Trinity Mirror announced the sale of eight of its weekly free papers to Johnston Press yesterday (see Johnston Press Gains Eight New Weekly Titles). Shares in Trinity were not greatly affected by the announcement, rising less than 1% to £4.10, while Johnston Press rose just 2p to £2.79½.Despite the uncertainty surrounding the industry in view… Continue reading Sharewatch
Granada Broadband, the new media wing of Granada plc, is teaming up with lastminute.com to launch four new leisure sites that will cater for around 21m sports fans.Lastminute.com will provide visitors to the sites with a range of sports related travel, entertainment offers and monthly competitions. Sports fans will be offered behind the scenes access… Continue reading Granada Broadband To Launch Websites
The BBC’s annual report, published today, shows a continued decline in BBC1’s share, despite an extra £165m being spent on programmes across the board, including drama, entertainment and sport.The BBC spent more of its income on programmes and services last year, increasing the proportion from 76% to 81%. However, according to the report it will… Continue reading BBC Publishes Annual Report
Radio has not been immune to the doom predictions of the adspend downturn. The Advertising Association expected average year on year quarterly growth would be 9% in 2001, down from an average 11.2% during 2000. The first quarter growth of just 0.8% this year appeared to confirm fears and AA estimates expect the second quarter… Continue reading Feature: Radio Resists Adspend Trend
After receiving 89 complaints from viewers offended by an advert for Carling lager the Independent Television Commission (ITC) concluded that although the ad could be seen to be in “bad taste” it was still suitable for general viewing.The commercial takes place in a bar where a woman tricks a man into giving up his pint… Continue reading ITC Keeps An Eye Out For Carling
Emap, which yesterday confirmed the sale of its USA business to US consumer publisher Primedia, for £366m (see Emap Confirms US Business Sale), saw shares climb 3.93% to finish at £7.27˝, up 27˝p on the previous day.After ITV announced yesterday that it is to rebrand as ITV1 (see ITV Rebrands As ITV1), ITV partners Carlton… Continue reading Sharewatch
UK regional newspaper group, Johnston Press, has paid Trinity Mirror £16m for eight free weekly newspapers and their related editions.The titles include the Peterborough Herald & Post, the Northampton Herald & Post, the Derby Trader and five other free newspapers which circulate in and around those areas. The titles will be incorporated into the North,… Continue reading Johnston Press Gains Eight New Weekly Titles
Low demand from advertisers is preventing the widespread adoption of auditing for the online media industry, according to a recent survey carried out by The Periodical Publishers Association interactive division (PPAi).The majority of those questioned felt that demand from advertisers will be the driving force behind the speed of adoption and blamed the current lack… Continue reading Advertiser Apathy Halting Internet Audit
