VNU is to launch a spin-off of its fortnightly home computer title Computeractive. The monthly title will be called Webactive and will take on IPC Media’s Web User with a price of 75p when it launches next month. IPC recently agreed to make design changes to its title following VNU’s threats of court action over… Continue reading Launches Brief
I Feel Good Holdings (IFG), the magazine publishers set up by Loaded’s founding editor, James Brown (see Interview: Anna Hyde, Ad Director and Adam Porter, Online Editorial Guru: I Feel Good), has announced its intention to buy John Brown Publishing (JBP Holdings), publishers of Viz, Bizarre and Fortean Times, as well as consumer magazine titles… Continue reading I Feel Good Makes Bid For Viz Publishers
Global industry trade association the Wireless Advertising Association (WAA) have unveiled creative standards and measurement definitions to regulate wireless ads. The move comes as UK mobile phone owners can expect to see an increase in the number of SMS adverts they are sent (see Text Message Advertising System Hopes To Target Consumers On The Move).Company… Continue reading WAA Draws Up Guidelines To Regulate SMS Advertising
A new report from Jupiter claims that reports of ‘the death of online retail’ have been greatly exaggerated and forecast that US online trading is set to reach $130 billion by 2006. Originally Jupiter had predicted that online sales would hit $36 billion in 2001 and, subsequently, $118 billion by 2005. Although the actual figure… Continue reading Online Trading ‘Not Dead’ Says New Jupiter Report
Downturn in the commercial radio sector appeared to be affecting GWR which saw shares fall 5.42% yesterday to finish at £3.93. The group, which announced its full-year results this week (see GWR Announces Board Changes As Results Come In Line With Expectations), was the worst media performer of the day.Capital also suffered a loss of… Continue reading Sharewatch
This week saw the latest Big Mac Index (BMI) from The Economist. The survey, launched in 1986, is described as ‘a way to make exchange-rate theory a bit more digestible ‘and is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), in simple terms the idea that a dollar is a dollar wherever you happen to… Continue reading Burgernomics? The Economist’s Unique Take On The Currency Market
News of a new business decline may be exaggerated, according to the latest research from MediaTel and AAR’s newbizmoves database. Figures suggest that new business activity was up 79% year on year for the first quarter of 2001, although the value of pitches was up only 13% to just over £670m.A total of 215 reviews… Continue reading Research Suggests Advertising New Business Activity Still Healthy
Cricket continues to move away from its traditional BBC home with the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) decision to award Sky Sports a new three year contract for live international and county cricket.Under the new deal, which covers the next three seasons, Sky Sports will have exclusive live broadcast rights to cricketing events including;… Continue reading Sky Sports Scores New Three Year Cricket Contract
Flushed with the eventual success of getting digital horse racing channel Go Racing on its way (see Go Racing Gets Go Ahead For Racing Channel), Channel 4 is set to extend coverage of the sport of kings in its terrestrial schedules.The channel has announced the signing of a one year deal to show French horseracing,… Continue reading Four’s Racing Coverage To Extend Across The Channel
ITV’s coverage of last night’s UEFA champions league final between Bayern Munich and Valencia attracted an average of 7m viewers with a peak of 11m, according to unofficial overnight figures.As coverage got underway ITV2 repeated the policy of showing Coronation Street during what is normally its terrestrial slot of 7.30pm. This approach was first adopted… Continue reading Champions League Coverage Draws 7 Million To ITV
