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Trinity Mirror has reported increased advertising revenues of 2.1% for the five months to the end of November. In a trading update released today, Trinity Mirror said that advertising revenues in its regionals division increased by 0.6% for the five months to November, compared with a decline of 1.0% for the first half. By category,… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Reports Increased Ad Revenues

UK cyber shopping visits continued to gain momentum in the last week of November, up 34% versus the average weekly online shopping activity in the eight weeks prior to the start of the Christmas shopping season, according to the latest figures from comScore. The study, the second in a series of three looking at the… Continue reading UK Online Shopping Sees Seasonal Growth

Helen Johnston, editor of IPC women’s weekly Now is set to leave the role to join a top-secret start-up project.Johnston has been editor of Now for just seven months, having joined the magazine in April.A report on MediaGuardian.co.uk quoted Johnston as saying: “After very careful consideration, I have decided to leave Now to pursue a… Continue reading Now Editor To Leave

Five has secured two new sponsorship deals with UK price comparison site moneysupermarket.com.travelsupermarket.com (part of moneysupermarket.com) will sponsor Five’s brand new travel series, Rough Guide To…, from January 10.The package includes 1×15″ opening credit, 2×5″ break bumpers and 1×10″ closing credit per episode. The deal also includes up to 5″ visual accreditation on any related… Continue reading Five Secures Two New Sponsorship Deals

The big Champions League football match between Liverpool and Marseille on ITV1 was pretty much level with BBC One’s offering of soaps and drama last night.At 7.30pm on BBC One, EastEnders picked up a peak of 8.1 million adults (a 40% share of the audience) in an episode which ended on a cliffhanger when Phil… Continue reading Liverpool Locks Horns With BBC One

Capital 95.8 today announced that programme director Scott Muller will be leaving the station at the end of December, although he will remain within GCap in a group programming role.Last week, it was reported that Bam Bam was to leave the station, to be replaced on by current drive and Hit40 presenter Lucio.Margherita Taylor is… Continue reading Muller Leaves Capital 95.8

Advertisers in the UK spend more money per person on internet advertising than any other country, at £33, according to Ofcom’s second annual International Communications Market Report.The regulator said that this is twice as much as France, Germany and Italy combined. At 14% of total revenues, spend in the UK on online advertising overtook magazine… Continue reading UK Advertisers Spend More Per Person Online Than Any Other Country

Pearl & Dean will be booking space for the first new-build fully digital cinema in Europe when it opens on December 21.The state-of-the-art Vue multiplex cinema is based in the Princes Quay development in Hull and will open just in time for Christmas.Pearl & Dean will be offering advertising opportunities at the site as part… Continue reading Pearl & Dean To Sell Advertising For First Purpose-Built Digital Cinema

The Competition Commission is set to recommend that BSkyB reduces its stake in ITV to under 10%, according to a report today. The Commission is set to send its report to the government this week, and according to today’s Financial Times, competition regulators are set to recommend to business and enterprise secretary John Hutton that… Continue reading Sky To Be Forced To Reduce ITV Stake

Johnston Press has seen its overall advertising revenues increase by 0.2% with like-for-like UK print advertising revenues declining by 0.8% in the second half of the year. During the first half, the equivalent figures were reductions of 1.5% and 2.9% respectively. Advertising revenues in the Republic of Ireland declined by 1.2%, compared to the growth… Continue reading Johnston Press Ad Revenues Increase