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Publishing group PCM, owner of four of the five main Dutch national newspapers, is to close down the majority of the online activities of these newspapers, according to a report on Europemedia. The article claims that PCM views the web portals as marketing activities that do not yield sufficient revenue. This move mirrors the actions… Continue reading Dutch Newspaper Publisher Culls Online Versions

Whilst advertising forecasts for the near-term future were already largely negative, this week’s tragedy in the US is likely to see levels drop even further. Newspaper and television stations are in many cases offering almost blanket coverage of the disaster in New York and Washington. Whilst this means that audiences levels will understandably rise as… Continue reading Advertising Unlikely To Pick Up Following US Disaster

Pan-European free to air broadcaster, RTL Group, is postponing the announcement of its interim financial results from this Friday until 19 September due to the disaster which struck the US on Tuesday this week. Friday has been designated as a European day of mourning.

The UK stock market continued to struggle yesterday after Tuesday’s terrorist attack on America left the FTSE 100 at its lowest point for over a decade. Media shares showed vague signs of recovery in the aftermath of the tragic event.SMG, which became the latest broadcaster to be affected by the advertising down turn announcing a… Continue reading Sharewatch

Amazon.co.uk was the top online advertiser for women in July gaining exposure among 2,104,000 individual female users throughout the month, the site commanded 36.3% digital reach and achieved 8.9 page impressions per user. Ebay.co.uk held firmly onto fifth position with visits from 1,363,000 women in July, the site achieved 28.2% reach of the total at… Continue reading New Media Round Up

The online directory firm, Scoot.com, has announced that it can no longer survive as an independent business and will run out of money within twelve months.Scoot, which raised £45m from the sale of its classified advertising business Loot, last month (see Scoot.com Sells LootScoot.com Sells LootScoot.com Sells Loot Scoot Bags Loot To Create “Integrated Infomediary”).Scoot.com… Continue reading Closure Looms For Scoot

Natmags are planning a marketing campaign thought to be worth around £5m to coincide with the launch of their new teenage title Cosmogirl and the accompanying website cosmogirl.co.uk.Cosmopolitan‘s little sister (see Natmags Unveils Launch Date For CosmoGirl!), will launch on Thursday 20th September and will be accompanied by an advertising campaign that will span TV… Continue reading Cosmogirl Launches With £5m Campaign

The Royal Television Society’s annual conference begins in Cambridge today, featuring some of the industry’s key figures including ITV’s Stuart Prebble and Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell. Rupert Murdoch and Liberty Media chairman John Malone have pulled out of their planned appearance due to the recent events in the US.Tessa Jowell will open the event with… Continue reading TV Society Conference Begins

The Government has rejected the BBC’s plans to relaunch BBC Choice as BBC3 but has given BBC4, two new television channels for children and five digital radio services the go ahead.Speaking at today’s Royal Television Society conference in Cambridge, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, said: “The BBC still has not made the case for BBC3, the… Continue reading Government Says No To BBC3

IPC has signed a deal with Sports.com to redirect users of the recently suspended uploaded.com to the Megastar.co.uk website.Users visiting the uploaded site, which was suspended last month as part of IPC’s review of its online business strategy (see IPC Closes Online Business), will be able to click through to the Sports.com owned Megastar.co.uk, which… Continue reading IPC Unloads Uploaded