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Daniel Heaf, formerly of BBC Worldwide, has been appointed as head of new media, 4Radio and multimedia entertainment at Channel 4, working on a number of interactive projects, including E4 Radio.He will work across all of Channel 4’s national digital radio stations and will have complete responsibility for the strategy development of new media extensions.Heaf… Continue reading Channel 4 Appoints BBC Worldwide’s Daniel Heaf

Microsoft has refused to match the $37 per share price Yahoo!’s founders were asking for, bringing an end to takeover talks. The weekend saw Microsoft increase its original bid of $31 made earlier this year (see Microsoft Bids $44.6bn For Yahoo!) to $33 per share. However, Microsoft executives met with Yahoo! founders Jerry Yang and… Continue reading Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo! Bid

Sky added 56,000 customers in the first quarter of 2008, taking its total number of subscribers to 8.9 million. The satellite broadcaster, releasing results for its third quarter, said that Sky+ households grew by 262,000, to 3.4 million, while broadband customers were up 229,000 to reach 1,428,000. The company added that it added 43,000 high-definition… Continue reading Sky Adds 56,000 Customers In Q1

Publicis Groupe has reported revenue growth of 8.2% for the first quarter of 2008, to €1.06 billion (£830 million). The company said that it expects good growth this year, driven by its digital and media businesses and growth from emerging markets where it has operations. The falling US dollar hit revenues by around €61 million,… Continue reading Publicis Reports Revenue Growth

Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) is in talks with Germany’s GfK over a nil-premium merger which would create the world’s second largest market information group by revenue. The merged group would have a combined valuation of over £1.4 billion and would be renamed GfK-TNS. Shareholders of GfK and TNS would each hold 50 percent of the… Continue reading TNS And GfK In Merger Talks

Publisher Trinity Mirror is to close eight loss making newspapers in Derby and Peterborough. The titles are all free weeklies and include the Derby Trader and the Peterborough Herald and Post. According to a report in the Guardian, 23 employees will be made redundant, six of them in editorial positions. Trinity Mirror said it does… Continue reading Trinity Mirror To Close Eight Papers

WPP, the world’s second largest advertising group, saw revenues grow by 14.1% to $1.6 billion in the first quarter of 2008. First quarter growth reflected the continued steady overall economic environment despite the continuing uncertainty stimulated by the credit and liquidity crisis and the much slowdown in the US, said WPP. However, despite the revenue… Continue reading WPP Revenues Grow 14.1%

Pearson, owner of the Financial Times, has said that it expects continued profit growth at the newspaper group this year. The company said that it had made a good start to the year and is trading in line with expectations. It added that it expects profit growth at its education business and “double digit profit… Continue reading FT Profits Expected To Grow

Channel 4’s core channel made an operating loss last year for the first time since 1992, with Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson warning that the broadcaster has reached a “tipping point” in its funding shortfall.The core channel recorded an operating loss of £7.8 million, with the group’s pre-tax profit falling from £21.3 million to £1.6… Continue reading Channel 4 Suffers First Operating Loss Since 1992

Yahoo! has announced first quarter profits of $542 million (£272 million), up from $142 million in the previous year. This rise was due mainly to gains in its investment in the parent company of Chinese online company AliBaba.com. Revenues increased by 9% year on year to $1.82 billion, which was better than had been predicted… Continue reading Yahoo! Profits Increase