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Paris based advertising group, Havas, has continued its turnaround which began in the first quarter of 2004, both in terms of organic growth and Net New Business, revealing a growth of 1.4% in the first quarter of 2005, double what it achieved in the same period of 2004.Havas attributed this strong increase to the performance… Continue reading Havas Continues Strong Performance

Virgin Radio confirmed to NewsLine today that sales director Lee Roberts has left the station by mutual agreement.This comes weeks after the appointment of a new chief executive Fru Hazlitt, who joined from Yahoo, where she had been managing director, having previously been head of sales at Capital Radio (see SMG Strengthens Hold Over Virgin… Continue reading Sales Director Roberts Leaves Virgin

Channel 4 has announced the launch of its new music strand, E4 Music Zone, acting as a test bed for the latest interactive techniques and signalling the broadcasters increased commitment to music across all of its platforms. The zone will be broadcast from 6am to 2pm daily, resulting in E4 being available to viewers 24… Continue reading Channel 4 Tests Interactivity Through Music Offering

The National Readership Survey (NRS) has announced plans to “investigate options for change” within the surveys’s methodology, as well as extending the scope of information that it delivers to the UK media industry.The research represents the first step in a long term programme investigating three important areas of NRS activity. The possibility of aligning NRS… Continue reading NRS To Investigate Options For Change

This year’s Sony Radio Academy Awards, held last night, saw the BBC sweep the board winning 21 of the 32 awards on offer, with BBC Radio 2 winning the station of the year prize. Meanwhile, Xfm’s breakfast DJ, Christian O’Connell, won a hat-trick of prizes showing the success of his irreverent morning show.See below for… Continue reading Sony Radio Awards Sees BBC Sweep Board

Haymarket Publishing has confirmed the purchase of Media Week, Eye magazine, Packaging News and AV magazine from Quantum Business Media, ending speculation that has mounted ever since the company announced the sale of some of its most lucrative titles last year.Quantum was put up for sale as a whole in November 2004 with an estimated… Continue reading Haymarket Closes Deal On Media Week Purchase

Consumer magazine publisher, Hachette Filipacchi, has announced the launch of Psychologies magazine, extending the title’s reach to the UK after successes in France, Italy and Spain.Psychologies is the first magazine to be launched by Hachette Filipacchi UK since the company was established in 2002. The new edition will be entirely an British version, editorially produced… Continue reading Hachette To Psych Out Competition With New Launch

Outdoor advertising giant, Viacom Outdoor has appointed former Opus sales chief, Peter Charlton as its new sales director replacing Laura Doughty and joining the company’s senior management.Reporting to joint managing director, Tim Bleakley, the move will see Charlton fill Doughty’s shoes following her exit in March to work on Labour’s election campaign.Reports today suggest that… Continue reading Viacom Outdoor Raids GWR For Sales Chief

Ellis Watson, managing director of Trinity Mirror’s nationals division, has announced he is to leave the business to return home to Scotland, after joining the company as general manager in 2003.Ellis was appointed managing director of the publisher’s nationals division in May last year, holding responsibility for both UK and Scottish national titles.The newspaper boss… Continue reading Trinity Loses National Managing Director

Media group Chrysalis has revealed a dramatic drop in its profits for the first half of the financial year, attributing the decline to falling audiences and a difficult period of trading in its books division.The results show group turnover to have dropped to £78.4 million for the six months ended 28 February 2005, compared to… Continue reading Chrysalis Reveals Drop In First Half Profits