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Capital Radio posted the heaviest share price decline in the media sector yesterday, after the group reported poor RAJAR audience listening figures. Capital’s stock dropped by 32½p during yesterday’s trading, after the Q3 RAJAR data revealed that the group’s flagship London station, Capital 95.8 FM, saw its weekly reach drop by 4.5% to 2.6 million… Continue reading Capital Stock Hit By Poor RAJAR Figures

Media Stocks were seen mixed on Thursday following negative guidance from WPP. However, news that US interest rates will be lowered once more triggered a rally on Wall Street.WPP was seen in focus, down 3.33% as investors digested bearish comments and a warning that second-half operating margins were likely to be lower than expected (see… Continue reading Sharewatch

A new survey from the telecoms watchdog, Oftel has found that one-third of dial-up internet users in the UK are interested in subscribing to broadband services. Over a million UK households now have a high-speed internet connection (see UK Hits One Million Broadband Homes) but the latest research indicates that a further three million homes… Continue reading One In Three Dial-Up Users Want Broadband

Hachette Filipacchi is to merge CD:UK with TVhits! just 18 months after the magazine’s launch.CD:UK launched last April as a spin-off of ITV1’s popular Saturday morning television show. The magazine only ever recorded one ABC circulation figure, for the January to June 2002 period, of 138,122.The newly-merged title will be called TVhits! and will continue… Continue reading Hachette Filipacchi To Merge CD:UK And TVhits!

Radio executives in the US have predicted that the industry is set to see further consolidation in the next two or three years, according to a report from MediaPost. The report quotes Westwood One CEO, Joel Hollander, as saying that he ‘absolutely believes’ that some of the medium-sized operators will merge to take on the… Continue reading US Radio Set For Further Consolidation

12Snap has secured the contract to run a three-pronged mobile marketing campaign to promote Butlins to young adults.The campaign, which begins this weekend, will see 12Snap manage an inbound text and win campaign to encourage young adults and housewives with young children to enter a competition to win an ‘Arena’ weekend break.The activity will begin… Continue reading 12Snap To Promote Butlins To Youth Audience

The number of mobile devices shipped in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region has more than doubled in the past year, reports eMarketer. Shipments increased from 578,600 in the third quarter of 2001 to 1.17 million in the same period this year, according to research by Canalys. This can largely be attributed to the… Continue reading Mobile Device Shipments Surge In Third Quarter

The Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) is to re-issue figures for 14 of Emap’s consumer magazines following the publisher’s infringement of the complex rules that separate paid-for bulk copies from those circulated free.The titles affected are Arena, Elle, FHM, Mixmag, Here’s Health, Mother and Baby, New Woman, Pregnancy and Birth, Q, Red, The Face, Slimming,… Continue reading ABC To Re-Issue Circulation Figures Across Emap Titles

Chrysalis-owned London based radio station, Heart 106.2, is launching an SMS service giving third party advertisers access to its youth audience.The Heart 106.2 Texters Club launches today with an on air promotion inviting listeners to register with the opt-in database by sending an SMS message to a special hotline. In return entrants will be entered… Continue reading Heart Launches New SMS Service For Advertisers

The following tables show the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of the local commercial stations broadcasting outside London.The following stations are reporting with new survey periods: Kix 96 and 107.4 The Quay will now report yearly; Key 103 (Manchester) and Magic 1152 (Manchester) will now report quarterly… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q3 2002 – Local Commercial Stations