Employment levels were up last year at IPA member companies, according to the 2000 IPA Agency Census, released on Friday. The survey revealed that by 1 September 2000 13,508 were employed by 196 companies, compared to 13,000 at 201 companies a year before.The census proved that the image of advertising as a young, London-based industry… Continue reading IPA Publishes 2000 Census
ShopFront Media is extending its portfolio of illuminated Adsites to include pharmacies across the UK, with the launch of the Media Pharmacy Network.ShopFront is launching the network this week and plans to erect 1,500 illuminated advertising panels outside pharmacies across the UK. Gaviscon has been signed up as the initial sponsor of the scheme and… Continue reading ShopFront Media Extends Adsite Range
London Taxi Promotions (LTP), has launched an interactive initiative to attract travel and leisure advertisers to the sector in the wake of the events of 11 September.The “Destinations Packages” will target tour operators, flight specialists, tourist boards and airlines by offering them special value deals incorporating liveried cabs, branded receipts and campaign miniature cabs.All cab… Continue reading Taxi Advertising Goes Interactive
Yahoo UK and Ireland is expanding its advertising sales team with a series of new appointments.The internet service provider has taken on five staff over the last month including Emma Driver, former digital sales manager at IPC, who joins sales team as sponsorship and promotions manager and Tony Lee, formerly of Crimson publishing, who has… Continue reading Yahoo Expands Ad Sales Team
The online presence of the Telegraph is making 17 cost cutting redundancies as the advertising downturn continues to take its toll.The cuts will be made from editorial, production and technical departments leaving the telegraph.co.uk with 70 staff. Managing director of Hollinger Telegraph New Media, Hugo Drayton, explained that the job losses were part of wider… Continue reading Telegraph Online Cuts Jobs
German media group, Bertelsmann, may be interested in making a takeover bid for the UK’s Carlton Communications, according to a report in yesterday’s Observer newspaper. The article claims that the two companies have held ‘informal discussions’ recently, but that there are no ongoing negotiations. Bertelsmann is currently prevented from tying up with the ITV giant,… Continue reading Bertelsmann Looks At Carlton Merger, Says Report
Rupert Murdoch has walked away from what many considered the ‘dream’ deal of his career – one which would have made him the greatest TV mogul ever, reaching more people in more countries than anyone else in history. For the past six months Murdoch’s News Corp has cogitated, negotiated and restructured in order to engineer… Continue reading Murdoch Walks Away From ‘Dream’ DirecTV Deal
Rupert Murdoch, frustrated by delays and months of torturous negotiations, has walked away from what many considered the ‘dream’ deal of his career – one which would have made him the greatest TV mogul ever, reaching more people in more countries than anyone else in history. For the past six months Murdoch’s News Corp has… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Murdoch Walks Away From ‘Dream’ DirecTV Deal
There is a ‘significant risk’ that the advertising recovery could be delayed until the second half of 2002, according to a report by analysts at ABN Amro, released on last week. The broker predicts that globally ad revenues will decline by 2% next year, following the 5.3% decline of this year. The first half of… Continue reading Structural Erosion Of Ad Market Will Dampen Recovery, Says ABN
After the latest RAJAR data release last week confimed Capital‘s dominance among the London stations (see Newsline), shares climbed 18.22% in week on week analysis to finish at £7.30, an increase of 112˝p on the previous week.GWR and Chrysalis also saw shares rise due to their radio interests, the former saw stock jump 31.01% to… Continue reading Sharewatch
