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The number of consumer magazine launches in the UK during the first two months of 2002 rose by 61% year on year, according to the April issue of Seymour‘s Monthly Monitor, as reported by the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA). During January and February 58 new consumer mags hit the market, as compared with just 36… Continue reading UK Consumer Mags Launches Rise In Early 2002

Kelvin MacKenzie’s Wireless Group has once again stated its lack of faith in the RAJAR diary system for determining radio audience figures, having completed the first UK trial of an electronic wristwatch system of audience measurement.The group presented the findings of the trial yesterday at the Future of Radio conference in London. The results of… Continue reading TWG Uses Trial Results To Challenge RAJAR

Frost & Sullivan has forecast that m-commerce is set to take off over the next few years and that the market for mobile transactions will be worth $25 billion by 2006. This equates to around 15% of all estimated online e-commerce consumer spending. Spending via mobile phones will, says Frost & Sullivan, will comprise: automated… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Our Mobile Cash Future

Natmags has poached Sarah Whelan, deputy editor of IPC’s Ideal Home to editor of House Beautiful, following the departure of Libby Norman, editor for two years, to “pursue her career independently of the National Magazine Company.”Managing director Duncan Edwards said that the company was “delighted” with the appointment, adding “This market was invented by House… Continue reading Whelan Moves Into House Beautiful

Rupert Murdoch’s ambitions to increase his UK TV and radio interests could be prevented by the legislation contained in the forthcoming Communications Bill, according to reports in today’s Financial Times.While the expectation is that revised legislation on media ownership would allow large-scale radio and television mergers, the FT says that under the preferred plan newspaper… Continue reading Murdoch Expansion May Be Halted By Bill

Highbury House Sees B2B Publishing Revenues Flat For 2002Publishing group Highbury House Communications, has this morning posted full year financial results slightly ahead of the expectations set out in December, but the year was nevertheless declared ‘difficult’.Revenue rose 29% to £100 million and pre-tax profits were up 15% to £6.9 million.Highbury said that consumer advertising… Continue reading Highbury House Sees B2B Publishing Revenues Flat For 2002

Europe’s IT services market will not ‘revive’ until 2003 and a return to the boom years of the 1990s will never happen, according to a new report by Forrester Research. Moderate growth will take spending to Eur120 billion by 2006, up 35% when compared to 2000, says the report “Europe’s IT services market changed course… Continue reading European IT Services Market Will Not Revive Until 2003, Warns Forrester

Following last year’s successful cut price digital radio set promotion by the DRDB (see Cut Price Digital Radio Promotion Is Success) digital radio consortium MXR is to promote in-car digital radio with an analogue radio campaign running across Heart stations in London and the West Midlands and four regional Galaxy stations.The two week campaign will… Continue reading MXR Launches In Car DAB Promotion

Online sales in Europe will reach Eur97.8 billion (£60.4 billion) in 2002, a 47.7% increase on the Eur66.2 billion of 2001, according to data released this week by GartnerG2. Despite this sharp increase, online sales will still only account for 2.3% of all retail in Europe. By 2005, the European online retail market will grow… Continue reading European Online Sales To Almost Treble By 2005, Says GartnerG2

Scottish Radio Holdings’ wholly owned subsidiary, Score Outdoor, has appointed Greg Forster as its new director of sales, following the resignation of Bill Wilson, who will leave the group at the end of this month.Forster currently holds the position of deputy sales director at the group. Gerry Brew, Score’s managing director, commented: “We’re lucky to… Continue reading Score Outdoor Appoints Sales Director