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Emap is increasing the frequency of its young women’s magazine, More, changing the title from fortnightly publication to weekly, in a move said to counter the threat of readers defecting to IPC’s Look, which launched at the beginning of this year.From September, lifestyle glossy More will double its print output, hoping to head off the… Continue reading Emap Puts More Into Women’s Weekly Market

Paul Corley, the managing director of GMTV, is to stand down from the breakfast broadcaster following the company’s recent phone-in quiz scandal.In April, Corley appeared on the GMTV sofa to apologise to viewers over failures in its premium-rate phone quiz, and will now step down in September.The GMTV call-TV scandal erupted following a Panorama investigation… Continue reading GMTV MD To Leave Following Phone-In Scandal

Guardian Media Group Radio has created a £1 million fund to invest in new programming initiatives for its range of brands across the UK.In what is believed to be the biggest single investment in content in commercial radio, the newly created budget will be aimed at anyone who has a great programming idea. In particular,… Continue reading GMG Creates £1m Programming Fund

Last night saw the final episode of ITV1’s business reality show Tycoon, which finished with a peak of 1.4 million viewers (a 7.4% audience share).The series, which had been seen as a contender to BBC One’s Apprentice, started out as an hour-long show on Tuesdays at 9pm but began with poor viewing figures – an… Continue reading Tycoon Finishes On A Low

Maureen Duffy, CEO of the Newspaper Marketing Agency, explains the group’s £22 million effectiveness research programme, which looks at the true engagement and brand building value of national newspapers…At MediaTel Group’s recent ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar, a press buyer attendee put it to the panel that what national newspapers really needed to overturn negative… Continue reading The Value Of Newspapers

Nuts, the men’s magazine published by IPC, is to launch a TV station on Freeview later in the year.Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) and IPC Media will launch NutsTV in a four-hour block from 9pm to 1am later this year on Freeview, with more platforms to launch at a later stage.The channel’s programming will be live,… Continue reading Nuts To Launch Digital TV Channel

GCap Media has signed a six-figure deal to promote The Simpsons Movie on radio stations including Capital 95.8 and XFM.Capital 95.8, the official radio partner for the film, will participate in a series of Simpsons related stunts to celebrate the launch of the film on July 25, including an attempt to break the Guinness World… Continue reading GCap Signs Simpsons Promotion Deal

ITV1 was the only terrestrial channel to see a year on year rise in its viewing share in all homes for June, with Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster up two percentage points.Channel 4 felt the greatest decline in its share, down two percentage points for the month, whilst BBC One, BBC Two and Five also fell.All… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – June 2007

Broadcasters will have their licences amended by Ofcom to make them directly responsible for failures in participation services on TV and radio.Following the numerous phone-in scandals and Richard Ayre’s report into PRS services last week (see Ofcom Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ In Premium Rate Phone-In ServicesOfcom Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ In Premium Rate Phone-In ServicesOfcom Finds ‘Systemic… Continue reading Ofcom To Make Broadcasters Responsible For PRS Failures

Omnicom Group has announced its net income for the second quarter of 2007 increased 13.4% to $276.7 million from $244.1 million in the second quarter of 2006. Omnicom, owner of media and advertising agencies including OMD, PHD and TBWA, said that worldwide revenue increased 10.7% to $3,126.1 million from $2,823.4 million in the second quarter… Continue reading Omnicom Announces Revenue Increase