Blyk has announced that its UK CEO Shaun Gregory is stepping down and will be replaced by the free mobile network’s current co-founder and executive director, Antti Ohrling.Gregory’s departure, which is thought to be due to personal reasons, comes as the company plans a organisation restructure and adds an extra €40 million in funding to… Continue reading Shaun Gregory steps down as Blyk’s CEO

Trinity Mirror has raised the Daily Mirror‘s cover price by 5p to 45p today, making it the most expensive red-top tabloid.The Mirror‘s price increase, which makes the paper 15p more than the Sun and 25p more than the Daily Star, promptly sparked an attack from its News International rival.The Sun took out a full page… Continue reading Daily Mirror ups its cover price

WPP has rebranded its mobile agency Kinetic as Joule, which has been established to operate as a full-service standalone global agency within GroupM.In the UK the agency will be run by Joule UK management and will be the preferred mobile marketing partner for all GroupM agencies, according to reports.Joule will offer campaign strategy, implementation and… Continue reading WPP unveils full-service global mobile agency

The Financial Times is set to make up to 80 staff redundant across its global operations as part of its restructuring plans, in a bid to sustain its “financial strength”.The FT‘s chief executive John Ridding has started negotiations with 80 employees about possible redundancy measures today, warning journalists that 2009 will be “crucial year for… Continue reading FT plans 80 redundancies

The return of BBC One’s popular crime drama Hustle, which also featured Adrian Lester’s come-back as Mickey, pulled in more than 5.9 million peak viewers last night.Around 5.7 million average viewers tuned in to see the group scam a group of London property developers, securing BBC One with a 23.3% audience share between 9pm and… Continue reading Hustle’s return draws in 5.9 million

Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market suffered an overall circulation fall of more than 5% year on year in December.The Independent saw the largest fall of the national titles, down 12.3% year on year, followed by the Daily Mirror, down by almost 10% year on year. National Newspaper ABC Figures – December 2008 Daily… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: December 2008

Richard Wheatly is understood to be heading up a consortium in a bid to buy Jazz FM from the Local Radio Company, following his resignation as non-executive director of LRC yesterday.Wheatly, who sold Jazz FM to the Guardian Media Group for £44.5 million six years ago and relaunched it last October through LRC (see Jazz… Continue reading Wheatly-led consortium plans to buy Jazz FM

Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market suffered an overall circulation fall of more than 5% year on year in December.The Independent saw the largest fall of the national titles, down 12.3% year on year, followed by the Daily Mirror, down by almost 10% year on year. National Newspaper ABC Figures – December 2008 Daily… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: December 2008

December saw business title City AM‘s distribution decline by a significant 14.5% month on month, to around 87,000 copies, due to the Christmas period.However, the Evening Standard also experienced a relatively large month on month dip of 5.2%, taking its circulation to just over 287,000 copies last month.Meanwhile, London’s morning freesheet only slipped by 0.8%… Continue reading City AM sees month on month circulation dip

BBC One’s return to Waterloo Road pulled in over 5 million peak viewers but failed to beat ITV1’s long-running police drama The Bill.The first in the new series of the school drama, starring Eva Pope and Neil Morrissey, attracted 4.6 million average viewers and a 18.5% audience share between 8pm and 9.30pm.BBC One’s new benefit… Continue reading Waterloo Road’s return failed to fight off The Bill