Full Year Trading Update
Media Corporation PLC
17th November 2010
Media Corporation Plc
("Media Corp" or the "Group")("Media Corp" or the "Group")
Unaudited Full Year Trading Update
The Board of Media Corp, a leading advertising network and online gaming Group, is pleased to announce a trading update for the 12 month period ended 30th September 2010.
Financial Highlights
Trading Highlights
Justin Drummond, CEO of Media Corp, commented:
“This has been a transformational year for Media Corp with record growth and a significantly improved financial performance. Whilst increased marketing and software costs impacted profitability in the second half, the additional marketing spend has delivered substantial growth in player numbers and revenues. We look forward to updating the market in more detail when we release our final results in March 2011.
“The new financial year has started well with growth across the Group and the Board looks forward to the continued recovery in 2011.â€
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Contacts:
Media Corporation Plc | Â | Tel: +44 20 7618 9000 |
Justin Drummond - CEO | ||
Nilesh Jagatia – Group Finance Director | ||
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Northland Capital Partners limited |
Tel: + 44 20 7492 4750 |
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Luke Cairns / Rod Venables (Nomad) | ||
Katie Shelton (Joint Broker) | ||
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XCAP Securities  John Grant / Karen Kelly (Joint Broker) |
Tel: + 44 207 101 7070 | |
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Bishopsgate Communications |
Tel: + 44 20 7562 3350 | |
Gemma O'Hara / Siobhra Murphy |
Notes to editors:
Quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, Media Corp is a leading media and online gaming group.
The Group has two principal divisions:
Advertising Network - Formed in 1996, Eyeconomy specialises in mass
reach campaigns to up to 50 Million unique consumers per month via its
own proprietary ad-serving and tracking technology for clients including
AOL, Dell and American Express.
www.eyeconomy.co.uk
Website Publishing - Media Corp has a diversified publishing division specialising in online media and gaming. The impressive portfolio of websites includes a number of market leading websites, such as www.purple-lounge.com, www.gambling.com, www.onthebox.com, www.sport.co.uk, www.creditcardexpert.co.uk and www.flightcomparison.co.uk.
Further information can be found on the company's website, at www.mediacorpplc.com