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News Corp owner Rupert Murdoch has dismissed as “misguided cynics” those who say that the internet will kill off newspapers.In a lecture for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Murdoch said: “Too many journalists seem to take a perverse pleasure in ruminating on their pending demise.“Unlike the doom and gloomers, I believe that newspapers will reach new… Continue reading Murdoch dismisses newspaper “doom and gloomers”

Johnston Press is the latest regional media owner to release data on the new ABCe six-month certificate.The independent online data is set to cover Johnston’s network of local media branded sites and part of the Yorkshire network, including yorkshirepost.co.uk, portsmouth.co.uk and sunderland.co.uk.Chris Pennock, group sales and marketing directer at Johnston, said: “ABCe audited data provides… Continue reading Johnston Press is set to release six-month ABCe data

Centaur Media. owner of Marketing Week and New Media Age has reported a 16% year on year fall in group revenues for the four months to October 31.In a trading statement released today, Centaur warned of an “uncertain” outlook for the year ahead, adding that the “visibility of future market conditions is poor”.However, the company… Continue reading Centaur Media reports fall in group revenues

The prospects for newspapers are not as gloomy as some think as long as they look to innovate, James Murdoch told the Monaco Media Forum on Wednesday.While Murdoch, who was making his first public appearance since he took over News Corp’s European and Asian businesses, said that the company’s UK titles were facing pressure from… Continue reading James Murdoch: Newspapers need to innovate

Daily Newspaper MarketThe NRS figures for April to September 2008 show that Britain’s daily national newspaper market was down 0.7% year on year in September.However, in the daily Quality sector, the Guardian and the Times both added an impressive number of readers year on year, while the Daily Telegraph was also up.The Sun recorded a… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: April – September 2008

Trinity Mirror has reported a 20.1% drop in its group ad revenues since the end of June, with property ad income falling by almost 50%.The newspaper group’s property ad revenue fell by 46.4% year on year, while recruitment ad income dropped 27% in the 17 week period from the end of June to October 26,… Continue reading Trinity Mirror ad revenue slumps

Johnston Press has today reported its total advertising revenues are down by 15.5% on the same period last year.Over the past four months, the company has revealed year on year declines in property ads of around 48.4%, employment ads by 32.1%, motors by 24.3% and display ads by 12.1%.Johnston Press confirmed its ad revenue loss… Continue reading Johnston Press suffers 15.5% advertising decline

Dennis Publishing has appointed Ben Raworth as the new editorial director of men’s lifestyle magazine Maxim.Raworth will take over the new role from this month, transferring from his current Dennis Publishing position as new product development editor, in which he has overseen the launches of Monkey, iGIZMO and iMOTOR.Reporting into Bruce Sandell, MD of the… Continue reading Maxim appoints new editorial director

Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market suffered an overall circulation fall of 5.1% year on year in October.The only daily national title in our analysis to enjoy an increase in circulation was the Financial Times, up 0.5% year on year.There was a large year on year fall for the Independent, down 16.3%. National Newspaper… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: October 2008

October was a good month for the Evening Standard, with the title enjoying a 3% month on month increase in circulation.The Standard now has a total circulation figure of just under 307,000 copies.Morning business freesheet City AM saw its distribution figure rise by just under 1% in October, to over 101,000 copies.The afternoon freesheets London… Continue reading Evening Standard’s circulation up in October