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The economy is still weak and as a result marketing activity has been limited, according to a new US survey. However, it would appear that conditions have bottomed out and marketers are confident of a revival in 2004. Patrick Marketing Group interviewed 125 marketing executives last month and more than 75% said that the economy… Continue reading US Marketers Gear Up For Improved 2004

Channel 4 has today confirmed that Graham Norton’s five nights a week entertainment show is to come to an end following the comic’s decision not to renew his contract with the broadcaster.The presenter was due to do one more series of V Graham Norton before his exclusive contract with Channel 4 expires in April next… Continue reading Channel 4 Confirms Norton To Quit As Contract Expires

Mobile entertainment is gradually entering the mainstream in the US and wireless gaming will account for revenues of more than $1 billion by 2006, according to IDC The tech research firm predicts that the number of wireless gamers is set to grow from 7.9% of all mobile subscribers in 2003 to 34.7%, or 65.2 million… Continue reading Wireless Gaming To Bring In The Dollars, Says IDC

The BBC has signed an exclusive two and half year deal with Graham Norton that will see the risqué comedian and chat show host work to develop a range of new formats for BBC One.Norton will join the BBC when the long-running contract to present his Channel 4 entertainment show comes to an end next… Continue reading BBC Bags Norton As Channel 4 Contract Expires

Ofcom, the new super-regulator that assumes its full powers later this month, has announced the launch of the first comprehensive review of the UK telecommunications sector for well over a decade. The strategic review, which begins next year, will examine the extent to which the sector benefits from competition in the rapidly expanding fixed and… Continue reading Telecoms Industry Set For Review

Richard Desmond is planning to boost marketing and promotions at the Daily Express by £5 million next year in a move that will see editorial budgets at the title cut.News of the cuts will come as a blow to the title’s new editor, Peter Hill, who was last week named as the replacement for Chris… Continue reading Desmond To Boost Express Promotions Spend By £5 Million

Editor of the Daily Express, Chris Williams, has been poached by rival Associated Newspapers to take up a senior post at the Daily Mail.Williams, who has been in charge of the newspaper for the past three years, will edit the Scottish edition of the Daily Mail, in a move that looks likely to anger Express… Continue reading Williams Quits Express To Join Rival Associated

Editor of the Daily Express, Chris Williams, has been poached by rival Associated Newspapers to take up a senior post at the Daily Mail. Williams, who has been in charge of the newspaper for the past three years, will edit the Scottish edition of the Daily Mail, in a move that looks likely to anger… Continue reading Williams Quits Express To Join Rival Associated

The Government has launched its most extensive public debate on the future of the BBC, in a move that will allow rival commercial broadcasters and licence fee payers to air their views on the way the Corporation is run.Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, launched the consultation as the first stage in a ‘root and branch’ review… Continue reading Jowell Claims Public Will Shape Future Of BBC

The Radio Authority has blocked a local newspaper group from taking over a regional radio station in Telford, in a move that could that could deter major publishers from expanding into the sector. The watchdog ruled that the Midland News Association, which owns several local newspapers in the area, should not be allowed to buy… Continue reading Radio Authority Blocks Cross-Media Acquisition