The struggling Sport Media Group owned tabloid titles, the Daily Sport and Sunday Sport, have pulled out of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC).The Sunday Sport resigned from the auditing body on March 4 after nearly 20 years, while the Daily Sport quit in February after just a year of having its circulation figures audited.Last… Continue reading Sport Media Group resigns from ABC

ITV shareholders are hoping to see the appointment of a chief executive in return for pumping more equity in to the struggling broadcaster.ITV is thought to be discussing raising money through a share issue following its poor annual results announcement last week – which saw ITV lose a total of £2.7 billion after a huge… Continue reading ITV shareholders want new chief in return for rights issue

ITV1’s Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World attracted 4.2 million peak viewers last night, securing the highest ratings during the 9pm to 10pm slot.The third episode in the four-part series, which saw the comedian board a Russian cruise ship to make a trip through the Northwest Passage, pulled in more than 4… Continue reading ITV pips BBC One to the highest ratings

WPP’s chief Sir Martin Sorrell has announced plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs across the world’s second largest advertising and marketing company in the wake of the on-going economic crisis.Despite reporting a strong set of results for 2008 earlier this morning, Sorrell said WPP has a three-pronged strategy for weathering the recession, which will… Continue reading WPP to slash 2,000 jobs

UKTV has signed a deal with BSkyB’s Sky Player service that will see its portfolio of newly-rebranded channels such as Eden made available online for the first time.Sky Player is set to offer its subscribers on-demand content from UKTV’s factual service Eden and entertainment channel Gold from tomorrow, according to reports.The VoD subscription-based service, which… Continue reading Sky Player and UKTV sign new VoD deal

The Audit Bureau of Circulations today confirmed that is has been investigating the bulk sales element of national newspaper’s total sales figures.The circulation body is thought to of started a review following a spot check on multiple sales copies sent to airlines, which found a wide disparity between the claimed distribution figure and the actual… Continue reading ABC confirms investigation into bulk newspaper sales

IPC has unveiled its glossy magazine’s new-look website womanandhome.com with a new design, new advertising format and “a more glamorous look and feel”.The new website, which is tailored to its affluent 40-plus audience, offers easier navigation and more content across its main channels – food, hair and beauty, diet and wellbeing, and fashion.Womanandhome.com also has… Continue reading woman&home website unveils new look

Channel Five is set to make one in four staff redundant following a comprehensive restructuring plan in “the midst of one of the most difficult financial environments in history”.Five today announced plans to significantly change its organisation and management structures, which will involve merging a number of key departments such as marketing, creative, legal and… Continue reading Five to cut one in four workers

Grand Designs, Channel 4’s popular house-building programme, pulled in the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot last night.More than 4.2 million peak viewers tuned in to see the sixth episode of Kevin McClouds’ well-known design show, securing Channel 4 with the overall largest audience share (17.8%) during the peak hour.However, BBC One’s… Continue reading Grand Designs pulls in the highest ratings

The BBC Trust has confirmed that it will bring “greater clarity” to BBC Worldwide’s business activities in a bid to ensure they align with the corporation’s PSB purposes, in an interim statement on its review of commercial activities.The Trust also plans to make changes to “BBC Worldwide’s detailed control framework to establish a more contained… Continue reading BBC Trust to reign in BBC Worldwide’s remit