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Maxim is currently the most popular men’s lifestyle magazine site, according to latest figures released by Nielsen//NetRatings.The site attracted 479,000 unique visitors in January, 100,000 more than second placed FHM.Whilst those two have an established online presence, it is arguable that the newly launched digital magazine, Monkey, is making itself felt the most (see Men’s… Continue reading Who’s Winning the Battle of the Men’s Magazines Online?

Emap’s Kiss is to join forces with Chrysalis’ Galaxy to provide easier access to creative solutions and cross-network opportunities for clients to target the young adult audience.Launching today, the initiative begins with a heads of radio breakfast meeting which will open the debate on how brands can make the most of the new partnership.The breakfast… Continue reading Kiss And Galaxy In Cross-Network Alliance

Guardian Media Group Radio has appointed Chrysalis Radio Sales to handle the entire national sales contract for its soon to be-expanded Smooth Radio network.The group’s six Smooth FM and Saga Radio stations are to be re-branded as Smooth Radio on March 26 (see Smooth FM Format Change Gets Ofcom Go-Ahead).The stations can be heard across… Continue reading Chrysalis Appointed To Sell Smooth

ITV Play and This Morning will both have their interactive quizzes restored having been cleared by ITV’s internal review.ITV suspended all interactive programming last week following allegations that there had been irregularities regarding its premium rate phone lines (see ITV Suspends Premium Rate Phone-Ins).Dancing On Ice was shown on Saturday on ITV1, with its interactive… Continue reading ITV Review Clears Interactive Quizzes

One of the original reality TV programmes, Castaway, returned to BBC One on Friday with a new group of contestants spending three months on an idyllic New Zealand island.The castaways, who will have to grow and collect their own food and use the land and ocean to feed themselves, began their new lives on BBC… Continue reading Castaway Returns To BBC One

GCap Media has rebranded Capital Radio as Capital 95.8 – The Sound Of London, and will tonight launch a television advertising campaign.The ad is Capital’s first major TV push in over a year and will promote the rebrand which sees the station’s logo change to an amp volt in the shape of the River Thames.The… Continue reading Capital Radio Gets Name Change And Ad Campaign

Daily Newspaper MarketThe latest NRS figures show that Britain’s national newspapers suffered a year on year decline in readership in the six-month period to December 2006, with Daily titles falling by 4.2% overall.In the Daily market, the Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Daily Record were the only papers to record increases in readership for the period,… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: December 2006

The UK’s leading online media intelligence company, MediaTel Group, has announced the latest in its series of popular industry seminars, with the latest session focusing on the future of digital.The morning session, which combines a panel debate and an audience Q&A session, sees highly respected figures in the media air their views on the digital… Continue reading MediaTel Group Adds To Seminar Portfolio With Digital Session

ITV Play and This Morning will both have their interactive quizzes restored having been cleared by ITV’s internal review.ITV suspended all interactive programming last week following allegations that there had been irregularities regarding its premium rate phone lines (see ITV Suspends Premium Rate Phone-Ins).Although the ITV Play channel is still off-air, some of its programming… Continue reading ITV Review Clears Interactive Quizzes

Each week, NewsLine brings you a round-up of the latest news from the City affecting the media industry.The main media City news this week was all financial, with RTL, the owner of Five, announcing that it recorded growth in earnings of 12.3% in 2006 (Full Story).United Business Media saw revenues grow by 17% to £739.1… Continue reading Media In The City