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Five has launched a website dedicated to television soap operas called Holy Soap, featuring news and gossip about its own and other channel’s soaps.The site is the new official online home of Five’s Australian soaps Neighbours and Home & Away, replacing the two programmes’ previous stand alone sites.It will also contain comprehensive news and gossip… Continue reading Five launches soap website

BBC One’s new two-part documentary Famous, Rich and Homeless picked up the highest ratings during the important 9pm and 10pm slot last night with over 5.3 million peak viewers.More than 4.7 million average viewers tuned in to see editor-in-chief of the Big Issue John Bird and a group of celebrities, including Annabel Croft and Rosie… Continue reading Overnights: BBC One’s new documentary steals the limelight

Guardian.co.uk was the most popular website of the audited national daily newspapers in May 2009, with Telegraph.co.uk enjoying a boost in unique users, according to the latest ABCe data.The Guardian saw its unique user figure fall slightly month on month although it was up by around 9 million year on year, to 27.2 million. In… Continue reading ABCe May 2009: Guardian stays on top

Pink Paper is to cease publishing its fortnightly print edition and become an online-only free title.The gay and lesbian title, which originally launched in 1987 and relaunched in 2005 under Millivres Prowler, will be suspended from the end of the month.However, the plans are not expected to result in any redundancies at the publisher.MPG said… Continue reading Pink Paper cancels print edition

Independent News & Media has managed to bide more time to restructure its £170 million bond after agreeing an extension to its ‘standstill’ credit agreement.The extension to the deal, which was due to expire tomorrow, was agreed after bondholders rejected the latest offer from the publishing group, according to reports.INM’s bondholders refused the company’s proposed… Continue reading Independent owner extends credit deal

Bauer Media is set to cut eight full-time staff members at Kerrang Radio and slash freelance presenters from the station’s 43-strong workforce.Bauer is expected to buy out staff contracts or simply not renew them when they end, according to reports.A Kerrang spokesperson said the company has to run a “commercially viable station” that allows it… Continue reading Bauer cuts eight jobs at Kerrang Radio

The average US adult has nearly doubled their daily use of the internet as the average US adult spent 2.1 hours per day online in 2006, compared to 3.8 hours in 2008, according to a recent report by The Media Audit. The internet now represents 32.5% of the typical “media day” for all US adults… Continue reading Average US adult doubles daily internet use

Traffic to Twitter, the online micro-blogging service, has increased 22-fold over the last 12 months, according to new data from Hitwise.Last month, twitter.com ranked as the 38th most visited site in the UK and the fifth most visited social network, compared to the 969th most visited website and the 84th most visited social network in… Continue reading Twitter traffic increases 22-fold in 12 months

JCDecaux has launched nine new London-targeted packages for advertisers and agencies wanting to reach commuters.The outdoor media owner has set up the new packages in a bid to capitalise on the number of people taking in media across the city, with JCDecaux claiming that outdoor consumption is 68% higher in London compared to the rest… Continue reading JCDecaux launches nine new ad packages

Global ad spend in measured media is forecast to drop 5.5% to $417 billion this year, though a mild recovery is expected in 2010 when the decline should ease to 1.4%, according to GroupM’s latest report. The study, ‘This Year, Next Year’, which forms part of GroupM’s media and marketing forecasting series, predicts that Brazil,… Continue reading GroupM forecasts a 5.5% drop in global adspend