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FHM.com is set to relaunch next month with a number of new features to boost users as its magazine brand sees a drop in circulation.Bauer Media’s men’s lifestyle website will offer new editorial, improved navigation, new video players and more content, according to the company.Other new features include a new blog from FHM’s global writing… Continue reading FHM.com is set to relaunch

Telegraph Media Group’s management told its staff today that 50 editorial staff will be made redundant.The job cuts, which are thought to represent a 13-14% saving to the editorial budget, will be brought into effect by Christmas, according to reports.Staff at the publishing group said they had been expecting job losses of this scale, especially… Continue reading Telegraph Media Group cuts 50 jobs

At least five parties have entered the second round of bidding for Global Radio’s Midland stations.The first round of bids for the five Midlands stations ranged from around £30 million to £40 million, according to reports.A number of consortiums are thought to be interested in purchasing the stations, including one led by the former Chrysalis… Continue reading Five parties bid for Global’s Midlands stations

Panelist Robert Horler, managing director of Diffiniti, said: “We haven’t engaged with things like JICIMS as quickly as we might have, but I honestly believe that it isn’t a silver bullet.”He added that “there needs to be an awful lot more work time and investment” spent on issues such as engaging online around brand advertising… Continue reading JICIMS is “not a silver bullet”

Most of the panel were in favour of self-regulation. Dominic Allon, industry leader, Agency at Google, said: “Regulation is a really important area. Google’s philosophy is that competition is the best way to protect the consumer and drive competition.“In ’09 the Digital Media Group will put forward credible proposals allowing the industry to sustain self-regulation.”Allon… Continue reading ‘Future of Online’ seminar looks at regulation

Future Publishing has reported a 9% rise in adjusted operating profit and a 3% boost in advertising in its preliminary results for the year, bucking the current downward trend.The publishing group said that advertising bookings in the three months to December were at 95% of their level in the same period last year.Future said it… Continue reading Future Publishing reports profits increase

The Chartered Institute of Marketing’s latest Marketing Trends Survey reveals that 73% of marketers believe the UK will be in recession in 2009, and 70% believe conditions for the UK economy will worsen in the year ahead. However, the survey, completed for The Institute by Ipsos MORI, also reveals that 11% of marketers remain optimistic… Continue reading CIM Publishes Latest Marketing Trends Survey

eMarketer’s revised projection for US online ad growth, benchmarked against the latest Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) data, puts online ad spending at $25.7 billion in 2009. That is only 8.9% over the $23.6 billion that will be spent in 2008, said eMarketer. In August, eMarketer predicted online ad spending would grow 14.5%… Continue reading eMarketer revises down US online ad growth

The government has withdrawn its plans to award £14 million to Channel 4 to help the broadcaster with the cost of the digital switchover.In a statement today, culture secretary Andy Burnham, said the plan had been overtaken by events because forthcoming proposals on Channel 4’s future funding would be “more wide-ranging”, according to reports.The government… Continue reading Government withdraws Channel 4 funding plans

ITV1’s live coverage of the Villarreal v Manchester United match pulled in almost 6 million peak viewers last night.The UEFA Champions League Group E game, which saw both teams fail to score, attracted 4.7 million average viewers and a 19.9% audience share between 7.30pm and 10pm.Meanwhile, in between the match, BBC One had its share… Continue reading UEFA Champions League scores 6 million viewers