Subscribers can access the full version of this article, containing tables showing the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, of the local commercial stations broadcasting outside London, by clicking on the Radio reports list (left).Among those gaining the largest increases period on period in terms of weekly reach… Continue reading September 2001 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
SMG has today announced that its review of staffing levels will result in a maximum of 95 redundancies across its operations by the end of 2001. This represents around 5% of the media company’s total workforce.Of the 95 redundancies, 17 are management positions. Whilst a further 52 staff have volunteered for redundancy, SMG had to… Continue reading SMG Makes 95 Cost-Cutting Redundancies
Amazon.co.uk moved up from third in August to become the top online advertiser for September. The online retailer gained exposure among 7,156,000 at home internet users throughout the month and commanded a 47.6% digital reach. Ebay.co.uk climbed three places from eight last month, to occupy a strong mid-table position. The auction site was visited by… Continue reading New Media Round-Up
Acquisitions play a large part in the fortunes – or otherwise – of WPP this year. First half revenues were up over 56%, largely due to the contribution made by last year’s big name acquisition Young & Rubicam (see Shareholders Approve WPP/Y&R Deal), along with several other smaller companies acquired along the way (see WPP… Continue reading WPP Warns Results May Suffer In ‘Very Difficult’ Year
National Commercial radio continued to increase its reach this quarter, as year on year analysis revealed gains for Classic FM and talkSPORT. Classic FM, which recently reported its first full year’s profit, saw a 6.3% year on year increase in reach, while talkSPORT, which experienced significant gains last quarter, saw an 8.3% increase during this… Continue reading RAJAR: Continued Success For National Commercial Radio
The Takeover Panel has this morning ruled against WPP’s attempt to free itself from its 555p-a-share offer for Tempus Group (see Tempus Confirms WPP Offer). WPP had made a submission to the Takeover Panel in an attempt to invoke the Material Adverse Change clause in its initial offer citing the further deterioration of the ad… Continue reading Takeover Panel Rules Against WPP
Having seen a slight increase in share of listening in June’s period on period analysis, Commercial radio dropped back again over the three months to September. Today’s RAJAR results show that Commercial radio’s share of listening was 46.5%, a fall of 0.1 percentage points period on period. Meanwhile, all BBC grew 0.3 percentage points to… Continue reading RAJAR Overall
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With the latest RAJAR radio audience figures out today, one of the worst falls among media shares yesterday was talkSPORT owner Wireless Group, which ended down 10p at 47½p, a fall of over 17% compared to the previous day’s closing price. Emap also suffered a fall, although less severe, slipping 10p to £6.42, a decrease… Continue reading Sharewatch
National Commercial radio continued to increase its reach this quarter, as year on year analysis revealed gains for Classic FM and talkSPORT. Classic FM, which recently reported its first full year’s profit, saw a 6.3% year on year increase in reach, while talkSPORT, which experienced significant gains last quarter, saw an 8.3% increase during this… Continue reading RAJAR: Continued Success For National Commercial Radio
