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Shares in global news and information provider Reuters have fallen heavily this morning, as the group posted full year profits that were down by 34% and said that the trading environment remains difficult. Huge restructuring and business start-up costs – the Business Transformation Programme – pushed Reuters’ pre-tax profit for the year to 31 December… Continue reading Reuters Stock Falls As Profits Drop 34%

IMPORTANT NOTE: This report was compiled using the figures issued by the ABC at the time. Since then, due to a routine inspection of multiple copy sales, the August-January figure for the Guardian has been amended to 410,038, giving it a 3.13% increase year on year, while the August-January figure for the Observer has been… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – January 2002

Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has agreed to buy the Longford Leader Group, which publishes the Longford Leader in the Republic of Ireland, for approximately E9.1 million (£5.6 million), the group has announced. The Longford Leader was established in 1897 and is a weekly paid-for newspaper serving the counties of Longford, Cavan, Leitrim, Westmeath and Roscommon.… Continue reading Scottish Radio Buys Irish Newspaper Group

Shares in global news and information provider Reuters have fallen heavily this morning, as the group posted full year profits that were down by 34% and said that the trading environment remains difficult.Huge restructuring and business start-up costs – the Business Transformation Programme – pushed Reuters’ pre-tax profit for the year to 31 December down… Continue reading Reuters Stock Falls As Profits Drop 34%

French outdoor group JCDecaux yesterday reported full year results for 2001 which revealed revenue growth of 8.9%, in line with expectations and ‘comfortably’ ahead of both the outdoor and overall advertising markets which JCDecaux believes fell by 3.5-5% worldwide last year.Street furniture revenues grew by 10% to E798 million for the year, up from E726… Continue reading JCDecaux ‘Comfortably’ Ahead Of Outdoor Market

Emap Performance’s Manchester-based Key 103 has been awarded a new radio licence to operate during the Commonwealth Games in July.The new station, called The Games, will broadcast 24-hours a day on 87.8 FM and, operating on a restricted licence, will provide entertainment guides, event information, traffic news and music.Managing director of Key 103, Tom Hunter,… Continue reading Emap’s Key 103 Goes For Commonwealth Gold

UK cinema saw advertising revenue increase from £128m in 2000 to £164m in 2001, a year on year increase of 28%, according to the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA).The figures show that more advertisers than ever before used cinema during 2001 with 118 brands spending over £100,000 more during 2001 than during 2000. Channel 4 was… Continue reading UK Cinema Sees Record Revenue During 2001

According to a new report UK Mediaphile 2010 published by Screen Digest, in conjunction with ABN Amro, British consumers could be spending a total of £84.26 billion annually on media by 2010. Unsurprisingly, the bulk of consumer spending is moving away from print media towards online and electronic media. In 1985, the total market for… Continue reading UK Media Could Be Worth

ITV Digital now has 1.26 million subscribers, having added a further 46,000 during the last quarter of 2001. However, the digital services provider is continuing to look at ways to reduce costs internally, including through job reductions.Churn for the three months was 24.9%, which ITV Digital claims is within its forecast range, adding that the… Continue reading ITV Digital Reaches 1.26m Subscribers

Despite evidence to the contrary, online advertising levels declined only slightly last year when compared to 2000 and the decline was less pronounced than that of other media. This is according to the Assessing Online And Offline Ad Measurement Systems report released by Ipro at the end of last month. Ipro conducted the survey across… Continue reading Online Advertising Measurement Standards Must Improve, Finds Ipro Survey