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Figures from French publishing group, Lagardere, suggest that there is no recovery in advertising levels for US magazines, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. Lagardere has magazine publishing and other media operations in a number of regions around the world, so its figures provide some degree of yardstick by which to measure various markets. Merrill… Continue reading Lagardere Shows Poor Revenue At US Mags, No Improvement Before October

Yesterday was a poor day for media companies, which suffered from the FTSE falling to a five year low. Wireless Group and BSkyB saw the most significant negative movement. The former fell 10.32% to close at 69˝p, while the latter, which recently secured a £95m TV rights deal with the Football League (see BSkyB Helps… Continue reading Sharewatch

The 2002 projections issued by Universal McCann this week follow the trend of recent studies predicting a limited revival in advertising market conditions. Robert Coen, director of forecasting at the global media agency, anticipates an increase of 2.1% in US adspend and there is growing confidence about prospects for next year. In fact, Coen has… Continue reading Coen Predicts ‘Modest’ Adspend Growth

MTV has appointed former ITV Digital marketer, James Scroggs, as its new UK marketing director, with a brief to develop the MTV brand as the barometer of youth culture.Scroggs, who joined the channel last week, is planning a review of MTV’s creative advertising account. He replaces David Pullan, who left earlier this year to join… Continue reading MTV Appoints Former ITV Digital Marketer

Broadband internet subscriptions in France topped the half-million mark during 2001, according to the country’s telecom regulator, ART. The number of subscriptions for broadband services trebled from 200,000 to 600,000 last year. One in ten Internet subscriptions in France are now for broadband connections. ART also found that Internet access costs fell by almost two-thirds… Continue reading Broadband Internet Taking Off In France

EMAP chairman, Adam Broadbent, today delivered a confident trading update to the company’s AGM, saying that trading expectations for the full year are achievable.The company has seen a resilient performance in its consumer magazine advertising levels, with good underlying growth. Circulation revenues are well above the same period last year, with Heat magazine performing particularly… Continue reading Broadbent Sounds Confident Note At EMAP

ITV2 has signed a deal with Fuji International productions and Wembley TV to screen the V2002 music festival. Coverage of the two day event, which takes place on 17 and 18 August, will be sponsored by Virgin Mobile, which is also sponsoring the festival itself.Daniela Neumann, ITV2’s head of programmes, said: “V2002 is one of… Continue reading ITV2 To Show Virgin-Sponsored Music Festival

UK press advertising revenues may be showing signs an upturn, albeit patchy, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch.At Trinity Mirror, struggling national revenues have begun to recover in May and June, turning positive after a 10.3% decline in the first five months of the year. The broker is forecasting a full-year national advertising decline of… Continue reading UK Press Advertising On The Up?

EMAP chairman, Adam Broadbent, today delivered a confident trading update to the company’s AGM, saying that trading expectations for the full year are achievable. In the group’s year-end results, released in May, EMAP stated that was cautiously optimistic for the full year performance of its businesses (see EMAP ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ On Future Trading). With the… Continue reading Consumer Mags Advertising Resilient, Radio Still Down At EMAP

French broadcaster TF1 has confirmed that is interested in acquiring Kirch Media, following speculation in yesterday’s Financial Times newspaper (see TF1 Offers Low-End Bid For Kirch Media). The group says that it has sent a preliminary and non-binding letter to UBS Warburg, Kirch’s bankers, expressing interest in the acquisition of some of the group’s assets.… Continue reading TF1 Confirms Preliminary Interest In Kirch Media