Like the cable and television industries, the UK’s regional newspaper industry is currently undergoing a period of ownership concentration. A series of takeovers and mergers in the last few years has seen the creation of a number of very large regional publishing groups.According to figures recently released by the Newspaper Society (NS), Trinity is currently… Continue reading Mirror Takeover Would Further Consolidation In Regional Press Industry
The Advertising Association (AA) today told a London conference that a pan-European ban on children’s television advertising would be unworkable. The evidence is drawn from an interpretation of legislation in Sweden which currently prohibits TV advertising to children.The AA believes that the guidelines interpreting the Swedish model show the legislation to be ‘knotted with detail’;… Continue reading Advertising Association Claims Ban On Children’s TV Ads Is Unworkable
Despite closing the sale of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) to NTL yesterday (see NTL Spends £8.2bn On Cable & Wireless Communications), parent company Cable & Wireless dropped back 20p to 745˝p by the end of trading. Investors did not favour the deal for CWC either, which also finished down 8˝p at 690˝p. Conversely, Telewest,… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Guardian Unlimited network of websites has received its first official ABC //electronic audit figure for June 1999 which shows the sites received 9,746,873 page impressions. The network, which includes Jobs Unlimited and News Unlimited, was launched by Guardian Newspapers in January this year and has been expanding its portfolio since (see Website Of The… Continue reading Guardian Unlimited Nets Almost 10m Page Impressions
Impacts ITV’s impacts were down for all audience categories year on year in June. This was due to the especially high number of impacts last year caused by the Network’s coverage of the World Cup. Men dropped back by 19.1% to 8,714 and ABC1 Adults were down 12.9% to 8,209. Conversely, Channel 4 enjoyed increases… Continue reading TV Round-Up – June 1999
NTL has today acquired the telephone, internet and television operations of Cable & Wireless Communications plc (CWC ConsumerCo), at a cost of £8.2 billion. The deal to buy CWC is being backed by France Telecom, which has spent $5.5 billion increasing its stake in NTL from its current position of 10% (see NTL Enters Exclusive… Continue reading NTL Spends £8.2bn On Cable & Wireless Communications
Shares in the free internet service provider Freeserve are expected to open at 150p, which would value the company at £1.5 billion. Freeserve, which is being floated by parent company electrical retailer Dixons, is said to be over-subscribed by between 10 and 30 times.The huge demand for Britain’s first big internet flotation, due mainly to… Continue reading Huge Scramble For Shares In Freeserve
IPC Southbank’s Woman’s Journal is to reveal a ‘distinctive new look’ from September, coinciding with the start of new editor Elsa McAlonan.The Woman’s Journal revamp will include a new masthead, and a stronger design element which IPC hopes will produce a magazine “with a timeless and classic style”. Along with McAlonan taking the editorial post,… Continue reading Woman’s Journal Gets New Look
Shares in the free internet service provider Freeserve began trading at 225p, well above the 150p parent company Dixon were offering. Shortly afterwards the price fell to 196.5p and is currently trading around the 200p mark.
Julian Rigamonti has joined Classic FM as a sponsorship executive, reporting to department head Karen Morris. Mr Rigamonti had previously worked at the Granada Media Group and TSMS.
