Magazine publisher imagines bright future with £14.2m takeover deal June 23, 2016 Magazine publisher Future has announced a £14.2m takeover deal for Imagine Publishing. The target company’s portfolio includes 19 magazines, including All About History, Digital Photographer and World of Animals, as well as websites and bookazines. Imagine is expected to report a revenue of £16.4m for the year to 31 March with earnings before interest, taxation [...]
Youth media group Vice expands into 50 countries. Mebbe cuz it makes good business sense June 22, 2016 Youth media company Vice has announced plans to expand across more than 50 countries with a series of international deals. Vice will make market entries into India and the Middle East, launch 24-hour TV channels across Australia and New Zealand and have a stand-alone channel across South East Asia. Read more: Vice to launch Viceland TV [...]
Dove and Persil maker Unilever to wash out gender stereotyping from adverts June 22, 2016 Unilever has vowed to step away from gender stereotyping in adverts. The company behind Dove, Persil and Magnum has made the pledge after it commissioning research showing 40 per cent of women do not identify with other women they see in adverts. Read more: Khan: "Beach body ready" adverts should be banned “Stereotyping in advertising is [...]
One day to go until the referendum: Here are the best front pages from Fleet Street June 22, 2016 With just one day to go until voting opens, the UK’s national press have firmly nailed their colours to the EU referendum mast. The Sun, which backed Leave earlier this month, has brought the Queen back into the debate; the Daily Express is offering Brexit posters; and the Daily Mirror, while condemning a “most divisive, vile and unpleasant [...]
“Project Fear” blamed for adspend slowdown in run-up to referendum June 21, 2016 Politicians and "Project Fear" have been blamed for reduced spending in the UK’s advertising market. GroupM, part of Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP, has reduced its forecast for adspending growth in 2016 from 7.2 per cent to 6.3 per cent. The TV industry and national newspapers have been worst hit in the forecasts. The former is expected [...]
These charts show how mobile is dominating advertising market growth June 20, 2016 The internet is forecast to command nearly 40 per cent of the advertising market, overtaking television, by 2018 thanks to the rise of spending on the mobile market. Television, newspapers, magazines and radio are all set to see their share of the global market fall, collectively from 62.7 per cent to 54.4 per cent, between 2015 [...]
Ad agencies need better advertising: 101’s Laurence Green on why positioning should be more important than pitching June 20, 2016 Our industry conversation has swung too far from long-term to short, from strategy to tactics, and away from the alchemical power of great creative,” says Laurence Green, founder of creative agency 101. He has been critical in the past of the fact that pitching has become the default method for procuring agencies’ services. And he believes [...]
Cannes Lions 2016: The awards are about being big – but is big overrated? June 20, 2016 Size has always mattered at Cannes. It’s the biggest celebration of creativity in communications in the world, famous for attracting the biggest names to its keynote speeches from celebrities and politicians to advertising legends. It’s about big ideas. Big data. Big, bold brand promises. Even the after parties are industry competitions to play the best music, [...]
Cannes 2016: Of Mad Men and Maths Men – Is it not time for fewer awards with a greater focus on integrated work June 20, 2016 As we enter adland’s largest global conference, its dramatic evolution over the last few years is evident. Once all about the creative work, it is now split over three distinct districts – the Palais creative hub, the tech media giants on the beach and ad tech alley near the port. In 2014 and 2015, I was [...]
Cannes 2016: Marketers will be talking about whether virtual reality has real legs June 20, 2016 Virtual reality (VR) used to be the stuff of science fiction. But it has already taken us on trips to the Great Barrier Reef, Abbey Road Studios and the moon. What’s next? Could it bring us closer to brands? Marketers at Cannes will be debating if this new medium has legs of the non-virtual kind. When [...]