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Bauer Media and Guardian Media Group are understood to be in talks with GCap and Global Radio over the acquisition of Midlands stations BRMB and Heart 106. Last week, the Office of Fair Trading announced that Global Radio will have to divest five radio stations in the Midlands, plus related Gold stations, to gain approval… Continue reading Bauer And GMG Could Buy Midlands Stations

Simon Dodd, CEO of RLA Group, has been appointed as IPA vice-chairman of the regions.Dodd will assist Mike Leeson, managing director of Golley Slater, in his chairmanship of the group, which promotes the value of work undertaken by regional agencies and provides a forum for the IPA’s 90-plus regional members through a programme of annual… Continue reading Dodd Elected As IPA Regional Vice-Chairman

Digital media firm MIVA has rejected the $1.20 a share takeover offer from video search engine Blinkx. MIVA said that it believed that Blinkx’s takeover offer undervalued the company. Larry Weber, MIVA’s chairman, said: “After careful evaluation, the MIVA board believes that Blinkx’s proposal significantly undervalues MIVA’s assets, including our technology, brand recognition and network.… Continue reading MIVA Turns Down Blinkx Takeover Offer

Blinkx, the online video search engine, has made a $1.20 per share bid for digital media firm MIVA. MIVA (formerly known as FindWhat), operates in North America and Europe and has two core divisions running consumer destination sites and interest-specific toolbars and a third-party contextual Pay-Per-Click ad network. Blinkx has been working with MIVA as… Continue reading Blinkx To Buy Digital Media Firm MIVA

Virgin Media has outperformed analyst expectations, reporting an underlying operating profit of £333 million for the second quarter of 2008. The company reported revenues of £990.5 million, with average revenue per subscriber slightly down to £41.63. It saw an operating loss of £333 million in the second quarter, compared with a £3 million profit in… Continue reading Virgin Media Reports £333m Underlying Profit

ITV has announced a 28% year on year fall in pre-tax profits for the first six months of the year, to £91 million. The commercial broadcaster also reported a 3% increase in revenues to £1.03 billion. The company said that net advertising revenues dipped an estimated 1% in the first eight months but are likely… Continue reading ITV Reports Drop In Pre-Tax Profits

Archant has announced modest like-for-like revenue figures for the first half of 2008, down 3.3% year on year and like-for-like operating profits down 8.9%. At the same time the company has revealed that digital advertising revenues have increased by 63%. Total turnover for the period was £93.6 million (2007 – £98.5 million). Total operating profit… Continue reading Archant Sees Revenue And Profit Decline

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has announced a 27% increase in fourth quarter profits to $1.13 billion. Net income of $1.13 billion, an increase of $239 million from the $890 million reported in the fourth quarter a year ago. Revenues rose 17% to $8.6 billion, while the group recorded full-year operating income of $5.4 billion, an… Continue reading News Corp Profits Increase

Bauer Media has appointed Carl Lyons, former Capital Radio marketing director, to head up its digital marketing across 80 brands including FHM and Heat.Lyon will report directly to Bauer’s chief marketing office, Andria Vidler – who he previously worked with at Capital Radio.Vidler said: “I am delighted that we have attracted someone of the calibre… Continue reading Bauer Hires Carl Lyons To Head Up Digital Marketing

Mark Cranmer has been appointed chairman of JICIMS – the Joint Industry Committee for Internet Measurement Systems – in a move by the body to establish a single online measurement panel.JICIMS is currently searching for a research company that will become the sole supplier of an online measurement currency, similar to Barb for TV and… Continue reading Cranmer Appointed As Chairman Of JICIMS