IPC Connect is releasing the latest in its series of spin-off specials from weekly women’s title Now. This week will see the publication of the summer edition of Now StarStyle, which will stay on the news-stands, priced at £1.95 for the next six weeks.IPC decided to make the celebrity focussed style magazine a quarterly title… Continue reading IPC Hopes For Now-style Success With StarStyle
Prospects for significant trading recovery in the second half of the year look good, Pearson chief executive Marjorie Scardino will tell a Merrill Lynch telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) conference today. Scardino says that whilst first half results will ‘reflect a significantly weaker advertising environment’ than the same period in 2001, earnings per share should… Continue reading No Signs Of Ad Recovery At FT Group, Says Pearson
Prospects for significant trading recovery in the second half of the year look good, Pearson chief executive Marjorie Scardino will tell a Merrill Lynch telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) conference today.Scardino says that whilst first half results will ‘reflect a significantly weaker advertising environment’ than the same period in 2001, earnings per share should pick… Continue reading No Signs Of Ad Recovery At FT Group, Says Pearson
The World Cup appears to be driving football fans online with figures from Nielsen/NetRatings showing that FIFA’s official World Cup website has seen traffic increase by 420% in the first week of the tournament.According to the research, the tournament’s official website fifaworldcup.yahoo.com has seen a “surge in interest” since the World Cup matches started, with… Continue reading Official World Cup Website Sees Surge In Traffic
Total UK advertising expenditure fell 6% year on year for the first quarter of 2002 according to the latest data released by the Advertising Association (AA). Figures compiled by the World Advertising Research Center (WARC) for the AA’s Quarterly Survey of Advertising Expenditure put the total adspend for the quarter at £3.4 billion and most… Continue reading UK Adspend Still In Decline, Says AA
Telewest Communications faces a possible ‘funding gap’ if its operating performance fails to meet certain standards, admitted group chief executive Adam Singer at the company’s AGM today.The heavily indebted UK cable group has instigated a wide-ranging reorganisation, along with a substantial reduction in staff numbers in order to bring down costs. These measures are continuing… Continue reading Telewest Could Face ‘Funding Gap’, Says Singer
Market research group, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), says it now expects the global market information industry to grow by 3-5% during 2002; it had previously forecast market growth of up to 5%. In its AGM statement this morning, TNS said that trading activity has picked up after a slow start to the year. “With the… Continue reading TNS Reduces Market Information Revenue Forecasts
UK advertising expenditure was down 6% year on year for the first quarter of 2002, according to new figures released by the Advertising Association. Figures compiled by the World Advertising Research Center for the AA’s Quarterly Survey of Advertising Expenditure put the total adspend for the quarter at £3,397m.Only a couple of sectors escaped the… Continue reading UK Q1 Ad Expenditure Down 6% Year On Year
Current UK radio trading remains patchy with all radio companies remaining somewhat cautious, according to a media conference held by Merrill Lynch this week. The broker says that UK radio is not experiencing the larger uplifts that UK television and US radio are now seeing. Nevertheless, analysts believe that things are generally trading better. A… Continue reading UK Radio Industry Looks Ahead At Merrill Lynch Conference
Time was when all you needed to gain exceptionally good viewing figures was an exceptionally good TV programme. These days, as everyone from Big Brother to Her Majesty knows, its all about mixing one’s media, as Naked Communications’ Will Collin explains…In this age of multi-channel, brand cluttered fragmentation, it’s said that TV’s role as cultural… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Where Were You When They Shot J.R.?
