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Daily Market.The nation’s daily newspaper market continued to perform badly with the sector as a whole losing 2.52% of sales year on year. Overall the market saw just three newspapers increase their circulation, with the Times, Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail managing to push their sales up.The Daily Telegraph retained its position as market… Continue reading National Newspapers Continue To Struggle

Data specialist, Broadsystem, has been hired by The Times and Sunday Times to look after its subscription programme for the next three years.The new system will deal with all subscription acquisition, management and launch a subscription subscriber category, with the move part of a strategy to place subscriptions at the centre of the daily papers… Continue reading Times Employs Broadsystem For Subscription Programme

Media and communications group, Aegis, has bought out-of-home media planning and buying network, Alban Communications, with plans to incorporate it into its subsidiary company, Posterscope Worldwide, thus extending its out-of-home reach.The deal, worth £8 million, sees Alban bring an impressive list of clients to Aegis, including Unilever, Masterfoods and Nestle.Commenting on the purchase, Robert Lerwill,… Continue reading Aegis Buys Out-Of-Home Media Network Alban

Telewest Broadband has announced plans to shake-up its blueyonder internet services, offering customers significant speed upgrades from next month at no extra cost.The cable company will offer three tiers of broadband at varying speeds and will be free of usage limitations. The new services will be available to every home with access to Telewest’s broadband… Continue reading Telewest Speeds Up Broadband To Beat Competition

Media communications and market research group, Aegis, has purchased digital creative agency, glue, for £14.75 million, strengthening its subsidiary digital network company, Isobar.The acquisition of glue is consistent with Aegis’s strategy of building the “leading international digital network”. The agency specialises in highly creative advertising across the internet, email, mobile phones and iTV and brings… Continue reading Aegis Buys Glue To Extend Digital Offerings

The Mail on Sunday is making significant changes to the structure of its advertising sales department, aiming to improve the future operation of the paper as well as aligning the business more closely with its customers’ needs.The changes will see eight promotions, 10 management moves and the creation of 11 additional roles. A head for… Continue reading Mail on Sunday Invests In Advertising Restructure

Top of the Pops presenters, Fearne Cotton and Reggis Yates will be hosting the early breakfast show on Radio 1 every Friday from the end of September.The show will see them broadcast between 4.00am and 7.00am, with their appointment completing the most recent schedule changes at Radio 1 that saw JK and Joel take over… Continue reading Cotton And Yates Signed To Radio One Early Breakfast

William Lewis, business editor of the Sunday Times, looks set to join the Daily Telegraph filling the space left vacant by the papers city editor, Neil Collins.According to industry speculation, he told John Witherow, editor of the Sunday Times and Les Hinton, executive chairman of News International, his intention to leave yesterday.On arrival at the… Continue reading Lewis Leaves Sunday Times For Daily Telegraph

The UK’s premier digital photography magazine, What Digital Camera is gearing up to celebrate its 100th issue, with the birthday publication packed full of the best products and reviews.Owned by IPC Media, the monthly publication will feature 100 best digital products, 100 top digital hints and tips and 100 great prizes to win. The issue… Continue reading What Digital Camera Magazine Celebrates 100th Issue

ITV has withdrawn its formal complaint against BSkyB, after claiming that the satellite giant charges too much for the regionalisation of ITV’s channels on its digital satellite platform.Negotiations between the two broadcasters had been headlocked, resulting in ITV making a formal complaint to media watchdog, Ofcom, over the affair (see Ofcom Investigating Sky Over Regional… Continue reading ITV Withdraws Complaint Against BSkyB