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Northern & Shell made a pre-tax loss of £3.2 million last year after its owner Richard Desmond paid himself a total of £46.2 million, according to accounts filed at Companies House.Reports suggest that Desmond paid himself a salary of £15.1 million last year, a significant increase compared to the £629,000 he was paid in 2002.… Continue reading Desmond’s Northern & Shell Moves In To Loss

Emap has today announced plans to launch the UK’s first weekly glossy for women in an attempt to replicate the success enjoyed by Zoo in the men’s market.The publisher of Heat, Closer and FHM is gearing up the launch of a British version of upmarket Italian magazine, Grazia, with a budget of more than £16… Continue reading Emap Launches Grazia As UK’s First Weekly Glossy

BBC Good Food magazine is launching a spin-off title called Vegetarian Christmas, aimed at readers catering for people with special dietry requirements over the festive period.The one-off title, published once a year since 2000, goes on sale on 5 November for eight weeks with a cover-price of £2.60 and an initial print run of 110,000.… Continue reading BBC Good Food Launches Vegetarian Spin-Off Title

The Advertising Standards Authority has unveiled a new brand identity as it prepares to assume responsibility for handling complaints about television and radio commercials.From 1 November media regulator Ofcom will contract out the rules governing broadcast advertising to the ASA, in a move that will see the watchdog widen its existing remit from press and… Continue reading ASA Revamps Brand Identity Ahead Of New Powers

Capital Radio was seen in focus yesterday with shares rising by 2.23% to close at 401žp after the latest RAJAR audience figures revealed that the group’s flagship London station had increased its share of listening in the capital.Traders responded positively to news that Capital 95.8 FM’s listening share in London had risen to 7.2% in… Continue reading Sharewatch: City Responds Well To Capital

Viacom Brand Solutions has appointed sales director Nick Bampton as acting managing director until a replacement is found for Paul Curtis, who left to join Sky Media earlier this week.Bampton will temporarily head up the brand focused sales house, which handles airtime for the MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and Paramount channels. He will report directly to… Continue reading Bampton Takes Temporary Charge Of Viacom

Competition, falling prices and new regulations are set to spur on the number of high-definition television (HDTV) sets in US households over the next five years, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. The report predicts that by the end of this year there will be 14 million HD enabled sets in US homes,… Continue reading HDTV To Reach 37 Million US Homes By 2008

The impending award of an FM radio licence in Manchester continues to draw proposals from the nation’s largest broadcasting companies, with GMG the latest radio operator to throw its hat into the ring, offering a 24-hour speech and news station for the region.The station, to be named Channel M Radio, would provide the city with… Continue reading GMG Plans Round The Clock Talk Radio For Manchester

The impact of personal video recorders (PVR) is expected to hit the UK and more specifically ITV the hardest, says a new report from Merrill Lynch, with television advertising expected to drop in Britain by nearly 4.0% by 2010. The PVR – Rise of The Machines report shows, PVR penetration in the UK is expected… Continue reading UK TV To Be Hit The Hardest By PVRs, Says Merrill Lynch

BSkyB has launched its free-to-air digital satellite package, Freesat, offering viewers more than 200 television and radio channels for a one-off payment of £150.The service, unveiled by BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch, is being seen by many as an attempt to rival the success of the BBC-backed Freeview platform, which has gone from strength to… Continue reading BSkyB Launches Freesat To Rival Freeview