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Carat predicts that UK adspend will fall 7.1% this year, with worldwide spend falling 5.8%.2009 declines are led by negative growth in almost every major advertising market, with the exception of China, said Carat.Jerry Buhlmann, CEO of Aegis Media, said: “These forecasts represent widespread adoption of a much more cautious approach to spending in the… Continue reading Carat forecasts 7.1% drop in UK advertising spend this year

The specialist magazine publisher Future is set to relaunch its gadget title T3 with a host of new features in a bid to distinguish the title from its rival, Stuff magazine.The revamped May issue, which is due to hit newsstands next week, will place Future’s gadget title as a “broadsheet” alternative to Stuff‘s “tabloid magazine”,… Continue reading Future revamps T3 magazine

The Society of Editors has written to culture secretary Andy Burnham asking him to support the struggling regional newspaper industry.In the letter, which outlines how the Government could help the regional press industry, the society has requested that Burnham look at ways of preventing content aggregators from profiting from third-party news content, without paying the… Continue reading Editors ask Burnham to back regional papers

Independent News & Media’s Belfast Telegraph will become a compact newspaper across all of its afternoon editions from tomorrow (March 25).The paper, which has been printed as a broadsheet since 1870, introduced the compact format in February 2005 with a new Saturday morning edition. This was followed by the daily morning edition in March 2005.… Continue reading Belfast Telegraph goes compact

Children’s book and magazine publisher Egmont is set to release a collection of classic Roy of the Rovers comic strips next week.The 64-page Roy of the Rovers special collector’s edition will go on sale next Wednesday – the first in the four part collection of classic comic strips to be released by the publisher, according… Continue reading Roy of the Rovers returns

The Independent and the Times are understood to be considering plans to introduce paid-for content on their websites.The new chief executive of Independent News & Media, Gavin O’Reilly – who has stepped up to succeed his father Sir Anthony O’Reilly (see Sir Anthony O’Reilly is set to leave INM) – confirmed that he has been… Continue reading National newspapers consider charging for online content

The Sun is set to launch an online radio station, Sun Talk, on April 20 as part of News International’s £1 million investment in to new TV and radio studios.Former talkSPORT host and current Sun columnist, Jon Gaunt, will host the online-only radio station every morning between 10am and 1pm, according to reports.News International is… Continue reading Sun to launch online radio station

H Bauer is set to launch a new credit crunch cookery magazine called Eat In, in a bid to defy the on-going advertising downturn.Bauer’s new title, which is expected to hit the newsstands on March 31, aims to “capitalise on the UK’s increasing obsession with home cooking”, according to the publisher.The monthly magazine will be… Continue reading Bauer launches new magazine despite downturn

BBC Magazines is set to launch a new pre-school title called Waybuloo Magazine, to fall in line with the launch of the Waybuloo TV series on CBeebies this summer.The new title, which will be published fortnightly, will be targeted at three to five-year-olds and have a cover price of £2.35, according to reports.BBC Magazines has… Continue reading BBC Magazines to launch new kids title

Nearly half (42%) of Americans say they would not miss reading their local newspaper if it were to shut down, according to research from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. The research found that those in the youngest age groups are least likely to miss newspapers, while those who get local… Continue reading Local newspapers would not be missed by 42% of Americans