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The price of the weekday and Saturday editions of the Guardian has increased by 10p, with the Saturday edition now selling at £1.50, whilst the weekday paper will sell for 80p from today.Following the rise, which came into effect on Saturday, retailers will receive 35.40p per copy of the Saturday Guardian, 23.6% of the cover… Continue reading Guardian Cover Price Increases

The market for consumer broadband value-added services (BVAS) grew by 81% during 2006. With over $16 billion in revenues, consumer BVAS became increasingly essential to the financial success of broadband services, according to new research from Point Topic. Altogether, says Point Topic, consumer BVAS brought in more than 25% as much revenue as basic broadband… Continue reading Consumer BVAS revenues up 81% in 2006

News International has applied for the name Fabulous to be a registered trademark in the print and electronic publication category, fuelling speculation that the revamped News Of The World magazine will take on the name.The planned revamp of the magazine will see the title move into a more upmarket space according to reports (see News… Continue reading New Name For News Of The World Mag

BBC One’s black comedy The Dinner Party, starring Lee Evans and ex-EastEnder Jessie Wallace, was a hit in last night’s 9pm to 10pm timeslot, gaining an average adult audience of more than 6.5 million.The programme gave the channel a 30.4% viewing share at the time, compared to ITV1’s share of 13.7% for Marco Pierre White’s… Continue reading More Than 6.5 Million Come To The Party On BBC One

The Rugby World Cup began on Friday with a powerful display by Argentina condemning host nation France to defeat in the very first match of the tournament.Saturday saw the first game involving one of the home nations, as England took on the USA in a contest that was not as one-sided as some might have… Continue reading Rugby World Cup Begins With Underwhelming Performance From England

Last night saw the return of Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC One, with the family history show following newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky as she discovered more about her background.The enthralling episode did really well, picking up a peak audience of 6.5 million adults (a 32.1 share of the audience) in its 9pm timeslot.It… Continue reading Strong Return For Who Do You Think You Are?

BBC Radio 1 has revamped its schedule to give the station a stronger youth focus, employing Kelly Osbourne as a presenter and adding half an hour to Chris Moyles’s breakfast show.Under the altered timetable, Moyles show will start at 6.30am from October 15, whilst chart show presenters JK and Joel are no longer.Moyles, the self-proclaimed… Continue reading Radio 1 Revamps To Give Youth Focus

Daily Newspaper MarketAugust’s daily national newspaper ABCs show an overall year on year circulation downturn of 2.2%, with only the Financial Times bucking the trend by adding 2.5% to its circulation.In the Quality sector, the Times saw the greatest actual loss of sales at over 36,000 year on year for the month, whilst the Daily… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: August 2007

thelondonpaper remained ahead of the London Lite in August, although it suffered a month on month decline of just over 54,500 copies.Its total circulation now stands at around 495,900 copies, whilst the London Lite has a circulation of almost 406,300 after an increase of over 5,700 copies month on month.The evening paid-for title Evening Standard… Continue reading thelondonpaper Sees Circulation Decline In August

Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Media, its sister company, have unveiled plans for major online investment.The digital agency Conchango has been asked to develop new ways of accessing news content through the publisher’s newspaper websites.The deal, believed to be worth £1 million, will see Conchango develop technology and applications using Microsoft Silverlight, a new rich internet… Continue reading Associated Plans Major Online Investment