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The Guardian & Manchester Evening News is thought to be in negotiations with Lonrho to discuss a buy-out of The Observer. The newspaper group has made bids for the paper in the past, all of which have been rejected.

United Newspapers (UN) signed a £200m distribution contract with Northern & Shell last summer which it is now attempting to dissolve by sueing a subsidiary of its own company. UN believes that the deal is not working out according to plan and is “increasingly difficult to operate” but Northern, which is planning legal action, describes… Continue reading United Newspapers In Dispute With N&S

Yesterday IPC announced the launch of their new mass-market weekly listings magazine, TV & Satellite Week, due for release on March 2.The new weekly full colour magazine will focus on accurate, detailed listings for cable & satellite, as well as terrestrial channels. With a total pagination of 76, each day’s viewing will have 6 pages… Continue reading TV & Satellite Week Launch

Liz Howell, director of programmes at GMTV, has resigned and will be replaced by Peter McHugh current editor of ‘The Time..The Place’ – the ITV morning chat programme. The resignation comes only three days after the appointment of Greg Dyke as chairman of the ailing station, and follows Dyke’s refusal to endorse Howell’s programming strategy… Continue reading Howell Leaves GMTV

Channel 4 and International Management Group have made a last minute £1.2m bid to host the World Chess Championship between Gary Kasparov and Nigel Short. If successful the event is likely to be held in London later this year.

Liz Howell, director of programmes at GMTV, has resigned and will be replaced by Peter McHugh current editor of ‘The Time..The Place’ – the ITV morning chat programme. The resignation comes only three days after the appointment of Greg Dyke as chairman of the ailing station, and follows Dyke’s refusal to endorse Howell’s programming strategy… Continue reading Howell Leaves GMTV

Channel 4 and International Management Group have made a last minute £1.2m bid to host the World Chess Championship between Gary Kasparov and Nigel Short. If successful the event is likely to be held in London later this year.

Yesterday IPC announced the launch of their new mass-market weekly listings magazine, TV & Satellite Week, due for release on March 2.The new weekly full colour magazine will focus on accurate, detailed listings for cable & satellite, as well as terrestrial channels. With a total pagination of 76, each day’s viewing will have 6 pages… Continue reading TV & Satellite Week Launch

Chief executive of Mirror Group Newspapers, David Montgomery, has given his word to the four banks backing the newspaper group that the Daily Mirror will keep its left stance and that he will no longer interfere in editorial matters which could shift the paper politically.NatWest, the group’s largest shareholder, fears that a change in stance… Continue reading Montgomery Promises Left Stance

LWT chief executive, Greg Dyke, came to the rescue of GMTV on Friday after the news broke that current chairman Harry Roche was resigning from the Breakfast channel, less than two months after its launch.Good Morning Television started off on a shaky foot in January but things hit an all time low last week when… Continue reading Dyke Repeats TV-Am Revival