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UK Cinema has experienced the highest advertising revenue growth for the first half of 2005 out of all traditional display media, enjoying a 7.9% increase year on year.According to new figures from Nielsen Media Research, cinema adspend totalled £66 million in terms of revenue for the January to June period, with growth pushed predominantly by… Continue reading UK Cinema Adspend Beats Other Media

Regional newspaper group, Johnston Press, has successfully completed the acquisition of Emap’s newspaper operation, Score Press, for £155 million.The deal was conditional on Emap’s takeover of Scottish Radio Holdings, which was cleared by Ofcom yesterday, as long as the media group agrees to sell one of its two digital multiplex radio licences in Scotland (see… Continue reading Johnston Acquires Emap’s Score Press

Media group, Archant, has announced a 7.5% increase in revenues for the first six months of 2005, reaching £99.2 million, compared to £92.3 million in 2004. Operating profit was shown to be £0.4 million lower at £17.5 million, while pre-tax profit was also down, by 19.5% year on year, at £13.3 million. The group’s magazine… Continue reading Archant Enjoys 7.5% Increase In Revenues For First Half Of 2005

Magazine publisher, Highbury House Communications, has sold its Real Homes magazine to rival publisher, Hachette Filipacchi UK for £500,000 as part of its ongoing restructuring scheme.Just weeks after shutting Home magazine, Highbury has also closed another of its home-interest lifestyles magazines, Inspirations.Meanwhile, Highbury has decided to keep Garden’s Monthly and Front in its portfolio as… Continue reading Highbury Offloads Real Homes To Hachette Filipacchi

Daily Newspaper Market.The majority of the nation’s daily newspapers turned in a poor performance in the six months Dec’04-May ’05, with just four titles managing to increase readership. As a whole, the daily newspaper market lost 7.65% readers year on year.Quality Daily Titles.The Guardian continued to perform well, increasing its readership by a massive 18.4%… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2005

Nick Brien has been confirmed as media agency Universal McCann’s new chief executive and president, following the post being filled on an interim basis, by Murray Dudgeon.The appointment of Brien takes place after Robin Kent left the position of chief executive and president in mid March. Kent departed after a series of setbacks at Universal… Continue reading Brien Confirmed As Universal McCann’s President

The use of Vividas full screen streaming technology in the Carlton Draught 60 second Big Ad commercial has resulted in it becoming a talking point across the globe, hitting the million viewing milestone in less than two weeks and being seen in over 132 countries.Matt Keen, general manager Regular Beer for Fosters said: “It’s an… Continue reading Vividas Beer Ad Attracts Over One Million Viewers In Two Weeks

Hachette Filipacchi has appointed Nicole Mathers as advertising director of its new woman’s glossy magazine, Psychologies due to launch in September.Mathers joins Hachette from APC Publishing in Sydney were she worked as associate national advertising director for Madison magazine, a joint venture with Hearst International.The move will see her working on the UK version of… Continue reading Nicole Mathers New Advertising Director Of Psychologies

Daily Newspaper MarketThe majority of the nation’s daily newspapers turned in a poor performance in the six months Dec’04-May ’05, with just four titles managing to increase readership. As a whole, the daily newspaper market lost 5.0% readers year on yearQuality Daily TitlesThe Guardian continued to perform well, increasing its readership by a massive 18.4%… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: May 2005

July continued on from June’s theme of adspend revision, with Universal McCann’s Bob Coen, predicting total US adspend for 2005 to be up 5.7% year on year, reaching $278.7 billion, down from his previous estimate of 6.4% (see McCann Revises 2005 Adspend Estimates). Speaking to MediaTel INSIGHT, the senior vice president and director of forecasting… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – July 2005