The Annual 2004: The Year in ... New Media
17 Dec 2004
The increasing sophistication of online creative is helping to drive growth at an extraordinary rate. So is online's revenue set to overtake radio, John Owen asks.
Flyposting, consumer lifestyle trends and technological advances are posing contrasting challenges for the outdoor industry.
The increasing sophistication of online creative is helping to drive growth at an extraordinary rate. So is online's revenue set to overtake radio, John Owen asks.
Cinema in 2004 was characterised by sequels, new categories of advertiser and the most admissions for 32 years, Debbie Chalet writes.
After a creatively disappointing year for direct marketing, Rory Sutherland wonders if the sector would benefit from a greater sense of purpose. Before I sat down to write this direct marketing review of 2004, I asked a few industry folk to e-mail me the year's significant stories.
David Fletcher sees considerable progress as research attempted to counter the increasingly fragmented media world with new technology. The defining characteristic of our age is oversupply. More brands, more information, more opportunities and more choice than people can cope with.
Despite the hyperbole surrounding it, international media is growing up as it delivers more and more growth to parent companies, Nick Emery writes.
In the year the BBC squared up to the Government and quality papers downsized, consolidation ruled the world of the media. 2004 was a year of consolidation, proposed consolidation and speculation about consolidation. On the media agency side, Starcom UK was up and running for its first full year, MediaCom...
Jeremy Craigen regrets to inform adland that it's been a bad year for creative, and the most innovative stuff is coming from overseas.