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Associated Newspapers has seen display advertising revenues rise by a solid 8.5% year on year in the eleven months to August following a strong performance from its daily freesheet Metro and London evening paper the Evening Standard. Metro saw display advertising revenue rise by 25% year on year following the launch of two new franchises… Continue reading Metro And Evening Standard Boost Associated Revenues

The Guardian lost more than a quarter of its overall readership in the twelve months to June as the new tabloid incarnation of the Independent went from strength to strength in the broadsheet sector.The latest NRS national newspaper figures for the six months to June show that the Guardian saw its readership decline by 25.7%… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – June 2004

‘The newspaper is the new mass-market medium’, according to the chief operating officer of Independent News & Media. Speaking at the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) 39th annual congress, Gavin O’Reilly, who is also the first vice president of WAN, put forward the ten reasons why he thinks newspapers are still the best advertising medium.… Continue reading Ten Reasons Why The Newspaper Is The New Mass Market Medium

Football First saw circulation shoot up by an impressive 37.2% during August to just over the 30,000 as the start of the Premiership season lifted sales at the Sunday sports title, according to the latest ABC national newspaper results.Elsewhere, the Sunday Mirror experienced a solid 5.7% month on month rise to earn a total circulation… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – August 2004

Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail and General Trust has announced the purchase of classified advertising specialist Bargain Pages Media for a total of £8.5 million.The move will see the Birmingham based operation form part of DMGT’s regional newspaper division, Northcliffe Newspapers Group. The company currently publishes the Bargain Pages newspaper in three editions to most of… Continue reading Daily Mail Snaps Up Midlands Bargain Papers

The latest ABC regional newspaper figures for the six months to June 2004 open a mixed bag of results for the UK’s top ten paid regional newspaper groups, with the highest circulating publishers amongst the worst hit. The market leading Sunday World All Editions Group suffered a decline in combined circulation of 3.7% year on… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: Jan-Jun 2004

As a result of better than expected advertising revenue at Johnston Press, Merrill Lynch has revised upwards its advertising growth forecast for the regional newspaper publisher to 5.3% this year and 4% in 2005. In light of Johnston Press posting impressive profit growth of 16%, to £77.3 million from January to June 2004, Merrill Lynch… Continue reading Latest Johnston Press Forecasts From Merrill Lynch

Associated Newspapers has announced the appointment of Kevin Beatty as its new managing director, replacing Murdoch MacLennan, who is leaving the company to become chief executive of the rival Telegraph Group.Beatty, who is currently managing director of Northcliffe Newspapers Group, is a widely respected newspaper executive with a significant amount of industry experience. As well… Continue reading Associated Appoints Beatty As New Managing Director

US advertising spending rose by 6.4% in the first half of this year, fuelled by a spending increase in political and traditional advertising, according to preliminary figures released from Nielsen Monitor-Plus.Advertising dollars were up across all 10 of the reported media, said the advertising intelligence service division of Nielsen Media Research, with the largest single… Continue reading US Ad Spending Grows By 6.4% In First Half Of 2004

The Independent‘s decision to drop its broadsheet format in favour of the new commuter friendly compact helped the title see readership increase by an impressive 15.8% year on year during May to just below the 700,000 mark.However, the latest NRS national newspaper figures reveal a slightly less impressive performance for the Times, which suffered a… Continue reading NRS national Mewspaper Round-Up – May 2004