Independent News and Media, owner of the Independent, suffered a slight 0.18% dip yesterday, ahead of financial results today showing a 7.5% growth in aggregate operating profit before exceptional expenses.Emap managed a 0.06% rise to close at 870p following reports yesterday that revenues at the company are expected to rise by 9% in its 2003… Continue reading Sharewatch: INM Dips Ahead Of Positive Results
MTV will this month launch an extensive cross-platform campaign to promote the latest album from Britney Spears, offering viewers the chance to meet the pop princess and receive special VIP treatment.The promotion will extend across the websites of MTV’s eight European digital television channels from 24 March and will be accompanied by on-air activity airing… Continue reading MTV Gets In The Zone With Britney Spears Promotion
Channel 4 is looking for a senior marketer to fill the newly created position of head of media planning, with responsibility for the deployment of promotional airtime across the Channel 4, E4 and Film Four operations.Reporting directly to Channel 4 director of marketing, Polly Cochraine, the new head of media planning will work to improve… Continue reading Channel 4 Creates Senior Media Planning Role
Former Telegraph Group managing director Jeremy Deedes is to return to the newspaper company as chairman and chief executive with responsibility for overseeing the impending sale of its Telegraph titles.The newly created position will see Deedes (pictured) replace Daniel Colson, who announced his retirement today after more than a decade managing the newspaper group alongside… Continue reading Deedes Returns To Telegraph Group To Oversee Sale
Emap has secured an extensive cross-media advertising deal with Garnier to promote the hair-care brand’s latest range of hair products across its various magazine, television and radio platforms.The promotion will see a number of competitions and sponsored sections appear in Emap’s flagship More and Heat magazines, as well as across the Kiss and Big City… Continue reading Emap Secures Garnier For Colourful Campaign
The Times has secured an exclusive deal with Starbucks to sell its recently launched compact edition in over 300 of the coffee company’s stores around the country from the end of this month.The deal will see Starbucks sell the Times weekday compact edition, the broadsheet edition on Saturday and the Sunday Times. These will be… Continue reading Times Secures Distribution Deal With Starbucks
The runaway success of Freeview shows no signs of slowing and the BBC-backed digital terrestrial platform looks set to replace Sky as the UK’s most popular multichannel service within four years.The latest UK television forecasts from ZenithOptimedia show that Freeview will be available in almost 10 million households by the end of 2007, with Sky… Continue reading Freeview To Replace Sky As Top Multichannel Platform
Independent News & Media, publisher of the Independent newspaper in the UK, has seen its pre-tax profits jump by 19.8% in 2003 to €154.6 million.The company says that there have been strong advances in both circulation and advertising revenues, up by 6.9% and 5.5% respectively.In the UK, advertising remained negative for the full year, although… Continue reading Compact Edition Boosts Independent’s Market Share
Free-sheet newspapers continue to increase in popularity and are now read by almost 20% of the urban population in eleven cities across Europe, according to Metro International’s annual readership study.The survey of the reading habits of 63 million people living in 28 urban centres across Europe shows that younger men and women have a preference… Continue reading Free-Sheet Newspapers Continue To See Readership Rise
Revenues at Emap are expected to rise by 9% in its 2003 financial year and the group claims to be confident of delivering results in line with expectations.The figures announced prior to the preliminary results, scheduled for 25 May 2004, show that total group revenue rose by 9% and underlying group revenues increased by 3%… Continue reading Emap Revenues Rise 9% As Advertising Improves
