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Tim Schoonmaker, the Emap radio chief executive who resigned suddenly last week, is planning to team up with venture capital companies to bid for radio groups in the newly deregulated market place. Schoonmaker, who ran Emap’s radio and digital television operations, announced his intention to step down last week, in a move that caused surprised… Continue reading Emap Radio Boss Linked To Venture Capital Groups

International publisher, Future Network, was seen in focus in Friday with shares rising by 0.78% after announcing that encouraging sales of magazines should enable it to post an increase in revenues for 2003 (see Future Network Stays On Track With Trading Update).Emap also continued to attract attention with stock climbing by 1.56% amid reports that… Continue reading Sharewatch: Future Boosted By Positive Magazine Sales

Trinity Mirror is challenging the likes of Chat, Take A Break and That’s Life with the launch of Take It Easy, a new weekly title that will be given away free with the People on Sundays.Take It Easy replaces the People‘s previous weekend offering and focuses on real life stories following extensive research to discover… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Takes It Easy With New Weekly Magazine

The Independent‘s decision to launch a tabloid-sized trial version for commuters may have boosted circulation at the title, but it has so far failed to have any positive effect on readership (see Independent Reveals Details Of Tabloid Launch).The latest NRS national newspaper figures show the title suffered a 12.6% year on year decline in readership,… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – November 2003

Tim Schoonmaker, the Emap radio chief executive who resigned suddenly last week, is planning to team up with venture capital companies to bid for radio groups in the newly deregulated market place.Schoonmaker, who ran Emap’s radio and digital television operations, announced his intention to step down last week, in a move that caused surprised city… Continue reading Emap Radio Boss Linked To Venture Capital Groups

GMG Radio has appointed Clear Marketing to launch a cross-platform advertising campaign to promote the forthcoming launch of its new Smooth FM station.Smooth FM will go live on 2 March and will replace Jazz FM across the Northwest of England with a range of artists, such as Rod Stewart and Norah Jones, who have produced… Continue reading GMG Appoints Clear Marketing For Smooth FM Launch

Opus has announced that Phil Parkinson will take over from Dominic Barker as regional director of its Manchester-based division with immediate effect.Parkinson will step up from his previous role as team leader to oversee all revenue streams for the company outside of London. He will report directly to Peter Charlton, national sales director at Opus.Commenting… Continue reading Opus Appoints Parkinson As New Regional Director

Hachette Filipacchi has poached IPC’s Rita Lewis to become publishing director of its flagship women’s titles Red and B.Lewis, who takes up the position with immediate effect, will assume responsibility for driving forward the Red brand as it attempts to increase its circulation and looks to exploit opportunities in foreign markets.She will also work with… Continue reading Hachette Poaches IPC’s Lewis For Key Publishing Role

Advertising broadcast on all of the UK’s major commercial radio stations can now be tracked by a new system from Nielsen Media Research, designed to bring greater accountability to the medium.The new Adscanner technology, developed by Idioma, continuously monitors live broadcast feeds and uses advanced audio fingerprints to automatically identify the air-time spots that appear… Continue reading Nielsen Rolls Out New Radio Ad-Tracking System

Despite having recently cut its 2003 radio advertising growth forecast, Merrill Lynch is confident that the the next twelve months will bring strong growth with revenues expected to increase by more than 8%.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Online Santa Delivers The Goods In Record StyleUS shoppers spent a record $18.5 billion online during the 2003 holiday… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: 2004 Radio Recovery To Be Back-End Loaded