EMAP Online has poached the acting head of marketing at BBC Online to become the group’s first marketing manager. Andrew Warner will take responsibility for all marketing operations for EMAP Online’s travel, music and entertainment websites, which include a2btravel.co.uk and www.aloud.com. Warner will also work on the group’s joint Net projects with EMAP Radio and… Continue reading EMAP Online Appoints Marketing Head
Two financial titles aimed at those who need to be educated about money matters have launched this week. Perspective Publishing’s Real Money will publish each month and take a wry and “non-patronising” look at finance. Priced at £2.50, it is aimed at the Loaded audience and hopes to sell around 30,000 copies. Shares, published by… Continue reading Newsline Brief: New And Future Magazine Launches
Virgin Radio has this week launched an online media companion that gives internet users extra information about the station and its advertisers alongside the live web broadcast. Called the GIMP, the media player has a live link with Virgin’s broadcasts to show information about the current DJ, the track being played and links to further… Continue reading Virgin Radio Launches Live Interactive Internet Player
The computer, videogames and internet titles of Rapide Publishing have been put up for sale following the closure of the business. All Rapide staff have been left without jobs as the company was forced to cease trading in the face of mounting debts.A former editor on one of Rapide’s Playstation titles told Newsline that the… Continue reading Rapide Titles Up For Sale As Business Folds
Shares in Reuters dropped 127˝p yesterday as brokers attending a US briefing on the information group’s Instinet division received less than positive forecasts about the electronic stockbroking business. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Salomon Smith Barney and HSBC were among the investment banks who cut back profit forecasts by as mush as 6%. The Stock Exchange… Continue reading Sharewatch
To coincide with last week’s announcement by Chris Smith, in which a timetable for analogue switch-off was set, two reports have been published which look at how the digital platforms are shaping up and tackle some of the most pertinent questions about its take-up: just how interested are British people in digital television, and what… Continue reading Media Research Examines Digital TV Outlook
Chrysalis Radio has today launched an internet service for its two radio brands, Heart and Galaxy. The online facilities allow real time listening to be combined with interactivity, enabling users to buy CDs and find related information about songs being played.The websites incorporate all of Chrysalis’ current five Galaxy and two Heart stations around the… Continue reading Chrysalis Radio Launches On The Net
IPC Music & Sport has appointed Will Watt as marketing manager for the publisher’s two weekly music titles, NME and Melody Maker. Watt joins IPC from advertising agency Leagas Delaney where he has been account manager for Adidas Europe.Commenting on the appointment, publisher Neil Robinson says: “In the future our music brands will need to… Continue reading New Marketing Manager For NME And Melody Maker
Initiative Media has set up a new division to house its technology-related clients. Initiative.com will be headed by Simon Foster and will include the Sun Microsystems account which the company obtained last week for £60 million. A new magazine from Company’s Good Housekeeping brand is set to launch on September 23. Buy The Best will… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Telewest Communications, which yesterday announced plans to begin trialling video-on-demand services early next year (see Cable Companies Promise Video-On-Demand), dropped back by 6p to close at 218žp. Meanwhile, rival cable group Cable & Wireless Communications, firmed 8p to 634p.After a brief rise earlier in the week, stock in media and hotels group Granada fall back… Continue reading Sharewatch
