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The Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) is understood to have entered the battle to take control of the Telegraph newspapers by teaming up with private equity firm Cinven. The group, which publishes the Daily Mail, has reportedly tabled a bid in excess of £550 million to Hollinger International, parent of the Telegraph newspapers and… Continue reading DMGT Enters Telegraph Battle As Hollinger Receives Bids

Global advertising network, Havas, yesterday said that there has been a return to growth in Europe, with the exception of the UK. Posting an organic revenue decline of 3.8% for the fourth quarter (up from a 6.4% drop in the first half), the group said that trading in the UK remained in the negative. Across… Continue reading Havas Growth Underperforms In 2003, Q4 Stronger

US magazine advertising revenues continued their upward trend in January this year, rising by 10.4% year on year, according to the latest figures from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). However, whilst revenues were decidedly up, page volumes remained weaker, showing a decline of 0.3%. “The data show the magazine industry holding its own against a… Continue reading US Magazine Advertising Jumps 10% In January

The proportion of Western European households receiving digital television (DTV) is expected to rise from 19% in 2003 to 42% by 2008, according to a report from IMS Research. The group says a more positive outlook for the European DTV market is now beginning to emerge, despite past failures of digital terrestrial pay-TV services and… Continue reading European Digital TV Market Recovery Underway, Says IMS

The pay-TV sector in Western Europe was worth almost â‚Ź20 billion in 2003 and is expected to grow by 23% to â‚Ź24 billion by 2006, according to a report from Screen Digest. The European Digital Pay TV Revenues report forecasts that during the same period the number of pay-TV subscribers will rise by only 10%,… Continue reading Western European Pay-TV Revenue To Rise 23% By 2006

BSkyB was seen in focus yesterday rising by 1.17% to close at 776p as investors welcomed a significant rise in interim net profits and plans to resume dividend payments for the first time in five years (see BSkyB’s Good Run Continues With First Half Results).WPP was also in the spotlight, recovering early loses to climb… Continue reading Sharewatch: BSkyB Buoyed By Rise In Interim Net Profits

The figures listed in NewsLine’s ABC reports are those reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) as at Thursday 12 February 2003. Late submissions and changes may be made after this date, and will thereafter be amended in MediaTel’s Press database. For full notes on how NewsLine’s reports are compiled please see NewsLine.The latest… Continue reading ABC Jul-Dec 2003: Poor Performance For Men’s Magazines

The figures listed in NewsLine’s ABC reports are those reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) as at Thursday 12 February 2003. Late submissions and changes may be made after this date, and will thereafter be amended in MediaTel’s Press database. For full notes on how NewsLine’s reports are compiled please see NewsLine.Condé Nast’s… Continue reading ABC Jul-Dec 2003: Glamour Tightens Grip On Women’s Monthlies

The latest ABC consumer magazine figures for the six months to December 2003 reveal a slowdown in the rapid growth of the celebrity magazine sector as the public’s fascination with the rich and famous reached its peak.The wide-spread public interest in the lives of celebrities is far from waning, but volumes across the burgeoning sector… Continue reading ABC Jul-Dec 2003: Growth Begins To Slow In Celebrity Sector

Today’s consumer magazine ABCs for the six months to December 2003 are expected to show the huge growth sector of recent times – celebrity weeklies – began to slow down in the last half of the year.Volumes across the sector – which includes stalwart Hello and Northern & Shell’s upstart New – are expected to… Continue reading ABCs Expected To Show Slowdown For Celebrity Titles