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Dennis Publishing has announced the appointment of James Mallinson as the new publisher of Monkey, the weekly digital men’s magazine.Mallinson will report to Kerin O’Conner, executive director of Dennis, and will work with the Monkey sales and editorial team to drive the online mag’s commercial business forward.He will join Monkey on March 5 from Emap… Continue reading Online Mag Appoints New Publisher

Spending on online display advertising rose to more than £147 million in 2006, up 25%, according to new figures from Nielsen Media Research. The only other sectors to record rises were national newspapers, up 2.1% to £1.5 billion and outdoor, up 1% to £751 million. The sector with the worst performance was regional press, which… Continue reading Online Display Advertising Rose 25% In 2006

Emap’s consumer media division has paid £8.7 million for the mobile user-generated content business Yospace.Emap will pay another £5.7 million depending on Yospace reaching certain targets.Yospace produces ‘See me TV’ for 3 and the ‘LookAtMe!’ service for 02, and also provides services to other major mobile phone operators.Research from Emap Advertising, released last November, claimed… Continue reading Emap Buys UGC Company

Freeview has revealed that Christmas 2006 was its best ever, with more than two million digital boxes and TVs sold during the quarter.Freeview has experienced strong takeup since its launch in October 2002, with 15 million sales since it emerged on the market.The fourth quarter of 2006 saw strong Freeview sales across all products, including… Continue reading Freeview Has Best Christmas Ever

The newly relaunched Times Online website has seen a 500% increase in traffic, which has caused technical problems leading to many people being unable to see the revamped pages.Users have complained that pages on the new site loaded either very slowly, or in some cases, not at all.In a report in the Guardian, Tom Whitwell,… Continue reading High Traffic Leads To Times Website Technical Problems

Real, the monthly women’s lifestyle magazine published by Essential Publishing, has closed after a large year on year decline in circulation.Real changed from a fortnightly to monthly format last month. At the last ABCs, covering January to June 2006, Real‘s circulation fell by nearly 60,000 copies year on year, or around 29%, leaving it with… Continue reading Essential’s Real Magazine Closes

Chrysalis has revealed that its radio division saw revenues grow 5% year on year in January, after suffering a 10% decline for the four months to December 31. In a trading update released today the group said that the decline in revenues felt over the last four months of 2006 was in line with the… Continue reading Chrysalis Revenues Increase In January

David Dimbleby is the latest figure to rule himself out of the race to be the next chairman of the BBC, revealing that he has decided against applying for the role for a third time. The Question Time presenter has been passed over for the post twice, first in favour of Gavyn Davies and then… Continue reading Dimbleby Out Of BBC Chairman Race

Havas has reported its first growth in annual revenue in five years, with full year revenue at €1.47 million, compared to €1.46 million for the previous year, an increase of 0.8%. Excluding exchange rate and scope of consolidation changes, organic growth for 2006 was 0.6%. The UK reported its strongest quarterly growth for five years,… Continue reading Havas Reports First Annual Revenue Growth In Five Years

The majority of US households that receive their television signals over the air are still unaware of the digital TV switchover even though an estimated 22 million over-the-air homes need to make some kind of digital decision by February 17, 2009, according to a new survey from the Association Of Public Television Stations (APTS). The… Continue reading US Households Unaware Of Digital Switchover