London radio station BBC GLR is to be renamed next year as part of a major rebranding of the BBC’s services in the capital. BBC London Live, as it will be called, will be relaunched with increased news and speech and a reduction in music programming. The coming of the anti-Christ is just one of… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Pre-tax profits at the Daily Mail & General Trust group (DMGT), owner of the Daily Mail and Mail On Sunday, grew by 9.5% for the year ended 3 October 1999, the company announced this morning. DMGT also owns the Evening Standard and London Metro newspapers.DMGT’s national and London newspapers are run by the company’s Associated… Continue reading Daily Mail & General Trust Profits Up 9.5%
Fru Hazlitt, sales director at Capital Radio, has resigned the group to join Yahoo Europe. She is to take up the position of European sales director when her contract expires in six months’ time.Hazlitt told Newsline: “I have got the best media job in Britain at the moment and I am very sad to leave… Continue reading Yahoo Swipes Capital Radio Sales Director
Daily Mail & General Trust climbed 18p yesterday as the newspaper group prepared to release its annual financial results this morning. Prices closed at £42.18p.Cable group Telewest fell as the whole telecoms sector suffered a decline and negative rumours surrounded its proposed merger with Flextech (see Telewest And Flextech Close To Merger). Prices dropped 28žp… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has promoted its two founding members of staff – Douglas McArthur and Justin Sampson – to chief executive and managing director respectively. McArthur has been managing director at the RAB since its launch in 1992 and Sampson is currently operations director for the Bureau.The RAB’s chairman Peter Warren says: “For… Continue reading RAB Appoints Chief Executive And Managing Director
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) is to review the stringency of its auditing procedures following the discovery of a six year falsification of the figures for three Birmingham newspapers. The Birmingham Post & Mail (BPM) titles – Birmingham Evening Mail, Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury – were last month found to have been reporting… Continue reading ABC To Review Audit Process Following False Circulation Figures
London’s alternative radio station, Xfm, and EMAP-owned South Yorkshire pop station Hallam FM have each been fined £50,000 by the Radio Authority for breaches of the Broadcasting Act and Programme Code. The fines are the largest that the Authority has ever levied on a station and represent the maximum single penalty which the RA can… Continue reading Xfm And Hallam FM Receive £50,000 Fines
Steven Cain is to step down from his post as chief executive of Carlton Communications, ahead of the proposed merger of the company with United News & Media (see Media Merger May Hit Regulatory Obstacles). Cain will leave the company at the end of January 2000, Carlton announced last night.Cain’s position in a merged Carlton/UNM… Continue reading Cain To Leave Chief Executive Post At Carlton
IPC Connect has unveiled its largest-ever seasonal promotion with a millennium programme worth £1 million. The women’s weekly division, which includes Women’s Own, Women’s Realm and Chat, has designed souvenir issues for its 1 January editions.Chat, in the biggest promotion in its history, will be wrapped in silver foil and each issue will contain either… Continue reading IPC Women’s Weeklies Get Set For The Millennium
The GWR Group’s Now Digital bid has been awarded the digital radio multiplex licence for the Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford area, the Radio Authority has announced. The licence covers an area with a population of around 1.1 million adults (15+).Now Digital will broadcast a selection of nine programme services drawn from a number of radio… Continue reading GWR’s Now Digital Takes Wolverhampton Digital Licence
