Daily Newspaper MarketThe majority of England’s national newspapers once again recorded a circulation slump, with national dailies seeing an overall dip of 2.2%.Most of the Quality dailies suffered relatively insignificant declines year on year for July, with the Times recording the largest downturn of the dailies of almost 32,000 copies.Meanwhile, in the Popular daily sector,… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: July 2007
About 1,000 offshore gambling websites, including William Hill Casino, Betfred Casino and Poker and Littlewoodscasino.com, have been banned from advertising in the UK.The ban comes into effect on 1 September when the Gambling Act comes into force and applies to any gambling companies operating outside the European Economic Area.Culture Secretary James Purnell said: “I make… Continue reading Government Bans Offshore Gambling Websites
thelondonpaper remained ahead of its rival afternoon freesheet the London Lite in July, enjoying a month on month increase in circulation of almost 54,000 copies to take its total distribution to over 550,400.The London Lite‘s circulation now stands at almost 400,600, after the title’s circulation rose by more than 12,100 copies.Paid-for title the Evening Standard… Continue reading thelondonpaper Stays Ahead Of London Lite
IPC Media has launched a new online women’s lifestyle portal called Goodtoknow.co.uk, which will act as the central portal of IPC Connect’s weekly titles Pick Me Up, Woman’s Weekly, Now and Woman’s Own.The launch of the site, which is being edited by June Smith Sheppard, follows the launch of IPC’s home portal housetohome.co.uk in May… Continue reading IPC Unveils Women’s Online Lifestyle Portal
The European business-to-consumer e-commerce market will reach nearly €323 billion over the next five years, up from €106 billion in 2006, according to a new report from eMarketer. The European B2C E-Commerce: Spotlight on the UK, Germany and France shows that these three countries dominate European e-commerce, accounting for 72% of total online sales. The… Continue reading European E-Commerce Market To Reach £323bn
GCap Media has joined the list of broadcasters axing premium-rate phone-in competitions for profit, after Icstis ruled that a competition run on its One Network stations earlier this year broke the regulator’s rules.Icstis has fined GCap £17,500 and issued a formal reprimand after ruling that the company’s ‘Secret Sounds’ competition contravened its rules.Listeners were asked… Continue reading GCap Joins C4 In Axing Profit-Making Phone-In Comps
The Daily Mail & General Trust’s national newspaper division, Associated Newspapers, has bought a network of job sites for £10 million plus a three-year earn-out. The acquisition of JobsGroup.net, which operates a portfolio of successful niche job sites such as JustEngineers.net, JustConstruction.net, and JustRail.net, will form part of the Associated Northcliffe Digital (AND) network of… Continue reading Associated Newspapers Buys Job Sites Network
iTouch, the operator of the phone services for Deal or No Deal, has been fined £30,000 by Icstis, the premium rate phone line regulator, for misleading viewers.Icstis issued iTouch with a formal reprimand after it found that the Deal or No Deal competition had mislead viewers because the show had been pre-recorded but the competition… Continue reading Deal Or No Deal Phone-In Operator Dealt £30k Fine
Digital UK is announcing a number of measures to help retailers improve the quality of advice to customers on switching, after completing a national retail audit programme which found that while 69% of stores were using the ‘digital tick’ symbol, only 32% could accurately explain the logo.This news comes after research published shows many electrical… Continue reading Digital UK To Help Retailers Improve Switchover Advice
ITV1’s controversial film Malcolm and Barbara: Love’s Farewell finally hit our screens last night, but it was beaten in the 9pm ratings battle by Waking The Dead and Big Brother.The ITV documentary, which had a peak of three million adult viewers (a 16.4% audience share), has been much mentioned in the news recently, with claims… Continue reading Three Million Watch Malcolm And Barbara
