After four days of freefall and volatility the stock market rallied this morning as the bargain hunters moved in. Yesterday the FTSE dropped to its lowest level for four years as Europe’s stock markets followed declines in the Asian markets. There were fears of a global crash as the French and German markets also reached… Continue reading Economy Rallies Following Worldwide Slump
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Profits at SMG have been heavily impacted by the slowdown in the advertising market and an increase in the group’s ITV licence fees, the interim results released this morning have shown. Pre-tax profit was down by 33.7% to £19.9 million for the six months to 30 June, whilst operating profit fell by 12% £32 million.… Continue reading SMG Profits Stung By Ad Slowdown
Profits at SMG have been heavily impacted by the slowdown in the advertising market and an increase in the group’s ITV licence fees, the interim results released this morning have shown. Pre-tax profit was down by 33.7% to £19.9 million for the six months to 30 June, whilst operating profit fell by 12% £32 million.… Continue reading SMG Profits Stung By Ad Slowdown
US online adspend fell by 10% year on year in the first half of 2001, according to figures released today by CMRi, the internet division of advertising and marketing communications group, CMR. CMRi estimates that US internet adspend for H1 2001 totalled $1.5 billion. Yahoo continued to drive overall website revenues with a total of… Continue reading Internet Hit By Ad Downturn As Spend Drops 10% In First Half
The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that the national newspaper market as a whole saw a month on month increase of 0.6% from July to August this year.The success story of the month was Sport First which managed a 32.7% increase in circulation, allowing it to overtake fellow sports title… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up August 2001
New figures from BARB show that non-terrestrial channels once again saw year on year increases in viewing share in all homes. The ‘others’ category rose from an average of just over 18% to a 22% share of viewing.Meanwhile, the commercial terrestrial channels Channel 4 and ITV suffered significant falls in viewing share year on year.… Continue reading Digital Viewing Round Up – August 2001
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has today published Culture and Communication, a major new study into the future of broadcasting and communications.The study aims to identify priorities for the Government as it prepares legislation for the media and communications industry over the next ten years. It offers analysis of the market, policy proposals for the… Continue reading ITC Publishes Communications Study
Media companies BSkyB and Pearson have joined forces in a content partnership deal that will see FT.com provide content for Sky News Online.Under the deal. FTyourmoney, the personal finance channel of FT.com, will create a tailored personal finance site for Sky News Online. The site, called yourmoney will allow Sky users to access information on… Continue reading BSkyB and Pearson In Content Deal
The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that the national newspaper market as a whole saw a month on month increase of 0.6% from July to August this year.The success story of the month was Sport First which managed a 32.7% increase in circulation, allowing it to overtake fellow sports title… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up August 2001
