Acquisitions Will Help Boost SRH RevenuesScottish Radio Holdings this morning said that radio advertising levels will have fallen 4% year on year for the six months to 31 March, due to recent weaknesses in national ad revenue. However, it says that thanks mainly to acquisitions last year, group revenue will rise by 19% to £40… Continue reading Acquisitions Will Help Boost SRH Revenues
Capital Radio was one of the best performers on the FTSE yesterday, climbing 47˝p to 752˝p.ITV companies were down, however, after Merrill Lynch cuts its forecasts for 2001 ad revenue for the network for the third time in recent months. The broker said it expects revenues to fall 1.5%. Granada was down 4p to 180p… Continue reading Sharewatch
Dot com layoffs in the US have decreased for the second month running, down to 9,533 in March, from 11,649 in February and 12,828 in March according to US recruitment company Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Although this trend is set to continue this is thought to be due to a decline in numbers employed rather… Continue reading Dotcom Job Losses Decline In US
According to new research from Cahners In-Stat sales of internet appliance will soar by 40% – rising from $219m last year to $1.3b in 2005. Much of this growth is expected to occur outside Western Europe and North America where pc ownership is high. The two categories of products, as defined by Cahners, are internet… Continue reading IA Market Set For 40% Growth
According to new research from Forrester, “portals, invading retailers and local grocers” will drive the growth of retail ecommerce in Southern Europe. Currently, countries such as Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece are lagging behind the rest of Europe when it comes to B2C commerce, the online population in these countries is relatively small and users… Continue reading B2C In Southern Europe Set For Growth, Says Forrester
Latest figures from Jupiter MMXI reveal that amount of time Europeans are spending on the Internet from home has increased significantly in the last nine months. Latest trends show that not only more and more people are logging on to the Net from home every month, but they also use it more and more each… Continue reading European’s Online Time Increases
More than half the population has accessed the internet at some time, according to the latest quarterly figures from the January 2001 National Statistics Omnibus Survey. This is equivalent to 23 million adults across Britain and represents a 6% increase on the previous two quarters.Just over one third of UK households – 8.6m – now… Continue reading 51% Of UK Population Have Used The Net, Says Report
Liz Jones, the editor of Marie Claire, has resigned from her position, to be replaced by Marie O’Riordan. The news came as a shock to the magazine world yesterday and it has been speculated that a dip in circulation forced the decision.Marie-Claire, which is owned by IPC Media, fell 11% in the latest ABC report… Continue reading Editor Of Marie Claire Quits
Shares in Emap rose 10p to 740p yesterday as analysts responded to a trading statement from the group which confirmed it had received a number of approaches regarding its US business, Emap USA (see Emap Receives US Approaches, Cuts Digital Spend And Sees Year-End In Line With Expectations). The group also pledged to cut new… Continue reading Sharewatch
A few years ago the ISP was the centrepiece of web strategy amongst media owners. Launching a service provider was an easy way to entice consumers of old media onto the web while ensuring maximum exposure for branded online offerings.News International launched Currantbun.com, an ISP branded through its most popular daily, the Sun, in the… Continue reading Feature: Media Owners Cast Off ISPs To Focus On Content
