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The global TV advertising market is set for a tough two years, with the outlook improving from 2010 to 2012, according to a new forecast from Screen Digest. The research predicts that 2008 will be a difficult trading year for TV advertising, with spend growing at a lower rate than the economy, at only 1.9%… Continue reading Global TV Ad Market Set For Tough Two Years

Abigail Blackburn has been appointed editor of IPC Connect’s celebrity weekly title Now.Currently deputy editor of sister-title Woman, Blackburn will lead the 42-strong Now editorial team.Blackburn joined IPC Connect in November 2005 as part of the development team for the 2006 re-launch of Woman.Prior to joining IPC, Abigail worked in a variety of senior roles… Continue reading New Editor For Now

BBC One’s repeats of cop drama New Tricks continue to get the better of ITV1’s underrated comedy/soap combo Moving Wallpaper/Echo Beach on Friday nights.Last week’s episode, which saw Dennis Waterman and the team reopening a kidnapping case from 1992, attracted an impressive audience of 5.3 million adults on average. Over on the main commercial channel,… Continue reading ‘Old’ Tricks Plaster Over Wallpaper

MediaTel Group is hosting a ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar this Thursday, and tickets for this event are selling fast.Panellists include Mike Soutar, chief executive of Shortlist Media; Duncan Edwards, chief executive of The National Magazine Company; media journalist Ray Snoddy; and Caroline McDevitt, managing director of IPC Advertising.The seminar will look at whether publishers… Continue reading ‘Future Of Magazines’ Seminar Takes Place This Thursday

Heat editor-in-chief Mark Frith is leaving Bauer Consumer Media in mid-May, having recently signed a deal with Ebury Press to write a book.Frith’s departure comes after Bauer acquired Emap’s consumer magazine and radio divisions for £1.14 billion (see H Bauer Buys Emap’s Magazine And Radio Divisions).Frith became Heat editor in 2000 and reinvented it as… Continue reading Frith To Step Down As Heat Editor

GCap Media has rejected a revised takeover bid from Global Radio which values the company at £333 million.Global offered 202p a share, a 6% increase on the 190p per share bid it made in December, and ahead of the Takeover Panel’s March 5 deadline for bids to be tabled (see Media In The City: Microsoft… Continue reading GCap Turns Down Revised Global Radio Takeover Bid

Building on the success of its “Future of…” media seminar season, MediaTel Group is launching a new event, giving the industry a unique chance to see a number of new media technologies and debate the business models and opportunities they offer.The Media Playground Exhibition will showcase new media opportunities in IPTV, mobile, ad-serving, behavioural targeting,… Continue reading MediaTel Group To Host Media Playground Event

WPP has reported 2007 like-for-like revenue growth in line with forecasts, with the company saying that despite predictions of a slowing economy in 2008, this year should be even better.The full year results, to December 31 2007, show a 5% year-on-year increase in revenue to £6.18 billion and an adjusted pre-tax profit increase of around… Continue reading WPP Predicts Strong 2008

WPP’s full year 2007 results show like-for-like revenue growth in line with forecasts, adding that 2008 should be better. The full year results, to December 31, show a 5% year-on-year increase in revenue to £6.18 billion and an adjusted pre-tax profit increase of around 7% to £817 million. 2007 also saw WPP increase its “broadly-defined… Continue reading WPP Confident About Year Ahead

GCap Media has rejected a revised takeover bid from Global Radio valuing the company at £333 million. Global offered 202p a share, a 6% increase on the 190p per share bid it made in December. The renewed bid comes ahead of the 5 March deadline given by the Takeover Panel in January (see Global Radio… Continue reading GCap Turns Down Revised Global Radio Takeover Bid