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MySpace and Google have signed a three-year deal together, with Google paying the Murdoch-owned social networking site around US$900 million (£470 million) in 2007, after beating Yahoo! and Microsoft for the contract.Under the deal, search behemoth Google will be the exclusive internet search and keyword advertising partner for the Fox network and its growing number… Continue reading MySpace And Google Sign Exclusive Deal

IPC Southbank is to close its Family Circle magazine, with its December 2006 issue being the last to hit the shelves.The magazine is closing, after more than 40 years, because of declining circulation. IPC acquired Family Circle from International Thompson Publishing in 1988 when the magazine had a circulation of 625,000. That figure has now… Continue reading IPC Closes Family Circle

The London freesheet war has stepped up a notch with the announcement that Evening Standard owner, Associated Newspapers, is planning to launch a rival afternoon paper.Provisionally titled London Lite, the new freesheet is set to challenge News International’s thelondonpaper, which is to be launched in September (see New London Freesheet May Expand To Other Cities).According… Continue reading Freesheet War Steps Up With New Entry Into The Market

Interactive Digital Sales (IDS) has resigned from TV marketing body Thinkbox, despite being one of the organisation’s founding members.IDS, Flextech television’s ad sales division, has quit following a disagreement over voting rights. The company was part of an original constitution based on a voting structure of one company – one vote, regardless of financial contribution.However,… Continue reading IDS Quits Thinkbox After Voting Rights Row

Viacom’s MTV networks has entered a partnership with Google which will see its video programming become accessible via Google’s affiliated websites and blogs.Starting as a test run at the end of the month, members of Google’s AdSense advertising network will be able to install a video player on their websites which will allow them to… Continue reading MTV In Online Video Deal With Google

Ofcom has received over 600 complaints from members of the public after Channel 4 confirmed that it will be putting a previously evicted housemate back in the Big Brother house.To decide who will return to the house there will be a public vote, following which four out of nine previous contestants will enter a second… Continue reading Complaints Over Returning Big Brother Contestants

Big Brother‘s two ‘Live Eviction’ programmes were the big winners for Channel 4 on Friday night, with the second instalment of the show gaining an average of 5.1 million adult viewers for the broadcaster.A surprise double eviction was sprung on the housemates, with the 8.30pm edition of the programme attracting a 24.5% audience share, or… Continue reading Surprise Twist Lures More Than 5 Million To Big Brother

TalkSPORT, the nation’s only national commercial speech radio station, has signed Terry Christian and Kelly Dalglish for the start of the new football season.Christian, who rose to fame during the mid-nineties anchoring cult TV programme The Word, will present Final Whistle on Saturday afternoons alongside Newcastle legend Mickey Quinn from Saturday 19th August.Christian said: “I’m… Continue reading TalkSPORT Makes Two Signings For Upcoming Season

ITV could be planning to buy the rights to screen hit reality show Big Brother, according to reports in today’s Guardian.The report says that Simon Shaps, the ITV director of television, has begun courting Endemol, producers of Big Brother, before formal negotiations for the new contract begin later in the year.ITV’s own reality show, Love… Continue reading ITV Could Bid For Big Brother

Clear Channel Outdoor, the world’s largest outdoor advertising company, and Magink Display Technologies, have announced a collaboration to launch the UK’s first network of roadside outdoor digital ink billboards in London.Clear Channel has selected 10 London sites, by busy arterial roads, on which the first digital ink billboards will be built in September, to go… Continue reading Clear Channel Launches UK’s First Roadside Digital Screen Network