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SMG, owner of cinema advertising business Pearl & Dean and Virgin Radio, has released a statement confirming that it has received a merger bid from UTV. The statement follows a report in the Times which said that UTV had made an approach. In the statement, the SMG board said that if the merger were to… Continue reading UTV Merger Bid For SMG

WPP has reported operating profits of £361 million, up from £299.6 million last year, on revenue of £2.86 billion. Profit before tax was up almost 30% to £287.1 million from £221.5 million and up almost 25% in constant currencies. WPP said that on a constant currency basis, the group grew at almost 13% and all… Continue reading WPP Operating Profits Reach £361 Million

SMG, owner of cinema advertising business Pearl & Dean and Virgin Radio, has released a statement confirming that it has received a merger bid from UTV.The statement follows a report in the Times which said that UTV had made an approach. In the statement, the SMG board said that if the merger were to take… Continue reading UTV Merger Bid For SMG

As with the other magazine sectors, the figures returned for the first half of the year were relatively poor, with most titles registering a decline in sales.Future Publishing, which dominates the market, saw its title Xbox World 360 record an increase of 25.5% year on year (a growth in real terms of 4,712) following the… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Poor First Half Of 2006 For Gaming Magazines

Take A Break remains the leading title in the Women’s Weekly magazine sector, with latest ABC figures for the six month period to June 2006 revealing the publication to have a circulation of nearly 1.1 million copies.Despite having lost sales of more than 118,340, a drop of almost 10% year on year, the H Bauer… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Mixed Results Revealed For Women’s Weekly Market

The latest ABC results for the six months to June 2006 show that Take A Break, Closer and Heat are the top three highest selling women’s weekly titles, proving that women retain an appetite for real life stories, lifestyle and celeb-focused gossip.Despite losing nearly 10% of sales year on year, Take A Break sits comfortably… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Celeb Titles Prosper As Teen And Men’s Markets Struggle

The Home Interest magazine sector has seen a mixed bag of results in the latest release of ABC figures for the six-month period to June 2006, with some titles losing sales and others boosting circulation.Quarterly title, Homebase Ideas, which is sold in-store and mailed to customers, has the largest circulation in the market at just… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Home Interest Magazines Report Mixed Bag Results

The latest ABC results for the TV listings sector show that only two titles have recorded circulation increases in the six months to June, both from H Bauer Publishing.TV Choice saw the largest increase in sales in the TV listings market, with an 11.2% rise year on year (an actual rise of 130,151), taking it… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Decline For TV Listings And Mixed Results For Soap

Year on year declines continued to be the norm for the majority of women’s monthlies, with large decreases in circulation for some titles.Conde Nast’s Glamour stayed in front of the pack as the magazine of choice, although the title’s circulation, of 586,056, was down 3.9% year on year.The largest sales increase for the sector came… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Women’s Monthlies Market Still Volatile

The latest ABC figures for January to June 2006 illustrate that almost all titles in the Teenage Magazine sector have suffered a decline in sales, with some titles forced to close.Hachette’s Sugar suffered the worst actual loss of sales, down by almost 85,000 copies year on year. Its circulation now stands at over 200,000. Emap’s… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Teen Mag Sector Suffers As New Platforms Force Closures