Guardian Newspapers Ltd (GNL) has announced the appointment of Simon Waldman, head of Guardian Unlimited, and Derek Gannon, head of IT, to the Guardian Newspapers Ltd (GNL) Board. Their titles change to director of digital publishing and IT director respectively and Waldman and Gannon will join the eleven strong GNL Executive Board with immediate effect.… Continue reading Appointments Brief
ITV advertising could be down as much as 20% in April, according to reports from media buyers, in contrast to analysts ABN AMRO’s forecast of a 10% fall. If the 20% prediction turns out to be true, it will reduce ABN’s full year growth rate prediction from -1.3% to -2.3% and, given that last year… Continue reading Further ITV Revenue Slump Expected In April
BSkyB is believed to be on the verge of announcing a deal which would see it take a minority stake in Radio First. This would be the first step in creating a national digital network based around Premiership football clubs and would see Radio First secure carriage for its planned network of football “fan radio… Continue reading Sky May Take Stake In Digital Football Radio Network
The Advertising Association has released new forecasts for UK advertising growth during 2001. While TV, radio, outdoor and regional newspaper estimates have been downgraded, the market as a whole is forecast to grow by 3.9% due to healthy expectations for national newspapers and business magazines.These downgrades reflect the situation in the US where the Dow… Continue reading AA Downgrades Ad Spend Forecasts But Predicts Healthy Growth For Nationals
Radio First has this morning suspended its shares from trading on AIM. The directors of the radio group have taken the decision following recent press and bulletin board speculation regarding a potential agreement with a major media broadcasting company.
NTL reported strong quarterly results yesterday (see NTL Looks To Reap Benefits Of Investment). The news boosted the share price of rival Telewest, whiched showed the highest percentage rise of the FTSE 100, climbing 9p to £1.46, an increase of 6.57%.Results were also released yesterday by Cordiant, which showed impressive increases in pre-tax profits and… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Radio Joint Research Audience Research body (RAJAR) is to hold a one-day conference on 10 April at BAFTA to discuss the future of development of radio audience research, including electronic methods. Among the speakers scheduled to address the conference will be James Moir, controller of Radio 2, Kelvin MacKenzie, chairman and chief executive of… Continue reading RAJAR Will Consider Electronic Measurement At Conference On Its Future
America’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revealed that 35.4 million Americans filed their federal income tax returns over the Internet in 2000 and figure is expected to rise to more than 40 million in 2001. Many software and financial services companies have developed free or low cost packages enabling people to file their tax returns… Continue reading Many Happ-E Returns For The IRS
The Advertising Association has released new forecasts for UK advertising growth during 2001. While TV, radio, outdoor and regional newspaper estimates have been downgraded, the market as a whole is forecast to grow by 3.9% due to healthy expectations for national newspapers and business magazines. Previous New AA forecasts AA forecasts TV 2.7%… Continue reading AA Downgrades Forecasts But Predicts Healthy Outlook For Nationals
ITV advertising could be down as much as 20% in April, according to reports from media buyers, in contrast to analysts ABN AMRO’s forecast of a 10% fall. If the 20% prediction turns out to be true, it will reduce ABN’s full year growth rate prediction from -1.3% to -2.3% and, given that last year… Continue reading Further ITV Revenue Slump Expected In April
