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Former director general of the Confederation of British Industry, Sir Digby Jones, could lead a bid to buy 47 of Trinity Mirror’s Midlands based newspapers. The titles include the Birmingham Post and 46 other local papers, including the Birmingham Mail and the Coventry Evening Telegraph. Sir Digby is quoted in today’s Financial Times as saying… Continue reading Digby Jones Could Buy Trinity Mirror’s Midlands Papers

The US satellite radio company XM saw its revenue for 2006 increase 67% year on year to $933 million. The company also added 1.6 million new net subscribers in 2006 for a total of 7.6 million subscribers. Hugh Panero, XM CEO, said: “2006 was a pivotal year for XM. The automobile market is emerging as… Continue reading XM Radio Records Revenue Increase

A new report from In-Stat claims that portable devices for playing media are becoming more popular than ever before. The In-Stat report forecasts that digital radio receivers will reach 26 million unit shipments worldwide by 2010. It adds that the worldwide market for ‘edutainment’ toys is expected to hit 81 million units by 2010. In… Continue reading Portable Media Devices Becoming More Popular

ITV1’s flagship soap opera Coronation Street attracted a peak audience of 10.2 million viewers to both of last night’s episodes, with viewers wondering which would blow up sooner, the bomb Chesney found in the garden or the menage a trois between Sonny, Sean and Michelle.The first of the night’s episodes, on at 7.30pm, had a… Continue reading Coronation Street Wins Monday Night Soap Battle

Capital Gold has teamed up with VisitBritain’s official website for tourism in England, enjoyengland.com, in a one year deal to promote activities and short breaks in England.Starting in March, an on-air and online promotional campaign will roll out across Capital Gold stations in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Kent, Sussex and Hampshire on DAB digital radio, digital… Continue reading Capital Gold To Launch New Promotion

Ahead of MediaTel Group’s sold-out ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar, James Papworth, group marketing and strategy manager at IPC Media, discusses how magazines are securing their future by evolving into multi-media brands…I work for IPC Media and in a little over two months I will be leaving my desk at Kings Reach Tower, which IPC… Continue reading The Future of Magazines

All future episodes of the BBC cookery programme Saturday Kitchen will be broadcast live after the Corporation admitted that viewers were asked to phone in for a show they had no chance of appearing on.Viewers were asked to call in for a chance to appear on the next week’s show. However, the show was being… Continue reading Saturday Kitchen Goes Live After Phone-In Mistake

The BBC Trust has provisionally approved the launch of the Freesat service, which would give viewers free digital television via satellite.The Trust said that the service would create significant public value by giving licence fee payers an additional way to access digital television.The Trust decided that a Freesat service would have a positive impact by… Continue reading BBC Trust Approves Freesat Service

Emap, owner of Heat and Magic FM, has in the past few days been surrounded by rumours concerning an imminent restructure, with many at the company fearing job cuts.Emap is holding meetings with its staff over the coming days to discuss matters which arose from its operational review, announced in November, which examined the consumer… Continue reading Emap Restructure Could Face Seminar Spotlight

ABC has today launched the Group Product Report, which allows media owners to publicise their ABC audited and verified figures across media platforms on the same report.Publishers and media owners can choose to produce a Group Product Report alongside their usual ABC certificates, with the report being updated every time new data becomes available.ABC certifies… Continue reading ABC Launches Group Product Report