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Scottish Media Group has now received four offers for Virgin Radio, of between £60 million and £70 million, pushing the group’s share price up. A surprise bid has come from Malaysia’s largest media company, Astro All Asia Networks, with other bidders including Global Radio, which recently offered £313 million for industry leader GCap Media (see… Continue reading SMG Gets Four Offers For Virgin Radio

Yahoo! has restarted talks with AOL about a deal designed to help it avoid a takeover by Microsoft. AOL is believed to have held discussions with Yahoo!’s advisers in recent days to see if an agreement between the two companies is possible. Yahoo! and AOL have held discussions in the past, but failed to team… Continue reading Yahoo! Reopens Talks With AOL

Arsenal’s woeful display away to Manchester United in the fifth round of the FA cup attracted an average adult audience of almost seven million for Match of the Day Live on Saturday night.The game, in which the premier league leaders didn’t register a single shot on target, had a peak audience of 8.1 million for… Continue reading Nearly 7m See Arsenal Defeat

Following on from last week’s ABC results, MediaTel Group is to host the ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ in early March, looking at what’s next for the industry.The session, which will take place in London on Thursday 6 March, boasts the likes of Mike Soutar, chief executive of Shortlist Media, and Duncan Edwards, chief executive of… Continue reading Seminar To Examine Consumer Magazine Market

The BBC and ITV’s nationally available free-to-view satellite platform, Freesat, will have problems getting off the ground when it launches due to Sky’s dominance in the sector.According to Top Up TV chief executive officer Nick Markham, who was speaking at the Broadcast Building Audience Loyalty conference last week, the service, which is set to launch… Continue reading Sky Could Prove Problematic For Freesat

Yahoo! has sent a letter to shareholders telling them that its current management and strategy will create value in the face of Microsoft’s $45 billion takeover bid. It is now believed that Microsoft is considering its options following Yahoo!’s rejection of its bid (see Yahoo! Rejects Microsoft Takeover Bid), with Facebook mentioned as a possible… Continue reading Yahoo! Says It Can Create Value In Face Of Microsoft Bid

The second instalment of new BBC One series Ashes To Ashes had a peak audience of 5.8 million adults (a 26.3% share of viewers) last night.Although this was down from last week’s peak of 6.7 million adults, it was still the most viewed show in the 9pm timeslot.It was up against ITV1’s slightly grittier portrayal… Continue reading 5.8m Tune Into Ashes To Ashes

Despite the column inches devoted last year to the rise of Facebook, new figures from Nielsen Online reveal that the fastest growing website in 2007 was actually Beat That Quote. Across 2007, Beat That Quote grew 1,165%, from 31,000 Britons in December 2006 to 392,000 in December 2007. Facebook was the second fastest growing property,… Continue reading Price Comparison Site Growing Faster Than Facebook

Despite the column inches devoted last year to the rise of Facebook, new figures from Nielsen Online reveal that the fastest growing website in 2007 was actually Beat That Quote.Across 2007, Beat That Quote grew 1,165%, from 31,000 Britons in December 2006 to 392,000 in December 2007.Facebook was the second fastest growing property, up 781%… Continue reading Price Comparison Site Growing Faster Than Facebook

GCap Media’s Classic FM has signed Laurence Llewelyn Bowen, Margherita Taylor and Alex James and is introducing a daily jazz show for the first time in its 15-year history.Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, who makes his radio presenting debut with The Sunday Spa. Starting at 9am, the programme will provide two-hours of laid-back classics.Ex-Blur bassist Alex James returns… Continue reading Classic FM Unveils New Presenters