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Liberty Media has withdrawn its application to the German Cartel Office to acquire a stake in Kirch Group’s pay-TV operation from News Corporation (see Murdoch In Talks To Sell Stake In Kirch To Liberty Media) in a bid to become the country’s largest cable operator. The withdrawal makes approval of Liberty’s £3.5bn acquisition from Deutsche… Continue reading Liberty Media Withdraws From Kirch Bid

WPP has made an offer for German internet agency Concept! AG. WPP has an existing 20% stake in the company and intends to acquire the remaining shares at a price of Euro 6.80 per share. The offer is subject to approval by the German Federal Cartel Office. In a statement yesterday, WPP said that the… Continue reading WPP Extends German Internet Marketing Interests

Guardian Newspapers (GNL), publisher of the Guardian, Observer and the Guardian Unlimited websites, is cutting 35 jobs across the group as a result of the deterioration in the advertising market, set to cost GNL £30 million this year. The company plans to cut commercial and editorial posts across the group, including five journalists from the… Continue reading Jobs Go At Guardian As Ad Downturn Costs

Despite the efforts of its celebrity endorsers, a wig supplier has had a complaint against it upheld by the ASA.The Advanced Hair Studio was accused of implying that its system replaced hair, rather than offering a hairpiece. Among the complainants’ other objections were the fact that the company’s advertising made false claims about the quality… Continue reading Hair Raising Case For The ASA

ITV partners, Carlton and Granada were among the best performers in yesterday’s media market. The former saw shares rise 3.48% to finish at £2.53, while the latter saw stock climb 2.56% to close at £1.40, an increase of 3˝p on the previous day.Shares in Smartlogik, which yesterday acquired software company Insight Technologies for £250,000, remained… Continue reading Sharewatch

Channel 4’s fledgling digital entertainment channel, E4, is claiming an early victory for its new “Big Thursday” promotion in the run up to the channel’s 1st birthday on Friday (see Ali G Launches E4).A year from launch, there has been criticism that the channel, which is only available in an average 72% of multi-channel homes,… Continue reading E4 Upbeat As 1st Birthday Approaches

With a couple of exceptions, each month of 2001 saw a year on year decrease in the total circulation of national newspapers. One such exceptional month was September, when extraordinary events in the USA prompted an overall surge in sales. However, on average the market was down 275,000 each month in a year on year… Continue reading Feature: Broads Doing Best In National News Circulation

Guardian Newspapers (GNL), publisher of the Guardian, the Observer and the Guardian Unlimited websites, is cutting 35 jobs across the group as a result of the deterioration in the advertising market.The newspaper publisher plans to cut commercial and editorial posts across the group, including five journalists from the Observer, six staff from the Guardian Unlimited… Continue reading Guardian Newspapers To Cut 35 Jobs

ISBA will take up its position on the Government’s Digital Television Stakeholder Group later this month, allowing advertisers to help influence Government decisions on the future of digital TV.The Stakeholder Group has been formed as one of the first steps of the Government’s recently launched Digital Action Plan (see Government Launches Digital TV Action Plan)… Continue reading Advertisers To Influence Digital TV

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is launching a series of guidelines aimed at standardising the way in which internet traffic is monitored.The guidelines, which are intended to improve the measurement of traffic to websites and establish the time period within which an online ad can be measured, will be unveiled next week.The new standards represent… Continue reading IAB Continues To Push For Accountability