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Reuters has acquired a 25% stake in rival online news service Citywire as part of its continued reinvention as an internet company. The group’s planned personal finance portal will carry commentary and analysis from www.citywire.co.uk and the two will collaborate in the development of new products and content feeds. Mark Wood, managing director of Reuters… Continue reading Reuters Takes Stake In Citywire

Ireland’s Independent Radio and Television Commission (IRTC) this morning said that it does not approve Ulster Television’s proposed acquisition of Cork-based radio broadcaster, County Media. UTV announced its intention to acquire County Media for IRE£28.5 million in November last year. However, the IRTC said that it was “not prepared to approve the present application” and… Continue reading UTV’s County Media Acquisition Blocked By IRTC

The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has published its latest Trends in Television report. Its results show overall viewing levels continuing their period of stability during the final quarter of 2000. Taken as a whole, total viewing across 2000 remained relatively constant, at 3.67 average hours per day, although live (unrecorded) terrestrial viewing fell… Continue reading TV Viewing Levels Stable, Says IPA Report

1 February 2001 The New York Times has sold off its golf magazine publishing division to Advance Publications for an undisclosed sum. It was reported that Condé Nast and AOL Time Warner were also in discussion to take control of the titles. The portfolio, which includes Golf World, Golf Digest and the GolfDigest.com website, is… Continue reading New York Times Sells Magazine Division

A Digital Radio Development Bureau has been formed to accelerate the roll-out of the new medium. The news was announced as radio industry figures met to discuss the challenges of the market at Marketing Week‘s Digital Radio conference yesterday.Although Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) technology is now in its sixth year (see BBC Launches Digital Radio… Continue reading Digital Radio Development Bureau Forms, Medium Set To Be Market Leader By 2015

Tables showing the performances of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year period to December 2000 are now available for subscribers.(Subscribers see full item in the Radio features list)

Capital 95.8 FM strengthened its lead over its competition in London, increasing both reach and share during the three month period to December 2000. Its share of viewing across the capital saw the biggest increase of any station over the period, climbing 1.1% points to 12.4%, and its weekly reach was extended to 2.85m people.BBC’s… Continue reading Capital Still On Top As AM Declines Across London

BBC radio continued to improve its overall share of listening, at the expense of commercial stations, according to the latest figures released by RAJAR this morning. All BBC improved its share by a further 0.3% points in the final quarter of 2000, while All Commercial slipped 0.7% points.Amongst commercial stations losses were most acute across… Continue reading BBC Continues Its Upward Trend In Latest RAJAR Report

The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has published its latest Trends in Television report. Its results show overall viewing levels continuing their period of stability (see Terrestrial Channels’ Loss Is Non-Terrestrials’ Gain In Latest IPA Report) during the final quarter of 2000.Taken as a whole, total viewing across 2000 remained relatively constant, at 3.67… Continue reading TV Viewing Levels Stable, Says IPA Report

Telewest shares continued to do well yesterday, thanks to positive fourth quarter results (see Telewest Fourth Quarter Results Delivering On Target, Says Singer). Gaining nearly 6% during the day, they finished up 9p at £1.61.With the latest RAJAR radio audience figures released today, confidence was not good at Capital Radio, which dropped 15p to £10.97½.… Continue reading Sharewatch