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The Daily Sport is undergoing a relaunch from Monday which will give it a lads’ mag outlook.The relaunch will eventually see the paper get a new cover and a fresh news layout as well as extended football coverage, which are intended to give it the feel of magazines such as Nuts and Zoo.The first phase… Continue reading Daily Sport Gets Revamp

David Attenborough’s Life In Cold Blood was once again the big winner in the Monday night 9pm slot, grabbing a peak audience of 5.5 million adults (a 24.6% share).Last night’s programme looked at snakes, with the courtship of king snakes and the water birth of 15 yellow anacondas just two of the highlights.An average of… Continue reading The Palace No Match For Attenborough’s Snakes

Nick Mawditt, global director of Insight & Marketing, Kinetic, looks at the new POSTAR contract and how it will expand and enhance the current offering…Lift the bonnet of most methodologies behind today’s accepted media currencies and you may not like what you find. Most settle for consistency and tradition, finding comfort in a single source… Continue reading Why POSTAR’s New Contract Should Be Applauded For Its Realism

Dennis Publishing has launched a customer publishing arm, Dennis Communications.Headed up by Tim Farthing as commercial director, Dennis Communications will focus on producing and delivering print and digital customer magazines.James Tye, CEO at Dennis Publishing, said: “Dennis Communications will take customer publishing into the 21st Century. Launching Dennis Communications is yet another way Dennis Publishing… Continue reading Dennis Launches Customer Publishing Arm

The Financial Times is to launch a social networking service for media and technology executives.The FT Media and Technology Executive Membership Forum is being launched with the aim of enabling senior executives to “maintain contact with peers and luminaries operating within the digital, new media, mobile and telecoms sectors”.Forum members will receive complimentary passes for… Continue reading FT Launches Networking Website for Senior Executives

ITV’s online TV service has failed to increase its visitor numbers since November, while the BBC’s iPlayer has been recording strong growth.ITV’s simulcast and catch-up TV service had a peak of around two million views of full length TV shows and clips in January, down by 200,000 views from its peak in November.Full length TV… Continue reading iPlayer Outperforming ITV.com

Yahoo!’s shareholders have launched a lawsuit against the board as it faces the challenge of a hostile takeover from Microsoft. According to a report on MediaGuardian.co.uk, the suit, filed by two investment funds from Detroit, accuses Yahoo!’s board of adopting a “just say no to Microsoft” attitude, which has led to “improper defensive measures” and… Continue reading Shareholders Launch Lawsuit Against Yahoo!

New research from the Periodical Publishers Association places a value – at a conservative estimate – of around £27 billion on the UK business media industry for 2007. The report says that for 2008, total revenue for UK business media is expected to be in excess of this figure, although only marginally so, given the… Continue reading UK Business Media Industry Worth £27bn

US internet advertising revenues for 2007 are estimated to grow to $21.1 billion, according to preliminary figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). This is a 25% increase over the previous revenue record of nearly $16.9 billion for full year 2006. Q4 2007 revenues totaled approximately $5.9 billion, making it the highest… Continue reading US Online Ad Revenues For 2007 Estimated To Reach $21bn

England took on France on Saturday evening in the Six Nations rugby tournament, with England running out deserved winners.England won by 24 points to 12 in a hard fought match, with the result owing more to guts and determination than flamboyant displays of skill.A peak of 5.8 million adults (a 27% share of the audience)… Continue reading 5.8m Watch England Triumph Over France