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BBC Magazines has announced the sale of Origin Publishing to a management buy-out team led by current managing director, Andy Marshall.The move marks the completion of a streamlining programme undertaken following a commercial review in 2004, which saw all non-BBC related titles marked for disposal by the publisher (see Origin Titles Next On List For… Continue reading BBC Offloads Origin In Management Buyout

New research from the Newspaper Marketing Agency (NMA) claims the medium is an effective one for building brands, with the findings culled from an exhaustive two year study.Conducted in partnership with brand and communications research agency Hall and Partners, the NMA’s research shows that, with an investment of over £14 million, newspapers can provide a… Continue reading Newspaper Ad Study Shows Strong Brand Awareness

Outdoor advertising group, JCDecaux, has enjoyed a strong start to 2006, reporting an increase of 16.5% in revenues for the first three months of the year.Revenues reached €442.2 million in the first quarter of 2006, compared to €379.7 million in the same period last year.JCDecaux’s street furniture division increased revenues by 7.4% to €227.5 million… Continue reading JCDecaux Sees Strong Start To 2006

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published its first annual report since taking responsibility for TV and radio commercials, as well as non-broadcast advertising, revealing a sharp rise in complaints from the public.The watchdog’s Annual Report for 2005 shows a total of 26,236 complaints were lodged over the course of the year, marking an increase… Continue reading Ad Complaints Up In ASA’s First Year Of Broadcast Regulation

ITV’s coverage of the Champions’ League semi-final between Arsenal and Villarreal saw the broadcaster duelling with BBC One for the top spot last night, trading blows with the corporation’s medical drama Holby City, which narrowly topped the football’s average audience.Just over 5.7 million adults tuned in to Holby City on BBC One, delivering a 28.04%… Continue reading ITV Football Clashes With BBC

BBC director general Mark Thompson has pledged to undertake a massive rethink of the Corporation’s direction, with a focus on new media, on-demand content delivery and increasingly digital communication to avoid losing touch with a generation growing up with such technologies.The Creative Future blueprint is designed to deliver more value to BBC audiences over the… Continue reading BBC Plans On-Demand Drive To Catch ‘Lost Generation’

The Evening Standard is to roll out a redesigned edition next week, with a “more stylish” use of colour throughout the title intended to attract more affluent, working Londoners.The redesign will come into effect on Monday, forming part of the title’s “evolution not revolution” towards offering its readers more of what they love from the… Continue reading Redesigned Evening Standard To Launch Next Week

March saw the heaviest text messaging on record by British mobile phone users, topping last December with a massive 3.19 billion messages being sent during the month.The figures, released by the Mobile Data Association (MDA), show person-to-person texts sent across the UK’s mobile phone networks increasing by 24% on March 2005, with an average of… Continue reading Text Hits New High As March Marks New Record

GCap Media’s indie radio station, Xfm, has secured beer brand Carling for an exclusive advertising promotion, which will see the brewer roadblock its ad space for 24 hours to coincide with its Carling Live 24 music event.The advertising takeover is a first for Xfm, which will back Carling’s advertising breaks with on-air promotions such as… Continue reading Carling Signs Xfm For 24-Hour Ad Takeover

BBC One’s detective drama New Tricks delivered a blow to the concluding part of ITV1’s Sharpe’s Challenge last night, drawing 6.4 million compared to the commercial giant’s 5.5 million.The evening was not a total triumph for the BBC however, as ITV’s Coronation Street double bill saw both episodes top the 9 million mark, while BBC… Continue reading BBC’s New Tricks Puts An End To Sharpe’s Challenge