver Results In August), reveals almost 13% of listening is now via a digital platform (DAB, DTV, internet) with digital listening hours for Q2, 2007 totalling 136 million… Continue reading New RAJAR Figures Reveal Almost 13% Of Listening Now Via Digital

Significant declines were evident for the women’s weekly, women’s monthly and the men’s lifestyle sectors, with top titles recording year on year downturns for the period January to June 2007, according to today’s ABC consumer magazine concurrent release.Top weekly Take A Break saw its circulation fall to just over one million following a year on… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007 Round-Up: Women’s And Men’s Titles Record Significant Year On Year Circulation Declines

A repeat of the James Bond movie Die Another Day, on ITV1 at 8pm last night, performed admirably well, beating Big Brother and a repeat showing of BBC One’s popular crime drama Waking The Dead.The classic action movie, which features the awesome Madonna song of the same name, had a peak adult audience of 4.3… Continue reading Bond Bags The Viewers

Jim Hytner, Barclays’ group brand and marketing director, is to leave the bank in November to become commercial director of Top Up TV.In his new role Hytner will be responsible for expanding Top Up TV’s commercial opportunities.He joined Barclays in 2004, having resigned as marketing and commercial director of ITV (see Hytner Quits ITV After… Continue reading Jim Hytner To Join Top Up TV

Easy Living the women’s monthly magazine, is to get its own channel on YouTube, following the launch of Vogue, Glamour and Brides on the video-sharing site.The new channel will show cookery videos featuring the magazine’s food editor, David Herbert.Abigail Chisman, general manager for Conde Nast Interactive, said, “We’re keen to capitalise on this premier destination… Continue reading Easy Living Magazine To Get YouTube Channel

Virgin Media is to launch an online ad campaign to promote the football highlights package on its web portal.The campaign will mark the first time that clips of Premier League football have been used in online advertising.Users will be able to click through to a landing page where they can view highlights or find out… Continue reading Virgin Media To Launch Online Football Ad Campaign

Jim Hytner, group brand and marketing director at Barclays, is to leave the bank in November to take up the role of commercial director at Top Up TV. His departure will see Deanna Oppenheimer, currently chief executive of retail banking, take charge of the marketing department before a decision is made on the banks long-term… Continue reading Hytner To Join Top Up TV

Social networking services will dominate a burgeoning market for mobile user-generated content, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Globally, end-user generated revenues from social networking, dating and personal content delivery services will increase from $572m in 2007 to more than $5.7bn in 2012, with social networking accounting for 50% of the total by… Continue reading Mobile UGC Revenues To Rise Tenfold By 2012

A new report from eMarketer says that legal squabbles over internet radio will not stop the growth of the medium. The Radio Trends report quotes a US forecast from Bridge Ratings which predicts that internet radio will generate ad revenues of $19.7 billion in 2020, equal to those of terrestrial radio in 2006. Another estimate,… Continue reading Legal Arguments Won’t Stop Growth Of Internet Radio