Merrill Lynch has reduced its pre-tax profit forecast for BSkyB in 1998/99 from £375 million to £360m, due to the likelihood of a major marketing blitz after the World Cup in June/July. The City firm believes that some of this will be one-off promotions to “piggy back” on the interest generated by the tournament. A… Continue reading Football Marketing Could Hit Sky
The management buyout of Leeds agency Poulters is still in negotiation at the moment. Graham Poulter, the agency’s chairman, told Newsline that the deal is being “actively discussed” at the moment. He went on to say that an announcement is expected in early February.Poulters: 0113 285 6500
It is believed that the BBC is currently in discussions with ITV with a view to broadcasting all of England’s and Scotland’s World Cup matches next summer. Previously, ITV and BBC have shared the matches between them by alternating the group games; this year the BBC may enter a head to head to battle with… Continue reading BBC Challenges ITV To World Cup
It was again a poor month among the national newspapers, with only three titles showing year on year increases in their June-November NRS figures.The Guardian performed particularly well with a rise in readership of almost 7% to 1.333 million while the Sunday Telegraph showed an increase of 8% to 2.3 million. The Mail On Sunday… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – November
Phill and Scott, together with the rest of the news contributors at MediaTel, would like to wish all of Newsline‘s readers a merry christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.Newsline will be taking a break over the Christmas holiday and returning on 5th January with a summary of any developments from over the festive… Continue reading A Merry Christmas From Newsline
The fund group Fidelity Investments is to offer its unit trusts and personal equity plans over the Internet. The system will initially target the company’s existing customers but will eventually roll out to anyone with access to the World Wide Web. Customers will then be able to open accounts without the need for a signature.… Continue reading Unit Trusts And PEPs Go Online
David Montgomery, chief executive of the Mirror Group, has exercised a share option with over 500,000 Mirror Group ordinary shares. Montgomery bought the shares at 61p each and promptly sold them on 19 December 1997 for 195p each.Mr Montgomery also sold 10,000 of his existing ordinary shares at 195.5p per share. The deals have scooped… Continue reading Mirror Group Chief Executive Uses Share Options
Suzanne Warner has been appointed as deputy chairman of the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) for a period of four years from 1 January 1998. Recently Warner was director of group government relations at Cable & Wireless.Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Chris Smith says that Warner “will prove an invaluable asset to the… Continue reading BSC Appoints Deputy Chairman
Emap Computing has sold its computer titles to US group CMP Media. The managing director at Emap Computing said that the sale reflected Emap’s business strategy.Information Week, the title launched in March by Emap Computing and CMP Media jointly, will now become owned entirely by CMP (subscribers see Emap Looks Stateside).Emap Computing: 0171 388 2430
Microsoft’s online magazine Slate will begin charging its readers from next year. The magazine launched in 1996 and had intended to become a subscription service after a trial period but the plan was initially shelved.Michael Kinsey, the editor of the cultural weekly, now believes that there is a growing acceptance among Web users that content… Continue reading Microsoft Webzine To Charge For Access
