Claims made by the Observer yesterday that Mirror Group Newspapers were trying to enlist investors to buy a 25% stake in the company were denied in today’s press by MGN.There has been speculation about a consortium ever since rumours that Arthur Andersen was to sell its 54% stake in MGN several months ago.The article also… Continue reading Observer Story Causes Denials
Research has been carried out by David Graham & Associates into the programmes watched by families with children.The research concentrated on family units of one or two adults, and one or more children between the ages of 4 and 17. The survey covers the week June 7.Survey results showed that ITV is the preferred family-viewing… Continue reading FAMILY VIEWING SURVEY
In a survey conducted by NOP, it has been shown that Teletext is growing in popularity among children.The new Teletext pages launched in January which specifically target children seem to be a success; 1.7m children are watching Teletext every week, 59% of whom are boys, and 75% are between 10 and 14 years old.The Generator… Continue reading Teletext Success Survey
The head of British Sky Broadcasting, Sam Chisholm, may be appointed chief executive of Star TV, the Hong Kong based channel in which Rupert Murdoch bought a 63.6% share last month.Sam Chisholm has been appointed ‘acting’ chief after last weeks surprise departure of Julian Mounter. The new chief executive will be announced in two weeks… Continue reading Chisholm To Move To Star TV?
The head of British Sky Broadcasting, Sam Chisholm, may be appointed chief executive of Star TV, the Hong Kong based channel in which Rupert Murdoch bought a 63.6% share last month.Sam Chisholm has been appointed ‘acting’ chief after last weeks surprise departure of Julian Mounter. The new chief executive will be announced in two weeks… Continue reading Chisholm To Move To Star TV?
Claims made by the Observer yesterday that Mirror Group Newspapers were trying to enlist investors to buy a 25% stake in the company were denied in today’s press by MGN.There has been speculation about a consortium ever since rumours that Arthur Andersen was to sell its 54% stake in MGN several months ago.The article also… Continue reading Observer Story Causes Denials
Trinity International’s proposed purchase of the 26 local papers owned by Argus Press has been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.The company, which owns newspapers in north west England, north Wales, Canada and the US, has since made a £12.6m cash offer for the Huddersfield Daily Examiner.The deal, although it will increase Trinity’s presence… Continue reading Trinity Referred To MMC
Compagnie Generale des Eaux has linked with Singapore Telecom and Yorkshire Water to invest about £200m in a cable system for Yorkshire.Singapore Telecom and CGE will each take a 45% stake, with Yorkshire Water putting up the rest. The money will be invested in Yorkshire Cable, which holds six franchises in the county. The company… Continue reading New Yorkshire Cable System
The Audit Bureau of Circulations is to split its business press titles into 2 groups which will be assigned separate audit periods. The 2 groups will be service and industrial,with the service group covering building, architecture and retail titles and the industrial group covering engineering, electronic and computer titles.The industrial group will submit returns for… Continue reading ABC Business Audit Periods
Reed Elsevier yesterday announced the first set of results since their merger – there was a 24% increase in pre-tax profits.Currency movements favoured the first half figures, which rose from £227m to £281m before tax.Professional publishing showed a 30% profit rise to £60m, and the consumer division was up 23% to £54m with a good… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Success
