Both Emap and Natmags have launched their long-awaited teen offerings, Cosmo Girl! and Elle Girl this week, into a market which had more teenage kicking than teenage kicks in the last ABCs (see Newsline), when market leader, Attic Futura’s Sugar saw year on year decrease in circulation of over 11%, in line with the sector… Continue reading New Teen Titles Launch
UK Internet Advertising FallsThe number of internet advertisements in Great Britain fell slightly month on month for July, by 2.1% from 13,719 to 13,433, according to Lemonad. The number of advertisers and campaigns also declined slightly according to the figures.Since December last year the number of internet ads has declined by 5.4%. There was a… Continue reading UK Internet Advertising Falls
Havas Advertising has this morning announced that it will allow its offer for Tempus to lapse after the next deadline, Monday 24th September, has passed. Earlier this week the group extended the period for acceptance of its original offer but resisted the opportunity to make a higher bid. Now Havas says that it will let… Continue reading Havas Will Not Renew Tempus Offer
According to IDC‘s third annual Email Usage Forecast And Analysis report, published this month, the number of email mailboxes globally is set to increase from 505 million in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2005. This suggests a compound annual growth rate of 138% which, according to IDC, is due to three factors: Web services, wireless… Continue reading Web Based Mail Will Boost Mailbox Total To 1.2 Billion By 2005
The mood of the UK stock market darkened yesterday with the worsening outlook taking its toll on media stock.RTL, which confirmed the difficult market conditions in its interim results earlier this week (see RTL Postpones Float; Results Hit By Ad Slowdown), saw shares plunge 43.10% to finish at £20.87, a loss of £15.81 on the… Continue reading Sharewatch
The licences of London News Radio and Galaxy Radio Manchester have been automatically renewed for a further eight years by the Radio Authority, as the broadcasters are or will be providing digital sound programmes for local multiplexes. However, the Greater London licence currently held by London Christian Radio is being re-advertised from this week.London News… Continue reading LBC and Galaxy Get Licence Renewals
RevenueYear on year analysis showed that TV revenue fell across the board during August, with the exception of Satellite revenue which rose by 10%.Total terrestrial TV revenue showed a fall of 9.3% year on year, as the advertising downturn continued to cast gloom over the industry. Channel 5 was the worst hit with revenue dropping… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – August 2001
Publishing group, Highbury House Communications, has announced that its subsidiary Cumulus Business Media has acquired DMG World Media’s subscription and controlled circulation Power Portfolio of magazines, together with the associated yearbooks. Highbury House will pay 10% of the annual turnover of the titles over the five-year period from 1 September 2001 to 31 August 2006.… Continue reading Highbury House Acquires DMG Power Titles
The Italian advertising market, the only remaining growth market in Europe just a few months ago (see Forecasts and Forecasts), is now showing a continuing downward trend. The latest ACNielsen data, analysed by ABN Amro, show a 7.3% decline in ad revenues during July. The majority of this was felt in the radio and newspaper… Continue reading Once Strong Italian Ad Market Now Shows Downward Trend
Cable & Wireless issued its second profits warning in seven months yesterday. The resultant 12% drop in stock value brought the price of shares in the company to a nine-year low of £2.75.The negative mood continued more or less across the board of media stocks, including a 13% drop at SMG and an 11% fall… Continue reading Sharewatch
