Tim Bleakley, managing director of The Wireless Group’s national sales house, Impact, has quit the company.Bleakley left last Friday on “good terms” and will be replaced by Impact’s sales director, Jason Trout. Trout will oversee Impact’s 35 strong team and will take on responsibility for sales across talkSPORT and the 22 local stations affiliated to… Continue reading Bleakley Quits Impact
Condé Nast has denied that it is planning to up the price of its successful new women’s monthly title Glamour, following renewed rumours that its price is to increase from the current £1.50 to £1.80.Glamour made a spectacular entry to the market early this year, and achieved an ABC figure which beat market leader Cosmopolitan… Continue reading Glamour Denies Price Rise Claims
Paragon Publishing is launching a new home entertainment, billed as being “DVD Review meets Heat“. It’s On DVD will launch on 8 November, priced at £1.90 and will feature celebrity gossip, film reviews and movie guides. GE Magazines has shut down its two consumer titles Garden Inspirations and Inspirations for your Home, having seen significant… Continue reading Launches Brief
Outdoor advertising contractor, JC Decaux, has this morning announced third quarter revenue increases of 11% to E360 million thanks to a strong performance from its Street Furniture division. Revenues for the three months to September were in line with company expectations and rose on a like-for-like basis (excluding acquisitions) by 1.9%. Street Furniture revenues increased… Continue reading JC Decaux Announces Q3 Revenue Increase Of 11%
WPP has announced that its offer for Tempus has been extended to midnight on 12 November 2001. WPP is currently awaiting the details of the Takeover Panel’s decision not to allow it to withdraw its offer (see Takeover Panel Rejects WPP Appeal) before deciding whether or not to continue with the appeal process.
A period of advertising spend decline should not be justification for investors to turn their backs on healthy, major media companies, according to Jack Myers, chief economist of Myers Reports. Reiterating a point that he has stressed a few times recently (see Forecasts), Myers today called for investors to recognise the ongoing value of major… Continue reading Media Industry Is Experiencing Loss Of ‘Dead Weight’ Not Inherent Value, Says Myers
Yesterday, Gartner forecast that by the end of 2001, 32 million Americans will view credit card and other statements online, a 60% increase on the 20 million who did so at the end of 2000. Almost 27 million of these consumers will view credit card accounts online and Gartner expects the number of consumers viewing… Continue reading Increase In Online Billing Boosted By Anthrax Terror, Says Gartner
US newspaper publishing groups could benefit from a substantial fall in newsprint costs in 2002, with a knock-on effect possible for European publishers, according to analysts at ABN Amro. The broker forecasts that print prices may fall by double-digits next year, although advertising visibility remains limited. A decline in newsprint costs would significantly help the… Continue reading European Newspaper Groups Could Benefit From Fall In US Newsprint Costs
Consumers’ first reaction is to reject mobile phone advertising, unless it is of some specific use to them, according to Mobile Advertising: Not as Bad as You Think – a report from Cahners In-Stat originally published in July 2001. The study found that 64% of Cahners’ Wireless Internet Panel (WIP) respondents are not enamoured with… Continue reading Mobile Advertising Growth Contingent On Consumer Benefit, Finds Cahners In-Stat
BSkyB, which released its third quarter results on Friday showing a 24% increase in revenues and net subscriber growth of 190,000 (see Sky Reports Revenue Increases), saw stock rise 0.51% in week on week analysis. Shares closed at £7.94, an increase of 4p on the previous week.Telewest, which has rebranded as Telewest Broadband (see Telewest… Continue reading Sharewatch
