Virgin Radio breakfast show presenter Steve Penk is believed to have quit the station just seven months into his three-year contract.Penk, who took over the breakfast show last June following the controversial departure of Chris Evans (see Virgin Terminates Evans’ Contract), is thought to have walked out after disagreements over the format of the show.A… Continue reading Penk Set To Depart Virgin Breakfast Show
Jupiter MMXI has published its first report charting UK internet usage both at home and at work and has revealed that over 18 million people accessed the internet from these locations during December 2001.Jupiter MMXI’s international research director, Jonathan Jephcott, said: “The release of the combined work and home data provides the media industry with… Continue reading Jupiter MMXI Unveils Combined Internet Data
Taxi Media has secured a deal with UBS Warburg to promote the Andy Warhol exhibition at the Tate Modern in London.The deal, which will run from 4 February to 4 March, is the company’s first month-long fully liveried campaign and will feature 16 red liveried taxis carrying Andy Warhol’s signature as well as details of… Continue reading Taxi Media Moves Into Modern Art
GWR, which announced on Wednesday that in the 3 months to December 2001, revenues at the company have fallen by 8.4% for the year (see Trading Updates Offer Little Hope To Radio Industry), was one of the best performer’s in yesterday’s media market. Shares were up 4.73% to close at £2.43˝, an increase of 11p… Continue reading Sharewatch
Daily Mail was one of only six companies saw shares rise in yesterday’s gloomy media market. Stock was up 3.09% to close at £6.50˝, an increase of 19˝p on the previous day.At the other end of the scale the worst media performance of the day came from SMG, which saw shares slip 11.88% to finish… Continue reading Sharewatch
Capital Radio Advertising (CRA) has appointed Alison Finch to head up its network sales team.In her new role Finch, formerly head of interactive sales at CRA, will be responsible for co-ordinating Capital Radio Group’s national properties. Reporting to sales director Chris Bennett she will oversee sales across the group’s Newslink and Pepsi Chart products.Last week… Continue reading Capital Appoints New Head Of Network Sales
UK consumers purchase over £23 billion worth of goods through direct mail each year, according to research carried out on behalf of the Direct Mail Information Service (DMIS).Managing director of the DMIS, Jo Howard-Brown, said: “The figures show why direct mail is the most dynamic medium in the overall marketing mix and why British companies… Continue reading Direct Mail Generates £23 Billion In Sales
ISBA has called on the Government to reject the BBC’s reworked proposal for BBC3 claiming that the channel, aimed at 16-35 year-olds, would be too similar to Channel 4’s E4.In a submission to the Department of Culture Media and Sport, ISBA said that the existence of BBC3 would be “fundamentally against the interests of UK… Continue reading ISBA Moves To Block BBC3
Casino-on-net.com was the most popular online advertiser for December. The online gambling site, which also occupied the top spot in November, gained exposure among 6,704,000 individual at-home internet users during December and commanded 45% reach of the total UK at-home internet universe. Dell.com moved up two places from November to become the second most popular… Continue reading New Media Round-Up
Granada is “phasing out” its digital TV channel Granada Breeze after it failed to attract enough viewers.The channel, which has a women’s magazine-style format, was launched in 1996 as a spin-off from The Goodlife Channel and, according to a spokesman for Granada, has performed poorly from the outset. The channel will be removed from the… Continue reading Granada’s Breeze Blows Cold
