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Regionally based marketing business, The Mission Marketing Group, has announced plans to seek an AIM listing, creating the third largest regional agency in the UK.An AIM listing will provide themission@ with access to new capital, allowing it to extend its existing businesses and develop through the acquisition of regional based marketing agencies.Chaired by Francis Maude,… Continue reading the mission@ To Float On AIM

The Commercial Radio industry has announced plans to create a single industry body, aimed at supporting advertisers and working towards a common vision for the Commercial Radio sector.The new body will be based at the Radio Centre on Shaftsbury Avenue. Funded by the Commercial Radio industry the organisation will represent the interests of the radio… Continue reading Commercial Radio Creates Single Body To Strengthen Industry

ITV is expected to reveal its weakest results for over ten years, with advertising revenue for ITV1 in Q1 2006, forecast to suffer a year on year drop of 13.5%, to £351.8 million.Taking into account the performance of the broadcasters digital channels, including ITV2 and ITV3, ITV’s revenues are projected to dip by 10.3% to… Continue reading ITV To Suffer Worst Q1 Results For Over A Decade

Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has announced that it will not be selling its regional newspaper division, Northcliffe Newspapers.After completing a strategic review of the business, DMGT, concluded that further improvements could be made to the newspapers, resulting in improvements in cost and revenue prospects.The Board received three offers for Northcliffe at the beginning… Continue reading DMGT Holds On To Northcliffe

Five is to broaden its schedules with the introduction of new contemporary documentaries, combining human interest stories and factual programming.The first such programme, Crucify Me, is due for broadcast in the autumn, following journalist and presenter Dominik Diamond on his quest to rediscover his faith.The show will follow Diamond as he struggles to find his… Continue reading Five Signs New Documentaries To Bolster 2006 Schedule

The Daily Mail has entered the world of online video, with a web-based TV news service launched on its website offering celebrity, film and music news.The content, updated every lunchtime during the week, is produced by the Press Association and will carry advertising alongside its entertainment focused stories.Video adverts within the bulletins, as well as… Continue reading Daily Mail Jumps On Web TV Bandwagon

The women’s weekly magazines market continues to thrive, with the latest set of ABC figures for July to December showing sizeable gains across the market, indicating the nation’s thirst for celebrity news.Natmags Reveal enjoyed the largest percentage increase, pushing its circulation up by 44% year on year, with the title now commanding a circulation of… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2005:Women’s Weeklies Market Fuelled By Gossip

Google is to provide search capabilities to Vodafone mobile customers, following a tie-up between the two firms announced this week.The deal follows a similar partnership between Google and mobile operator T-Mobile, which saw the search giant take pride of place on the mobile home page of the firm’s Web’n’Walk service, launched last year (see Britain… Continue reading Google Extends Mobile Presence With Vodafone Deal

The BBC is to restructure the marketing of its digital and new media services, with the appointment of David Bainbridge, former managing director of YooMedia’s business-to-business arm, appointed to spearhead the operation.The appointment follows the Corporation’s decision to restructure its marketing, communications and audiences division, with Bainbridge taking responsibility for developing the BBC’s Building Digital… Continue reading BBC Appoints New Marketing Boss For Digital Services

The music magazine market enjoyed a good performance in the latest set of ABC’s, with just two publications dragging the sector down during July to December.Emap’s flagship music magazine, Q retained its crown as the market leader, pushing its circulation up by 3.7% year on year, commanding a circulation of 168,547.Mojo continued to do well… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2005:Music Magazines Hit Note For Readers