Shares in regional newspaper publisher Southnews leapt over 50% on Friday after Trinity Mirror made a £284m bid for the group (see Trinity Mirror Buys Southnews For £284m). Prices closed up 417˝p to £11.80. Trinity was down at close of trading, however; shares fell 19p to 446˝p.Reed International was up 46˝p to 626p as it… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Boo.com, the fashion internet site that collapsed in June this year (see Feature: Does The Collapse Of Boo Signal The End Of The Dotcom Boom?), is relaunched after being rescued by American retailer Fashionmall.comTuesday Chrysalis Group unveils its music and lifestyle… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Trinity Mirror has today announced the acquisition of Southnews for £284.6m. The combination of the two regional newspaper groups will increase Trinity’s presence in the South East of England, a lucrative area for advertisers. Under the deal Southnews shareholders will each receive £12.00 per share in cash, a premium of 57% on yesterdayÂ’s closing price.… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Buys Southnews For £284m
Trinity Mirror, the UK’s largest regional publisher, has today announced the acquisition of Southnews for £284.6m. The combination of the two regional newspaper groups will increase Trinity’s presence in the South East of England, a lucrative area for advertisers.Southnews publishes 84 paid-for and free titles in London and the Home Counties and is the tenth… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Buys Southnews For £284m
Media training organisation, Media Circle, have announced the launch of their website, www.mediacircle.co.uk. The site, aimed at UK university and college graduates, provides information and advice on career opportunities in the media industry. The site was created by MediaTel Net, a specialist developer of media web applications. Topics covered include potential career opportunities from media… Continue reading Launches Brief
United News & Media fell 14˝p to 831p as Goldman Sachs reduced its earnings estimates and the Barclay Brothers pulled out of the bidding for the Express Newspaper group (see Bid Rumours Continue To Circulate For Express Group Takeover).United’s former rivals Carlton Communications and Granada Media also suffered losses as ITV advertising growth expectations came… Continue reading Sharewatch
IPC tx is to spend £2m on advertising to support its new-look TV Times. The regional campaign begins on 30 October and includes a television element, the first time the brand has advertised on TV for two years.The 30-second commercials will focus on getting behind the television personality with the tagline “Nobody gets you closer… Continue reading New-look TV Times Unveiled In £2m Campaign
Hello! for teenager’s or OK! for kids. Can you imagine that? The thought of a “little brother”-style celebrity lifestyle magazine for the 12-19 year old market left me with a bad taste in my mouth reminiscent of my student days when a good night out was a half-cooked chicken kebab after 10 pints of lager.A… Continue reading First Issue Review: Star
David Elstein, chief executive at Channel 5, has left the channel and been replaced by programming director, Dawn Airey. The channel’s director of sales, Nick Milligan, is to become deputy chief executive.Elstein, who became chief executive seven months before Channel 5 began transmitting in March 1997, is exercising his contractual share options as Channel 5… Continue reading David Elstein Quits Channel 5
Programmes The return of ITV’s cash cow, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, has helped ITV find some good cheer out of a poor month. With several top programmes underperforming on previous years’ totals.September’s top programme unsurprisingly was Coronation Street, although its popularity has slipped possibly due to the continued fragmentation of television audiences.The other… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – September 2000
