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Second-quarter advertising revenue at The New York Times Co. fell 4.1%

Second-quarter advertising revenue at The New York Times Co. fell 4.1%

Revenue fell by 2.3% compared to a decline of 6.0% for 2013.

Informa have announced the acquisition of Virgo Holdings LLC in the US, subject to receipt of US anti-trust clearance

An affiliate of Sun European Partners yesterday announced the acquisition of the River Group Ltd, a full service, leading UK content marketing agency

Olympia London is to be the venue for Blaze Publishing’s new electric guitar show, Electric Live.

The circulation of the Financial Times has reached an all-time high. It is 13% up year-on-year to more than 677,000 across print and online. And two-thirds of that total (455,000) are digital subscribers, which represents a digital audience increase over last year of 33%. The FT also has more than 290,000 corporate users. For the […]

TechCrunch has learned that Apple has made another acquisition, one that it is using to boost its e-books effort and “beat Amazon at its own game.” It has bought BookLamp

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The benefits that come with leveraging cross-device identity for advertising are well known. Cross-device campaigns lead to better targeting, stronger campaign metrics, and higher return on ad spend for advertisers, plus better user experiences, higher engagement, and more value from users as they move across screens. But even with the knowledge of these benefits, many […]

Sales up 2% at CER to £2.0bn reflecting good growth in digital, services and emerging markets, offset as expected, by the impact of school curriculum change in the US and the UK; also, this year, seasonal changes in phasing have helped first half sales in North America and hurt those in Core markets, especially the […]

Elliott Management, the activist hedge fund, has acquired a stake in Interpublic Group and plans to push the $8.5bn advertising company to sell itself to a rival such as Publicis, Omnicom or WPP. For the full story read The FT

Reed Elsevier has reported first-half results ahead of analysts’ expectations as it drives its business further into the digital sphere. Erik Engstrom, chief executive, said that for the full year, the company remained “confident that we will deliver another year of underlying revenue, profits and earnings growth” as all four of its business divisions increased […]

BSkyB has agreed to pay up to £7.4bn to acquire its European sister companies, opening the way to the biggest transformation in its 25-year history. The move will create one of Europe’s largest pay-TV providers, with the ability to invest more in internet technology and potentially to bid for sports and entertainment rights on a […]

Future plc has exchanged contracts to sell a portfolio comprising its Auto titles and Triathlon Plus to Kelsey Publishing

Two of Britain’s biggest and most venerable media groups, DMGT and Reed Elsevier, reported their latest financial performance on Thursday. Against a backdrop of media industry gloom, both met or beat investor expectations and delivered growth, but how?

Online growth offsets decline at Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, making £15m in revenues in three months to end of June Mail Online increased its advertising revenue by 49% in the quarter to 30 June, offsetting a decline in print revenues at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. For the full story read […]

WPP announces that Kantar, its wholly-owned data investment management business, has invested in ZappiStore, a global pioneer in automated market research

Sanoma is to sell three of its Dutch titles – Nieuwe Revu, Panorama and Playboy, to Netherlands media owner Pijper Media

Maurice Levy said: “The first half-year was heavily impacted by exchange rates which had an adverse effect on revenue of 148 million euro. At constant exchange rate, revenue would have increased by close to 5% during the period.”