In times of financial crisis, one of the few things to benefit is the financial media. And that may go some way to explain why Financial Times publisher Pearson (NYSE:…

Read more »

It’s been a couple of years of great upheaval at Telegraph Media Group, not least for some of the journalists who have played musical chairs or lost their job in…

Read more »

Game Group is treating the economic turmoil like a first-person shooter - and it’s winning. The video game retailer got record £36.4 million pre-tax profits in the first half of…

Read more »

That trial couldn’t come quick enough. Controversial behavioural ad targeter Phorm’s half-year losses grew from $16.3 million (£9.04 million) to $24.7 million (£13.7 million) in the first half of this…

Read more »

NetPlay TV, an interactive gaming producer that runs roulette, bingo and other games across digisat and the web, took last year’s £900,000 loss in positive territory, reporting £1 million earnings…

Read more »

The Lawyer and New Media Age publisher Centaur’s income in the year to June 30 was about the same as the previous year, at £90.4 million, while pre-tax profit fell…

Read more »

Italian mobile content company Buongiorno released financial results for the first half of the year today, reporting that both revenues and operating profits are up in the six-month period, but…

Read more »

Growing French online publisher and ad network Hi-Media fell short of expectations when it saw profit collapse to €1 million in the first half of the year, from €5.8 million…

Read more »

The first six months of ‘08 were fairly eventful for media agency holding company Aegis: it made 14 acquisitions, as profits rose 16.7 percent on a constant currency basis to…

Read more »

The Scotsman publisher Johnston Press’s earnings are a sorry site for a grey, drizzly morning. Yes, the group saw digital revenue grow 52.1 percent to an unstated figure in the…

Read more »

The Independent and Belfast Telegraph publisher Independent News & Media (INM), which operates 100 websites, saw online revenue grow 23.3 percent in the six months to June 30 - but…

Read more »

German publisher Axel Springer saw revenue digital income grow to €171.5 million in the first half of the year, thanks mainly to its acquisition of online marketer Zanox and women’s…

Read more »

Thomson Reuters (NASDAQ: TRIN) reported Q2 revenue of $3.4 billion an 11 percent year-over-year increase. Earnings were down at $173 million (22 cents a share) from $377 million (58 cents…

Read more »

Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) will begin offering 50Mbps broadband in the second half of the year and mobile broadband dongles in Q4. Virgin is late to the UK’s booming broadband…

Read more »

ITV (LSE: ITV) trumpeted online audience increases in a briefing with analysts this morning (Friends Reunited got a record 6.6 million in July, up from April’s 3.8 million after it…

Read more »

South-of-England news publisher Archant saw digital income in the last six months was 63 percent on the same period last year to an unstated figure - but the overall picture…

Read more »

ITV (LSE: ITV) has set back its ambitious £150 million online revenue target from 2010 to 2012 after only creeping toward that goal since it was set last year. In…

Read more »

Another Lycos Europe earnings update, another terrible showing. The once-mighty portal, a separate company from Lycos US, swung to a big €9.8 million loss in the half-year to June, from…

Read more »

Anglo-Dutch publisher Reed Elsevier (NYSE: RUK) reported “strong buyer interest” for its for-sale Reed Business Information (RBI) unit, which it is already presenting as a discontinued operation. Variety and New…

Read more »

You’ve got to admire Sly Bailey’s optimism. Despite profits falling 15 percent in the half-year alone, the Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) CEO told analysts: ”This morning, I’m going to concentrate…

Read more »

BT reported first quarter results today, revealing a 35 percent drop in profits, dragged down by its wholesale unit and increased expenses related to job cuts. In the three months…

Read more »

Despite the worsening economy, BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is getting more customers to part with more cash. In the year to June, it added 92,000, beating expectations, while customer churn hit…

Read more »

This is becoming a pattern. Trinity Mirror (LSE: TNI) half-year profits to June are down 15 percent to £80.5 million, despite digital revenue growing 40.2 percent to £22.3 million. Digital…

Read more »

Guardian Media Group (GMG) grew digital revenues 36 percent to £85.1 million in the 2007/08 financial year ending March 30. The fastest growth was in digital display ads in the…

Read more »

SonyBMG swung to a big $49 million (£24 million) loss for the three months to June’s end, thanks to ”continued decline in the physical music market worldwide not being fully…

Read more »