Contract publisher Citrus has announced plans to merge its business with John Brown Publishing.A spokesman for Citrus, which publishes Vivid magazine for Wella and the consumer magazine for Granada Men and Motors, today confirmed that a deal was taking place.Citrus, which is the sixth largest contract publisher in the UK, has been hit recently by… Continue reading Citrus Set To Merge With John Brown
Emap has announced that Elle Girl launch editor Sarah Bailey is to take over the role of editor at Elle with immediate effect, heading off for her first round of Paris fashion shows this weekend.Barry McIlheney, chief executive of Emap Elan said: “She is a proven editor and has shown her talent as editor on… Continue reading Elle Girl Bailey Named As New Elle Editor
FT.com has reported record traffic figures for January 2002, making it the world’s largest audited business website.According to its latest ABCe audit, the online presence of the Financial Times registered over 55 million page impressions and 2.7 million unique users during January 2002.The site’s number of unique users leapt 13% on the November 2001 figures… Continue reading FT.com Announces Record Traffic Figures
Advertising is everywhere and life without it would be “very very dull” according to the results of a major study carried out by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).The study, which is intended to highlight public perceptions of advertising in the UK, found that consumers consider advertising to be as much a part of the environment… Continue reading Research Says Life Without Advertising Would Be Dull
Telewest was the best performer in yesterday’s media market gaining ground lost earlier in the week. Shares in the cable company rose 17.78% to close at 13źp, an increase of 2p on the day before.Jazz FM, which released its interim results yesterday, showing a 9% rise in radio revenues for the six month period ending… Continue reading Sharewatch
Publicis Confirms BCom3 Merger DetailsThe details of the merger between French advertising group, Publicis, and privately-owned US agency, BCom3, have been confirmed by Publicis in an analysts meeting in Paris this morning. The deal is valued at $3.4 billion.Publicis is to acquire 100% of BCom3 and Japanese agency Dentsu, which owns 22% of BCom3, is… Continue reading Publicis Confirms BCom3 Merger Details
NTL has appointed Matthew Seaman, former director of interactivity at ITV Digital, as its TV product marketing director.Seaman, who left ITV Digital last year, will report to NTL’s director of TV, Ron Henwood and will be responsible for marketing the company’s TV product to existing and potential customers.Seaman aims to target consumers using direct mail,… Continue reading NTL Appoints New TV Product Marketing Director
Dell.com replaced Casino-on-net.com to become the top online advertiser for men during January. The site gained exposure among 4,270,000 individual male users throughout the month and commanded 24.7% reach of the total at-home internet universe. Amazon.co.uk moved up from fourth position in December to become the second most popular online advertiser for men during January.… Continue reading New Media Round-Up
Emap is integrating its digital ad sales division into its main advertising team and is cutting four jobs as a result.The move will see the internet and SMS ad sales teams become part of the cross media advertising sales group, which handles advertising across Emap’s entire portfolio of interests from magazines to television programmes.A spokeswomen… Continue reading Emap Cuts More Digital Staff
Carlton Productions has appointed Richard Clemmow, formerly the BBC’s head of news programmes, as director of factual programmes.Clemmow will take on the role in mid-summer when he returns from the US, where he is executive in charge of production for the Carlton and Newsweek Productions joint venture. He takes over the role from Polly Bide… Continue reading Carlton Appoints Former BBC News Head For Factual Role
