US publisher Gannett has submitted a formal application to the trade secretary for consent to bid for Regional Independent Media. The deal could make the group’s UK subsidiary, Newsquest, the country’s largest regional publisher.The consent process will involve a referral to the Competition Commission for investigation and may take up to six months to reach… Continue reading Gannett Seeks Consent To Bid For Regional Independent Media
The first electronic trading system for the UK radio advertising industry launches this week. J-ET has been developed through JICRIT, the collaboration between the commercial radio industry and the advertising industry through the IPA.Created and run by MediaTel to enable screen-based trading for buyers and sellers, the system will also increase post-campaign accountability within the… Continue reading First E-Trading System For Radio Launches In The UK
The Newspaper Society has put forward a series of guidelines for the future of the regional press. In a response to the Government’s communications reform team on the coming White Paper for the media industry, the regional and local press body has called for reform of the current media ownership laws and the avoidance of… Continue reading Current Regulatory Regime Is Unfair, Says Newspaper Society
United News and Media held its first Xilerate conference yesterday and announced a 240% increase in web revenues. Shares in the company rose 3½p to £9.27½ by close of trade.Telewest lost most of Monday’s gains (see Sharewatch), dropping 32p to £2.67.Jazz FM has agreed terms for its London station to be carried on the second… Continue reading Sharewatch
The emergence of another website dedicated to recruitment has brought further interest in the phenomenon of online jobsearching. Workthing.com, the new Guardian Media Group-owned employment network, which launches in the UK this summer (see Guardian To Launch Employment Portal), has commissioned a survey into the habits of users of recruitment websites as they increase in… Continue reading Web Report: Are You A Nervous Netty Or A Digital Man?
Lord Wakeham, the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has promised that the organisation will come down hard on newspapers, TV crews and paparazzi if they subject Prince William to harassment while he is at university.In a speech today at St Bride’s Institute, Fleet Street, Lord Wakeham warned newspapers against publishing pictures of the… Continue reading PCC To Set Out New Guidelines For Prince William’s Privacy
Revenue Total terrestrial revenue (including GMTV) rose by 14.3% year on year, according to agency estimates. Of this, ITV’s revenue rose 15.4%; Channel 4’s grew by 9.8% and Channel 5 saw its revenue rise by 17.6%.Revenue at breakfast franchise GMTV grew by 13.6% and total satellite rose 33.5% in a year on year analysis.Amongst the… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2000
The market leader in internet measurement, Media Metrix, and digital economy expert, Jupiter Communications, have merged their operations to create the world’s leading authority on the internet. The new company, Jupiter Media Metrix, will have a combined market value of $1 billion.Media Metrix and its European affiliate, MMXI Europe, pioneered the monitoring of web traffic… Continue reading One-Stop Net Information Service Created As Media Metrix And Jupiter Merge
Julian Carter has been promoted to the position of regional sales director at Capital Radio Advertising. The move comes as Capital integrates the Century stations acquired as part of Border’s holdings when it took over earlier this year (see Capital Radio Wins Battle For Border). Carter was previously sales director for Century 105 North West… Continue reading Appointments Brief
Revenue Total terrestrial revenue (including GMTV) rose by 14.3% year on year to reach £251 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, ITV’s revenue rose 15.4% to £173 million; Channel 4’s grew by 9.8% to £54 million and Channel 5 saw its revenue rise by 17.6% to £18 million.Revenue at breakfast franchise GMTV grew by… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2000
