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Emap’s flagship men’s magazine, FHM, has announced plans to run the FHM Insider Awards, showcasing lifestyle essentials for today’s 18-34 year old man.The event will be sponsored by New Look as it launches its first ever menswear range and coincide with the retailer’s multimedia Autumn brand campaign, “The New Now”.Voting will be driven through FHM.com,… Continue reading FHM Launches Lifestyle Insider Awards

Daily Newspaper MarketThe majority of the nation’s daily newspapers turned in a poor performance in the six months Dec’04-May ’05, with just four titles managing to increase readership. As a whole, the daily newspaper market lost 5.0% readers year on yearQuality Daily TitlesThe Guardian continued to perform well, increasing its readership by a massive 18.4%… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: May 2005

Newspaper publishing group, Trinity Mirror, has increased its group revenue by 1.2% during the first six months of 2005, despite contending with a difficult advertising market, reflecting the slowdown of the UK economy since the beginning of the year.In its interim results published today, the Group revealed operating profit to be up 7.9% year on… Continue reading Trinity Sees Revenues Rise Despite Difficult Ad Market

Daily MarketBritain’s daily newspaper market continued the downward trend seen in previous months with the sector as a whole losing 3.97% of sales year on year.The Guardian saw the biggest circulation loss, dipping by 7.0% year on year, making it the largest loser in the quality titles division.The Daily Telegraph, retained its position as the… Continue reading Downward Trend Continues In National Newspapers

Daily Newspaper MarketDeclining readership continued to affect the majority of Britain’s daily national newspapers throughout April, with just a handful avoiding negative growth year on year. As a whole the daily newspaper market lost 2.9% of readers year on year.Quality Daily TitlesThe Times put in a good performance, as did the Guardian, increasing readers by… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2005

The US advertising economy continues to look mixed with results from two major media, outdoor and business to business media giving confusing signals to marketers. Outdoor advertising expenditure in the US was shown to rise only 2.9% during the first quarter of 2005, a much slower rate than previously estimated by industry experts. Business to… Continue reading Mixed Outlook For US Advertising Market

Declining readership continued to hit Britain’s daily national newspapers throughout March, with the market as a whole losing 1.5% of readers year on year during the month.There were glimmers of hope, however, as several titles managed to increase their readership in the face of wide-ranging declines. The Guardian performed particularly well, adding 10.8% to its… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: March 2005

Online newspapers are increasing in popularity, with more than a fifth of internet users who read newspapers now relying primarily on web editions, according to research from Nielsen//NetRatings. The findings showed that a significant 21% of web users who read newspapers have transferred their readership to online counterparts, while 72% of online users who consume… Continue reading Online Newspaper Sites Increasing In Popularity

Analyst, Merrill Lynch, has revised its adspend forecasts for the US newspaper industry, with estimates for advertising expenditure being lowered due to an uneven economy and an industry resurgence for the second half of 2005. Merrill forecasts newspaper adspend (print and online combined) to rise by 3.3% in 2005, revised down from 4%, based on… Continue reading Merrill Revises Down US Newspaper Ad Predictions

The Guardian will change to its new Berliner format in a matter of months it was announced today, as the paper brought forward its launch date for the new size, never before used by a British newspaper.The announcement also confirmed the re-launch of the Guardian’s Sunday sister title, the Observer, which will adopt the same… Continue reading Guardian To Downsize Early, Observer To Follow