The Daily Telegraph tomorrow launches a new weekly media section, pitting it against The Times‘ Friday media pages. The section begins as just one page of media coverage, edited by Tom Leonard.MediaTel’s weekly media industry focus and analysis, mediawatch, appears each Friday in The Times’ media pages.Daily Telegraph: 0171 538 5000
Scottish Media Group (SMG) has given up on its plans to move into video publishing through the acquisition of VCI (see SMG Makes £31m Offer For VCI Video Publisher), and has sold its 26.4% stake in the company to rival bidder, Kingfisher (see Battle For VCI Mounts).SMG originally made an 80p per share takeover offer… Continue reading Scottish Media Surrenders VCI Bid
Channel 5’s coverage of the European Championships qualifier between Luxembourg and England last night was watched by an average of 5.31 million people, with a peak audience between 9pm and 9:15pm of 6.13 million, according to unofficial overnight terrestrial viewing data.This figure is the highest audience that Channel 5 has received since it came on… Continue reading England v Luxembourg Gives C5 Record Audience
Express Newspapers has announced 46 job losses at its Daily Star newspaper, following the departure of editor, Phil Walker, after five years with the paper. Walker is succeeded by his deputy, Peter Hill.Express Newspapers: 0171 928 8000
The takeover of Classic Gold 954/1530 by Murfin Music International (see Murfin Music To Buy Classic Gold 954/1530) has been given the go-ahead following the Radio Authority’s public interest test.The station broadcasts on AM in an area covering Hereford and Worcester. The Authority conducted a public interest test because Murfin already owns a station broadcasting… Continue reading Murfin/Classic Gold Takeover Given All-Clear By RA
Emap Online has been named as a winner of a 1998 Award for Innovation in E-Business. Winner of the travel, retail and transport category, the award recognises Emap Online’s achievement with its websites Aloud.com and Bargainholidays.com.Emap Online is one of the largest online retailers in Britain, and its other online products include 1ski.com, Ab2Travel.com and… Continue reading Emap Online Is A Winner
Front Cover – Frontfront is a new men’s lifestyle magazine and one of the first new launches by Cabal Communications. In an interview with Newsline, Cabal Communications’ managing director, Andy Sutcliffe, stated that front ‘aims to provide for young men what magazines like Sugar and Bliss provide for young women.’ This is a sector in… Continue reading First Issue Review – Front
Ericsson has launched ‘Internet Advertiser’, which it claims is the industry’s first intelligent network application that distributes targeted advertisements and guarantees that adverts are viewed by internet users.With Internet Advertiser, internet service providers (ISPs) can provide free or low cost internet access to subscribers while generating increased revenue from advertisers, says Ericsson. The system allows… Continue reading Ericsson Launches Internet Ad Targeting
Male television viewers show little curiosity about characters’ motivations for violence in films and TV programmes and are inclined to be dismissive about violent acts, according to new research from the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC).The report includes an analysis of the reaction of men and women to the portrayal of domestic violence on television. It… Continue reading Men Inclined To Be Dismissive About TV Violence, Finds BSC
