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Rupert Murdoch predicts that newspaper publishers will have to charge for online content due to the lack of revenue generated by the current free model and the advertising downturn.Murdoch said: “Nobody is making money with free content on the web, except search. People are used to reading everything on the net for free and that’s… Continue reading Murdoch: Newspapers will need to charge for content online

The IPA’s latest Bellwether survey published today has found that the rate of decline of marketing spend slowed in Q1 2009, suggesting budget cuts may have reached their peak in Q4 2008.Businesses confidence has also picked up from the all-time low of Q4, with the percentage of companies believing their prospects have improved rising from… Continue reading Q1 2009 Bellwether Report: Turning point for marketing budgets

The Sun has teamed up with Fremantle Media to create a live, interactive gameshow for the The Sun Online in a bid to expand its digital offering.Sun Quiz Live, which will roll-out in the summer, enables users to play against each other in real time, as well as interact with the presenter, crew and their… Continue reading The Sun is set to launch a live TV quiz show

Trinity Mirror is set to close four of its free weekly regional titles and redeploy staff to other publications in the area.The Black Country Mail Extra, Wolverhampton Adnews, Daventry Post and Ashby Herald will all be axed, however, Trinity has confirmed that it will concentrate on other titles in the Midlands region.Trinity will keep running… Continue reading Trinity is set to close four titles

Andy Burnham, the culture secretary, has ruled out the possibility of the Government providing subsidies to help support the struggling regional press industry.However, Burnham did offer some support to local newspapers by hinting at a “package” to assist the regional sector and also condemned local authorities for launching titles that compete with the local press.In… Continue reading Burnham rules out government subsidies to local newspapers

Condé Nast has signed a new promotion deal with Spotify, the free online music service, ahead of the much-anticipated UK launch of Wired magazine.The radio-style campaign is set to launch tomorrow, before Wired hits the newsstands on Thursday, according to reports.The UK version of the long-running US-based men’s magazines, which covers business, technology, science, entertainment… Continue reading Condé Nast and Spotify team-up for UK launch of Wired

Arnaud de Puyfontaine has been appointed new chief executive of NatMags, replacing Duncan Edwards.De Puyfontaine, former head of Emap France, will report to Edwards, who was promoted to president and chief executive of non-US operations at NatMags’ parent company Hearst in January.De Puyfontaine joined Emap France in 1995, becoming chief executive three years later. When… Continue reading Natmags appoints new chief executive

Alpha Media Group, the US firm that bought Maxim, Stuff and Blender magazines from Felix Dennis in 2007, has closed Blender‘s print edition in a bid to achieve more success with an online-only version of the title.The music monthly, first launched in 2001, is due to cease publication after next month’s edition, following a 31%… Continue reading Former Dennis magazine Blender to close

The National Magazine Company’s long-running Good Housekeeping magazine has undergone its first major redesign in 10 years.Good Housekeeping, which was launched in 1922, will relaunch with its new-look on April 2, with changes that include two new columnists, professor Tanya Byron and TV presenter Aggie MacKenzie.Channel 4’s How Clean is Your House? presenter MacKenzie will… Continue reading Good Housekeeping set for relaunch

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