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Regional newspaper publisher Newsquest suffered a 36.9% year on year fall in advertising revenue in the second quarter of 2009. However, Newsquest said that June was its strongest month since the start of the advertising slump. Classified advertising fell 45.2% year-on-year fall in the second quarter. Within classifieds, recruitment ad revenue fell 55.6%, property ads… Continue reading Newsquest advertising revenue falls 36.9%

Google has reported an 18% increase in net profits for the three months to the end of June, to $1.48 billion (£901 million). Revenues were up 3% year on year to $5.52 billion (£3.36 billion) with Google saying the increases were due to “responsible efforts to manage expenses”. Chief executive Eric Schmidt said: “Google had… Continue reading Google reports profits increase

100% of internet users surveyed in Q2 2009 went online to pass the time, according to new research from Ruder Finn. Other reasons given were education, connecting with others, researching and sharing. The least common intentions when logging on were to make purchases, manage finances, comparison shop and join causes. Kathy Bloomgarden, Ruder Finn co-CEO,… Continue reading 100% of US internet users “go online to pass the time”

BBC One’s popular New Tricks returned with a high of 8.1 million viewers during the all-important peak hour last night.The first episode of the new eight-part detective series, starring Alun Armstrong and Amanda Redman, attracted more than 8 million average viewers and a 34.1% share between 9pm and 10pm, putting BBC One well ahead in… Continue reading Overnights: New Tricks kicks off with over 8m viewers

Google’s market monopoly will end one day, according to a hopeful panellist at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar yesterday.Walker Media’s chairman and chief executive Phil Georgiadis thinks Google’s dominance will cease, or at least change, although he admitted he has said that a few times before.Georgiadis said: “It’s a big mistake to believe… Continue reading Google’s dominance will cease

There was a clear difference of opinion over News International’s strategy at MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar in London yesterday.Founder of Enders Analysis, Claire Enders, attacked News International’s strategy, accusing Rupert Murdoch of simply following the latest “fashion”.Taking the audience back as far as the launch of Sky – when the business model… Continue reading Enders questions Murdoch’s strategy

Scottish ITV franchise holder STV has launched an online video-on-demand service called STV Player.The VoD service, available on www.stvplayer.tv, lets viewers watch a selection of programmes up to 30 days after broadcast free of charge, as well as archived programmes.It also allows users to click from individual episodes straight to the corresponding programme page on… Continue reading STV launches online VoD service

“Too many media agencies are surviving on share deals to prop up their business models”, Paul Hayes, managing director NI Commercial at News International, told the audience at today’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Newspapers’ seminar.“There is not just an over supply of media; currently there is an over supply of media agencies.”Phil Georgiadis, chairman and… Continue reading “Too many agencies surviving on share deals to prop up business models”

In our latest Research Focus report, Ipsos MediaCT looks at the increasing popularity of downloadable games among next generation console owners.2008 was a record year for the UK videogames industry. Despite the economic downturn, the software market grew by over 20% year-on-year to £1.905bn (ELSPA/GfK Chart-Track figures). The vast majority of this spend was on… Continue reading Ipsos MediaCT: Is the future of gaming downloadable?

ITV1’s viewing share was down 1.6 percentage points year on year in June, with BBC One also down over the same period.All ViewingITV1’s share now rests at 16.2% following a year on year fall. It was a poor month for the channel, despite the relative success of shows such as Real Crime (see Overnights: Real… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – June 2009