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Trade press publication the Press Gazette has closed down after more than 40 years, due to its failure to find a new investor in the title.The Press Gazette‘s 20 staff were told late on Friday that they would be made redundant, after its financial future could not be secured.A statement on the title’s website read:… Continue reading Press Gazette’s Battle For Survival Ends

Jason Trout, Emap Advertising’s current sales director, digital and a management board member, has now been appointed to the role of sales director, magazines.Trout will take on the direction of Emap’s award-winning magazine sales team, reporting into Emap Advertising MD, Marcus Rich. The role will encompass responsibility for a portfolio of 22 consumer magazines and… Continue reading Trout Takes Over Mag Sales At Emap Advertising

The chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, Charles Dunstone, has said that the company is not yet convinced of the merits of buying content to provide a broadband television service. Speaking to The Times newspaper, Dunstone said that although the company needs a “bit of a breather” following its acquisition of AOL UK (see Carphone Warehouse… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse Not Convinced Of Merits Of Broadband TV

UBC Media’s financial results for the six month period to 30 September show the company is maintaining a strong trading position, whilst developing new digital radio models. Overall operating profit fell to £21,000 from last year’s £58,000, whilst gross profit remained at £2.4 million. Turnover for the group reached £9.1 million, slightly down on last… Continue reading UBC Results Maintain Strong Trading Position

Broadband growth is slowing in the largest European regions, according to Screen Digest. In a study comprising telcos in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain, Q3 growth was 5%, down on the previous quarter and a substantial decrease from the 11% growth seen in Q3 2005. A review of growth of the broadband DSL… Continue reading Broadband Growth Slowing In Biggest EU Regions

Revenue for mobile gaming in the Asia/Pacific reached US$1.56 billion in 2005, with Japan and South accounting for around half of the region’s total for the year, according to In-Stat. Future growth drivers, however, will be the large, growing mobile markets of China and India. “While there is great growth potential with expected increases in… Continue reading Mobile Gaming in Asia Pacific Worth $1.56 Billion In 2005

The race is on to sign up consumers to “bundled entertainment and communications services”, with brands such as BT, Sky, MSN and Carphone Warehouse encroaching on each other’s traditional territories whilst vying for customers to stay loyal, according to Continental Research’s Autumn 2006 Convergence Report. James Myring, associate director at Continental Research, said: “Many commentators… Continue reading Communications Companies Vie For Bundled Services

Almost four billion text messages were sent during October in the UK, up 100 million more than in September, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA). During October, 3.8 billion text messages were sent, which was up almost 27% on the total for October 2005. Each month sees more and more… Continue reading Almost Four Billion Texts Sent In October

Xfm London has agreed a deal that will see the GCap Media station creating weekly bespoke branded editorial content supporting the free Sport Magazine.The three-month deal, which starts today, sees Xfm broadcasting a 60-second weekly sports update each Friday morning. The content will preview the forthcoming weekend’s sporting activities and be tagged and commercially owned… Continue reading Xfm And Sport Magazine Agree Three-Month Deal

ITV1 dominated peak time again last night, as I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here‘s double bill brought an average adult viewing share of nearly 27% across the key 8pm to 11pm band.Last night was the first live eviction for the show, with Toby Anstis having the unfortunate honour of being the first celebrity… Continue reading ITV1 Dominates Peak Time Through IACGMOOH