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The Independent has raised its weekday cover price from 80p to £1, making it the UK’s most expensive daily national paper after the Financial Times.This come just two weeks after The Times put up its cover price by 10p to 80p in a bid to match the cost of the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and… Continue reading The Independent Raises Its Cover Price

Daily Mail & General Trust is to combine its national and regional operations, bringing together the newspaper and digital assets of Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Media under the banner A&N Media. The restructure will see Kevin Beatty, group managing director of Associated Newspapers, become the chief executive of A&N Media, while Michael Pelosi will remain… Continue reading DMGT To Merge National And Regional Operations

UK independent production firm All3Media has acquired Illumina Digital as it expands it multimedia division. Illumina Digital was founded 10 years ago and has created large scale interactive and multiplatform experiences for broadcasters, brands and public institutions across the UK. The company has worked on a variety of cross-media projects, including for the BBC, Channel… Continue reading All3Media Acquires Illumina Digital

BT Vision has signed a deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution for a selection of films to feature on its HD on-demand movie service in the UK.A range of HD films from NBC will be released on BT Vision today, including blockbusters such as Charlie Wilson’s War, The Incredible Hulk and ET.Dan Marks, CEO… Continue reading BT Vision Launches HD Films In New Deal With NBC

BBC World Service and Deutsche Welle have announced plans to launch a joint radio service to Europe on DRM Shortwave.The new stream, which will be entirely in English, is expected to go live in early 2009.Broadcast in digital quality, it will be available from early morning till late at night targetting Western and Central Europe… Continue reading BBC World Service And Deutsche Welle To Launch Joint Radio Venture

Global Radio is set to axe the names of 29 local radio stations and rebrand them into a national network, following its takeover of GCap Media in April (see Global Radio To Acquire GCap For £375m).Global plans to create a new national network of 32 Heart stations as it reportedly attempts to take on the… Continue reading Global Radio Set To Get Rid Of Local Station Names In National Rebrand

Thinkbox has commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Holden Pearmain to undertake a new analysis of the impact of advertising investment on brand value.The study follows last year’s Payback Study with PwC, which examined over 700 brands across seven categories and showed that TV advertising pays back 4.5 times its advertising investment.The new research updates the original… Continue reading Thinkbox Commissions New Analysis Of The Impact Of Advertising Investment On Brand Value

Ruth Brownlee, director of the Association of Online Publishers, is leaving the group after just 10 months in the job (see Ruth Brownlee Appointed New Director Of AOP).According to a report on MediaGuardian.co.uk, Brownlee has decided to leave the job to look after her two pre-school children, saying that the role of coordinating events and… Continue reading AOP Director Steps Down

The UK government has presented Phorm’s case to the European Union, following questions over the online ad systems legality.In response to the EU’s request, the government confirmed it believes that Phorm is legal but also said that any future deployments of the system must be carried out with the users consent.In a statement, the government… Continue reading UK Government Considers Phorm “Lawful”

Paul Jackson, ITV’s director of entertainment and comedy, is set to leave the role by the end of the year.Jackson is reportedly going to return to production, while ITV decides whether or not to replace him.Peter Fincham, ITV’s director of television, said: “Paul is a legend in the entertainment and comedy world. He committed to… Continue reading Paul Jackson Set To Leave ITV