The world’s largest advertising holding company, has reported pre-tax profit of £709.7 million in the first half of 2014, up 44.5 per cent year-on-year. Revenue was reported at £5.84 billion, up 6.4 per cent in constant currency, in the six months to 30 June 2015. In its 2015 interim statement, WPP said: “To survive in […]
BT will broadcast the next Ashes series from Australia after winning the latest battle in its war with Sky for key television content
The U.S. magazine industry—or what used to be called the magazine industry, to be more precise—is faced with disruption and change that’s unmatched in its history. That change is coming from multiple directions
Globally, close to 200 million Internet users are using ad-blocking software, and that number is expected to keep growing rapidly
CloserStill Media have this week announced a new event for enterprise IT professionals and service providers, Smart IoT London 2016 at ExCel
UBM announced it remains confident in its 2015 outlook, despite reporting the cancellation of 37 events and a first-half pre-tax profit fall of 37.2 per cent.
News Corp has made a hefty writedown on the value of its digital education unit and signalled a potential exit from a business Rupert Murdoch once hoped would shake up the textbook-heavy US education industry
Early gains from an ambitious growth programme sent shares up 6 per cent in Informa (INF). The business information, publishing and events giant plans to invest up to £90m to streamline, stengthen and refocus its divisions. £12m has been spent or committed to date, helping deliver a 14 per cent rise in first-half adjusted operating profit to £190m.
Calm, Colour, Create aims to provide monthly art therapy to frazzled adults up and down the country, according to Redan Publishing
Amazon has won the race to sign the departing presenters of BBC’s Top Gear show, as online groups continue to encroach on the terrain of traditional broadcasters by securing major deals to produce original content
For almost 50 years, Haymarket has been an innovative force in specialist magazines, exhibitions, content marketing, and information services
Charlie Hepburn, Managing Director and founder of Brighton based live events agency Vivid Event Group, is undertaking a new project and delivering an International Triathlon and Sport and Fitness Show to Brighton & Hove seafront in September 2016
Internet advertising spend is poised to unseat television adspend as the Number 1 advertising category across the world according to FIPP’s new report on Digital Revenue Trends.
Organiser UBM has announced the immediate closure of its medical device exhibitions and conferences, Medtec, in the UK, France and Italy, in an attempt to grow its main European edition.
Digital publishing consultancy Mequoda Group has released the results of its third Digital Magazine Market Study
Tina Woods becomes a board director at Lansons, was previously a deputy managing director at Ogilvy and worked on large global accounts including AstraZeneca
Legend Exhibitions has expanded its retail event offering with the launch of Retail Digital Screen Expo, to be held alongside RBTE (pictured) and Retail Design Expo.
BBC Worldwide is to launch a new outdoor countryside event, Countryfile Live at Blenheim Palace in 2016, in conjunction with SME London
Atlantic Media announced this afternoon that it will be shutting down National Journal magazine. Instead, the brand will expand on its digitally-oriented and faster-moving daily membership content
The Google-owned website does not disclose revenue figures but the data provide an indication of how it is benefiting from an explosion in demand for digital video advertising as millennials — advertisers’ term for those aged 18 to 34 — spend more time on the site
