The figures listed in NewsLine’s ABC reports are those reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) as at Thursday 16 August 2001. Late submissions and changes may be made after this date, and will thereafter be amended in MediaTel’s Press database. For full notes on how NewsLine’s reports are compiled please see Important Notes:… Continue reading Women’s Weeklies See Difficult Period
Following speculation yesterday that WPP is poised to make a counter-bid for media buying agency Tempus, less than a month after Havas made their offer (see WPP Poised To Make Counter Bid For Tempus), analysts at ABN AMRO forecast that increased interest in buying into media buying may indicate a pattern for future media consolidation.Should… Continue reading WPP Bid Could Prompt Further Consolidation
IPC Connect, the women’s weeklies division of IPC Media, has appointed a new agency to raise the profile of its titles, in an account thought to be worth over £5m.Creative agency Roose & Partners has been appointed to strengthen brands across IPC Connect’s portfolio of titles, which includes Chat, Woman’s Own and Now, to give… Continue reading IPC To Raise Profile Of Women’s Weeklies
Channel 5 has signed an ‘airtime for equity’ deal with online gaming site Getminted.com worth up to £1m.Despite the recent decline in backing dotcom companies, Channel 5 will take a stake in Getminted.com, currently valued at £20m, in exchange for up to £1m of advertising on the channel.The campaign for the gaming website will give… Continue reading Dotcom Confidence From Channel 5
WPP, which is rumoured to be making a counter bid against Havas for Tempus Media (see WPP Poised To Make Counter Bid For Tempus), saw shares fall 2.14% yesterday to finish at £6.87, a loss of 15p on the previous day.Cordiant, which released its interim results on Monday (see Cordiant To Cut More Jobs), continued… Continue reading Sharewatch
The top 10 UK domains again remained unchanged during June with msn.com dominating the field with 6,810,000 unique visitors and 44.6% digital reach. Yahoo.com held on to its number two position with 5,196,000 unique visitors and 34% digital reach. The msn messenger service continued to do well in seventh position, with 3,275,000 users visiting the… Continue reading New Media Round Up
The opening of Shrek, this year’s big family success in the States, failed to prevent the UK’s cinema admissions from seeing a year on year decrease of 1.8%, despite being the top box office draw of the month. The total of 13.8m admissions for the month was nevertheless an improvement of 48% on June’s.In fact,… Continue reading Shrek Tops July Box Office
Emap have announced that David Davies is to take over from Anthony Noguera as editor of its flagship men’s title FHM.Davies will take up the position from 20 August and will report to CEO of the Emap Elan Network, Barry McIlheney and managing director of FHM International, Chris Llewellyn. He replaces Anthony Noguera who last… Continue reading Davies To Take Over As FHM Editor
Video Networks, the company behind London’s HomeChoice broadband subscription TV channel, has secured the rights to 106 Premier League matches in a deal thought to be worth £20m.The three year agreement allows Video Networks to show Premier League games on its HomeChoice video-on-demand service just 24 hours after they have been televised live.Viewers will be… Continue reading Videonet Secures Premiership Rights
New consumer magazine figures released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that new life has been breathed into the women’s monthly market with the dramatic entry of Condé Nast’s Glamour. The title smashed its original 250,000 target by achieving a circulation of 451,486 in this, its first audit. In doing so, the… Continue reading Glamour Makes Stunning 450,000 ABC Debut
