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Steve Parkinson, managing director of Magic and Kiss, on today’s RAJAR release…

Johnston Press has reported total advertising revenues down 9% in the year to 17 May. However, the regional publisher said the rate of decline has improved during the first half of 2012.

Jim Marshall says the original purpose of the Leveson inquiry is becoming lost in an increasingly morass of celebrity style trivia…

If the latest series of The Apprentice (BBC One, 9pm) has been lacking any vital ingredients it has been large amounts of alcohol. God knows, this year’s candidates needed a little confidence boost and last night’s episode saw them swim in the seas of blissful toxicity. It was fairly cruel of Lord Sugar to have… Continue reading TV Overnights: Candidates lack of fizz secures biggest audience for BBC One

A global survey undertaken by digital marketing agency Greenlight claims that 30% of people ‘strongly distrust’ Facebook with their personal data, while 44% say they would ‘never’ click on Facebook sponsored ads.

What do you use your mobile phone for? Angry Birds, obviously, but excepting that, you probably use it for email, the odd phone call, a text message or two, and the occasional bit of web browsing.

Digital radio put in a strong performance once again. Listening to radio via a digital platform in terms of weekly reach has increased by 5% year on year, with 23.5 million people now tuning in to radio via a digitally enabled receiver.

Radio listeners in the UK continue to favour Chris Evans’ BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, which enjoyed a 4.2% QoQ rise in weekly reach in Q1 2012.

Capital has retained its position at the top of the London chart after a 4.1% YoY increase in reach (up 0.7 QoQ) to almost 2.3 million listeners, which is its highest figure since 2004.

The latest RAJAR figures for Q1 2012 show that All Radio’s reach has dropped slightly compared with the same period last year, keeping it just below the 47 million listener mark, which it hit for the first time ever in Q1 2011.