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GNM's Brooks: Times to keep 10% of readers would be 'breathtakingly successful'

Arif Durrani — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:35:00 GMT

Publishers looking to paywalls, mobile or the iPad to singularly replace lost print revenues are set to be disappointed, according to Guardian News & Media's Tim Brooks.

'No digital silver bullet' to save newspapers, warns Guardian leader

Arif Durrani — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:30:00 GMT

Tim Brooks, managing director of GNM, talks paywalls, new business models, Russian oligarchs and the ultimate demise of the newspaper. Arif Durrani reports.

Free Media: Putting a value on digital free

Alex Blyth — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Young people expect high-quality news, music, games, downloads and social networks - and all for free. In this context, can media owners ever make their digital propositions pay?

UK internet display spend set to record its first fall in 2009

Arif Durrani — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

LONDON - Media spend in the UK is expected to fall by 8.7% in 2009, led by double-digit drops in advertising in newspapers, TV and magazines, and a sharp reduction in online's growth, according to new figures from ZenithOptimedia.

Media 360: Meeting of minds

Staff — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT

As Media 360 looms, industry leaders are preparing to discuss the important issues that will shape the future of media, in the context of fundamental structural changes and a harsh economic downturn.

The first media superpower

Steve Barrett — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT

As Zenith celebrates its 20th anniversary, Steve Barrett talks to the personalities that shaped its success and finds out how the revolution in bulk buying it introduced still influences the way media agencies operate today.

Job losses ahead as DMGT merges commercial teams

John Reynolds — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:30:00 GMT

LONDON - Associated Newspapers is breaking with long-standing tradition and merging its Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspaper and digital sales teams, and promoting John Teal to group advertising director.

Wagamama teams up with Multimap for debut online campaign

Sarah Crawley-Boevey — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

LONDON - Asian restaurant chain Wagamama has partnered with Multimap for its first online ad campaign that will see branded messages appear whenever a user searches for an address near a Wagamama location.

UKTV to launch new entertainment channel

Fiona Ramsay — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:18:00 GMT

LONDON - UKTV has confirmed it is to launch a new general entertainment channel in October.

Five programming budget to be given cash injection

Fiona Ramsay — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:30:00 GMT

LONDON - RTL Group is to hike Five's programming budget as part of expansion plans led by the upcoming launch of video-on-demand service, Demand Five, which will feature computing giant Dell as exclusive sponsor.