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A new fashion magazine is set to launch in the UK and beyond in the spring, potentially taking the place of the once successful style bible, The Face.The high-end fashion and culture mag, Plastique, will be published four times a year, and is set to have a cover price of £3.80.Plastique, founded by Benjamin Shrimpton,… Continue reading New Fashion Mag To Face The Market

Telefonica executives are to meet today to discuss the sale of its production subsidiary Endemol. Options which could be discussed at the board meeting in Madrid include an open auction or an invitation to the major groups who have shown an interest in the Big Brother producer. Groups which have been linked to the sale… Continue reading Telefonica Board Meets To Discuss Endemol Sale

Vincent Bollore could be about to call for another extraordinary general meeting of Aegis shareholders as he attempts to finally have his candidates placed on the board. If it goes ahead, this will be the third EGM Bollore has called. Currently with a 29.1% share in Aegis, Bollore’s attempts to have his candidates, Philippe Germond… Continue reading Bollore Could Call Third Aegis EGM

Pre-tax losses at Times Newspapers, owner of the Times and the Sunday Times, increased by 72% from £46.9 million to £80.7 million in the year to the end of June 2006. According to accounts filed at companies house, there was a £31.3 million charge to cover the cost of planned redundancies at News International’s printing… Continue reading Pre-Tax Losses Increase At Times Newspapers

Omnicom has announced that its net income for the fourth quarter of 2006 increased 9.7% to $277.2 million from $252.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. The company’s worldwide revenue increased 9.4% to $3,2162.2 million from $2,939.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2005, whilst its domestic revenue for the fourth quarter of 2006… Continue reading Omnicom Records Net Income Increase

A new report from eMarketer has been published which examines the trends which will continue to drive the growth of US internet ad spending for the next several years. The report says that, at first glance, it appears that internet ad spending has kept pace with the online audience, as advertisers last year spent an… Continue reading US Online AdSpend Per User To Increase

ITV has announced that Sir James Crosby is to be appointed as senior independent director and chairman of the nomination committee of the board. Crosby, 50, replaces Sir George Russell and will serve as an independent representative for shareholders to contact. Sir George Russell, deputy chairman, said: “I am very pleased that James has accepted… Continue reading New Senior Independent Director For ITV

A new report from eMarketer shows that the US remains the single largest internet market in the world with 181.9 million internet users in 2006, although China is likely to take the lead before the decade is out. Ben Macklin, eMarketer senior analyst and the author of the new Worldwide Internet Users: 2005-2011 report, said:… Continue reading US Remains Largest Internet Market In The World

Two thirds of US internet users watch television whilst surfing the net, according to a new report from eMarketer. As consumers become flooded with more media, they are finding ways to make room for it rather than letting some of it go, says the online market research company. Though teens are more likely to do… Continue reading US Internet Users Watch TV Whilst Online

A second stand-alone digital magazine is set to come onto the UK market in March, with NatMags launching an online weekly fashion and entertainment product for teen girls, under the name Project Celia.According to reports in the trade press, the digital only magazine could use CosmoGirl! branding.After discussions with Dennis Publishing, who launched online mag… Continue reading New Online Mag To Launch In March