Public View - The Sun '40 year work' by Glue London
14 Dec 2009
LONDON - Was the public impressed by the latest ad for The Sun, parodying ads for Apple's iPhone?
View the full versions of the agency new business leagues published in Campaign magazine last year.
LONDON - Was the public impressed by the latest ad for The Sun, parodying ads for Apple's iPhone?
LONDON - Participation among Londoners in the National Readership Survey has increased by 46% over the past four years, aided by a £25 voucher scheme, but figures show it is flat over the past two.
LONDON - ZenithOptimedia is predicting global ad markets will increase 0.9% in 2010 to almost $448bn (£274bn) and expects ad expenditure to show steady improvement over the next three years, with growth of nearly 5% by 2012.
LONDON - The Daily Telegraph and The Independent were the only daily national newspapers to suffer double-digit year-on-year declines in readership, according to the latest National Readership Survey.
While other disciplines struggle in the tough economy, digital agencies are reaping the rewards as marketers look to make the most of the platform's budget-friendly attributes.
Yesterday's Bellwether Report, which analyses confidence in marketing budgets for the third quarter of 2009, provided glimmers of hope for a media industry that has endured a battering over the past 12 months.
LONDON - Companies are still cutting their marketing budgets after two years, but the rate of decline has slowed and executives' confidence in their financial prospects has turned very positive, according to the third quarter IPA Bellwether Report.
The discipline is back on the rise after taking some tough hits from the media in the recession. Brands are looking forward to the London 2012 Olympics, as well as several other major events.
The industry appears resilient, but a deeper look shows that research companies face some unexpected challenges, and must adapt or fail.