The underlying rate of inflation – which excludes mortgage interest payments – was 2.2% in October, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics this morning. This is up 0.1% points compared to September. The headline rate also rose slightly from 1.1% last month, to 1.2% for October. The Retail Prices Index for… Continue reading Underlying Inflation Up Slightly In October
Media group Emap has restructured its operations by developing four ‘community networks’, each with its own chief executive, to focus the group’s activities in different marketplaces. The strategy has been instigated by Emap’s chief executive Kevin Hand and follows similar strategic setups in the Emap Business Communications and Emap Petersen divisions.The area of lifestyle, automotive,… Continue reading EMAP Creates Dedicated ‘Community Networks’
Culture secretary Chris Smith has held a meeting with the UK’s digital television operators at which he stressed the need for cooperation in promoting the digital platform as a medium and not just the individual branded services. Smith is still concerned that there is too much consumer confusion about the benefits of digital television and… Continue reading Smith Tells Broadcasters To Cooperate In Promoting DTV
Month On MonthThe latest national newspaper circulation figures, released by the ABC yesterday, show a very slight overall decline in sales between September and October. However, for the first time in a while the Daily Mail is recording a monthly loss of sales, of just under 20,000 copies, whilst its long-suffering mid-market rival, the Express,… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – October 1999
Month On MonthThe latest national newspaper circulation figures, released by the ABC yesterday, show a very slight overall decline in sales between September and October. However, for the first time in a while the Daily Mail is recording a monthly loss of sales, of just under 20,000 copies, whilst its long-suffering mid-market rival, the Express,… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – October 1999
The GWR group has joined forces with Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) to apply for the second digital radio multiplex licence for London. The first licence was awarded to the CE Digital consortium, which comprises Capital and Emap Radio, earlier this year (see Capital And EMAP Win First London Digital Licence).Awarding the first licence the Radio… Continue reading GWR And Scottish Radio Unite In London Licence Bid
US research group, Forrester Research, has acquired UK internet specialists, Fletcher Research, for an undisclosed, the two companies announced today. Fletcher specialises in internet research and recently launched the Internet User Monitor, the UK’s largest Net usage survey undertaken so far (see Fletcher Launches Largest Ever Poll Of UK Internet Users). Forrester is an independent… Continue reading Forrester Acquires Fletcher Research
Tina Goes Shopping, the gritty, realistic one-off drama shown on Channel 4 in September, has led to a number of complaints to the Independent Television Commission (ITC) about some of the programme’s more graphic and disturbing scenes. The programme was centred around life on a Leeds council estate and used the area’s actual residents as… Continue reading Gritty Channel 4 Drama Causes Taste Complaints
Shares in Emap were up 40p today at 890p as the magazine publisher prepares to announce its interim results.Prices have been affected by Stephen Byers’ decision to investigate some recent mergers within the media industry. BSkyB tumbled 19˝p as the government decided to refer it to the Competition Commission over Vivendi’s recent purchase of a… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday The UK’s first national digital radio stations launch on the Digital One multiplex today. The stations are also being carried across the Sky Digital satellite television platform, as well as the internet (see GWR Unveils Multi-Million Pound Digital Radio Stations Launch).The latest national newspaper circulation figures, for October 1999, are released by the ABC… Continue reading The Week Ahead
