It seems that the positive trading statement released by media group EMAP yesterday (see EMAP Anticipates Second Half Revenue Growth) failed to impress. Shares in the company dropped by 52p (5.9%) to 826p by the end of trading. EMAP has also announced plans to report results for its internet division, EMAP Digital, separately from the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Attic Futura, publisher of Britain’s biggest-selling teen magazine Sugar, has signed a deal with internet service provider AOL UK to take its magazines to the web. AOL UK members will have access to content from Attic Futura’s Sugar and TV Hits magazines. The deal extends the association between the two companies, created in 1996 when… Continue reading Attic Futura Takes Sugar To The Web With AOL Deal
A week after the launch of its first radio stations on the Net (see Chrysalis Radio Launches On The Net), the Chrysalis Radio Group will soon allow online listeners to access its services via their telephones. A deal with Motorola allows callers to use voice commands to search the web.The new technology is called PersonalOffer… Continue reading Chrysalis Radio Allows Listeners To Talk On The Internet
Regional newspaper publisher, Community Media, has agreed to stop its exclusivity deals with advertisers after it was reprimanded by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) this week. This could be the last time a media owner gets off so lightly with anti-competitive behaviour; new legislation will impose huge penalties on publishers that offer discounts to… Continue reading OFT Reprimands Exclusive Deals By Regional Publisher
Digital channel ITV2 will be available on the Telewest cable network from today. The channel, which launched last December (see ITV2 – Not Entirely A Different View) will be accessible to 850,000 more homes throughout England as a result.From 6pm each day the service will be available in all Telewest homes, the latest figures for… Continue reading ITV2 Gets Carriage Deal With Telewest
A new web-based media trading system that will allow media buyers and sellers to trade inventory online is currently being developed by a company called iMediaPoint.com. The system, which is due for launch in the fourth quarter of this year, will offer a broad range of media space including radio, internet and television.Heading up the… Continue reading Internet Media Trading System Developed By iMediaPoint.com
Information group Reuters continues to sustain losses after a negative meeting with analysts last week caused stock to plummet (see Sharewatch). Shares were down a further 27˝p to 682˝p; in total they have dropped 25%.Shares in Ulster Television rose by over 5% yesterday to 196p. A new managing director, John McCann, who takes over the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Nigel Reeve has quit his position as managing director of London News Radio. Huge changes in the management of the group, which owns two stations in the capital – LBC 1152 AM and News Direct 97.3FM – have forced him from his position.The changes began when shareholders within the group began to increase their control.… Continue reading Managing Director Of London News Radio Quits
Media group EMAP has given an upbeat forecast on sales at its UK and French consumer magazines businesses, which are set to show good growth in the second half of the year, the group said today.Sales in the first half year for its UK magazine and radio operations and its French publications would be similar… Continue reading EMAP Anticipates Second Half Revenue Growth
Guardian Unlimited, the website for the Guardian, has registered half a million people since its launch nine months ago. With its seven specialist sites including news, film, football and work, it is currently one of the most popular newspaper sites. It also registered 9.75 million page impressions in the first official ABC audit. A new… Continue reading Newsline Brief
