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A new report reveals a surge in online searches in the UK, following the film premiere of Sex and the City in London this month.Internet searches for ‘sex and the city’ has increased by 223% since the premiere on May 12, according to the report published today by Hitwise – an online competitive intelligence service.The… Continue reading Sex and the City Mania Hits London

Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the world’s second largest advertising group WPP, has said that the advertising market in Western Europe has bounced back from its March downturn.Sorrell was talking at A Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York via video link, where he said that advertising revenue for April was… Continue reading Ad Market Performed Better In April Says Sorrell

GCap Media executive Duncan Campbell is to join Bauer Radio as its new regional programme director.Campbell will assume direct responsibility for Bauer’s Edinburgh stations, Forth One and Forth 2.He will replace Luke McCullough who has moved to a role at the Bauer station Northsound in Aberdeen.Travis Baxter, the managing director at Big City, said: “This… Continue reading Bauer Gets New Regional Programme Director

Sales of DAB digital radios have topped seven million, according to the latest figures from GfK, the industry’s marketing service.At the end of April, cumulative sales stood at 7.05 million following a record Christmas period and growth of 28% year-on-year in quarter one, 2008.DAB radios are now selling at more than two million a year… Continue reading DAB Radio Sales Top Seven Million

GCap Media chief executive Fru Hazlitt and chairman Richard Eyre will leave the company on June 6 when Global Radio completes its takeover.Ashley Tabor and Charles Allen, respectively Global’s chief executive and chairman, will temporarily step down from these roles in order to take on the same responsibilities at GCap from June 9.The Office of… Continue reading Fru Hazlitt and Richard Eyre to leave GCap Media

Showbiz, arts and media journalist Anthony Barnes has been appointed as online editor across the Q brand in advance of the relaunch of Q Radio.Barnes, a former Arts and Media Correspondent the Independent on Sunday and Press Association, will lead an overhaul of the www.qthemusic.com website. One of his first tasks will be to embed… Continue reading Q Radio Appoints Online Editor Ahead Of Relaunch

Andy Baker, group director of digital recruitment at Trinity Mirror, is to join Friends Reunited Group as managing director.His new role will encompass the overall P&L responsibilities for the Friends Reunited business, Genes Reunited and Friends Reunited dating.Michael Murphy, Tim Ward and Rob Mogford, the three co-owners of Friends Reunited, will all remain with the… Continue reading New MD For Friends Reunited

The new release of UK data for April 2008 from Nielsen Online reveals that YouTube remains the star of the social media scene, being the most popular site for the seventh consecutive month.Facebook becomes only the second social media brand to pass 10 million unique visitors in a single month, according to Nielsen. YouTube passed… Continue reading YouTube ‘Most Popular Social Media Site’

Facebook is still the most popular social networking site in the UK following a 7.2% rise in unique users from March to April, according to new figures from comScore.The site was up by a massive 288.9% year on year, to 14.35 million UK unique users during April.The average time spent by each user on the… Continue reading Facebook Remains UK’s Most Popular Social Networking Site

Commercial radio revenue figures, released today by RadioCentre, the industry body for commercial radio, show that radio advertising continued to grow during the first quarter of 2008 with a year on year increase of 6.7%, to £158.8 million.Within this figure national revenue showed the strongest growth with a 9.4% increase year on year.The commercial radio… Continue reading Commercial Radio Sees Adspend Increase In Q1