IPC Ignite’s flagship men’s title Loaded is to issue a special Christmas edition with a free cover-mounted calendar.The Fantasy Island calendar, featuring models from around the world, will be included with December’s edition of the magazine.The calendar is being supported by a nationwide washroom media campaign consisting of posters in men’s toilets and bars. The… Continue reading Loaded Unveils Calendar Issue
It is reported that Denise Kingsmill, the deputy chairman of the Competition Commission, has been asked to become the new independent chairman of ITV. According to the Independent On Sunday, Kingsmill was approached by head hunters for Carlton and Granada last week. It is understood the groups have been looking to recruit a new chairman… Continue reading Kingsmill Touted For Top Job At Merged ITV
Cable operator NTL has reported a 68% fall in losses for the third quarter on the back of a surge in broadband subscribers. Revenues were up 4% year on year to £555.2 million in the three months to 30 September. Net losses narrowed from £369.1 million last year to £117.3 million. NTL added almost 100,000… Continue reading Broadband Boom Drives NTL Recovery In Q3
Week on week analysis of the media sector revealed a strong performance from global advertising group WPP, whose third quarter results beat analysts’ expectations (see WPP Enjoys Healthy Third Quarter) The stock was seen up 3.98% week on week.Elsewhere Carlton was seen up 4.85% following news a senior executive from the group has been appointed… Continue reading Sharewatch: WPP Rises On Strong Results
United Business Media (UBM) has announced it is to acquire two US medical publishing businesses for a total of £37.5 million. The Oncology Group and Cliggott Publishing are being bought from SCP Communications and will be integrated into CMP Healthcare Media, the Healthcare division of CMP Media in the US. Publications changing hands include Oncology… Continue reading UBM Purchases Specialist Medical Publishers
Outdoor advertising group, MegaPoster has unveiled a new outdoor banner site in London, completely wrapping the Cochrane Theatre and announced 02 as the site’s first sponsor.The banner will cover the area for the duration of the theatre’s refurbishment, which is scheduled to take around two years.The Megaposter is promoting O2’s ‘bolt on’ services and is… Continue reading MegaPoster Launches New London Ad Site
Contrary to received wisdom, advertising revenues are becoming a less significant factor in the financial performance of global advertising and media agencies, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…US Ad Market Looks A Little Brighter, Says Initiative ChiefConditions in the US advertising markets are starting to look ‘a little brighter’, according to… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT: Agencies Decoupled From Ad Revenue Cycle
IPC’s fortnightly teenage title Mizz has secured a marketing partnership with Simon and Schuster publishing, which will offer readers a free cover-mounted book.The free books, featured with November’s edition of the magazine, are written by American author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and will follow the trials and tribulations of a young girl called Alice through her… Continue reading Mizz Secures S&S For Marketing Partnership
Future Network, the international magazine group, has acquired the US’ second best-selling guitar magazine, Guitar One, from Cherry Lane Magazines for £1.5 million in cash. This is Future’s second acquisition of a US guitar magazine business this year; in September the company bought Guitar World and related titles for £10 million (see Future Network Profits… Continue reading Future Buys Second US Guitar Magazine Group
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called on shareholders to vote against the election of James Murdoch as a non-executive director of satellite broadcaster BSkyB. The TUC says that James Murdoch cannot be seen to be a sufficiently independent director of a company of which his father, Rupert Murdoch, is chairman. The move is the… Continue reading Murdoch Faces Pressure From TUC Over Son’s Appointment
