Classic FM yesterday announced a £2.2m deal with Crosse and Blackwell, who will sponsor Masterclass, the musical education programme.The Masterclass package, which includes sponsorship and airtime is the largest such deal in UK commercial radio history. Crosse & Blackwell will partner Classic FM for initially two and a half years.The package includes: A branded one… Continue reading Classic Fm In Largest Ever Radio Deal
Viacom International, the US cable television group is to buy Paramount Communications, the entertainment and publishing company, for $8.2bn (£5.32b) in the biggest US media takeover since Time and Warner in 1989.Viacom’s channels include MTV and Nickelodeon. Paramount is best known for its Paramount Pictures Film Studio and its Paramount theme parks. The deal should… Continue reading Viacom To Takeover Paramount
Carlton Communications, the television company which has the independent TV franchise for London, and a stake in ITN, is interested in acquiring a stake in Newspaper Publishing, owners of The Independent and Independent on Sunday.The move is seen as a challenge to the regulations limiting cross-ownership of newspaper and TV stations, and to media magnate… Continue reading Carlton May Buy Into Independent
The ABC figures for the National Daily Newspapers released on MediaTel on Friday afternoon contained one error; the figure for the month of August for the Mail on Sunday should read 1,915,396 and not 1,932,598. This is a decrease on the July 1993 figure of 1%.
The ABC figures for the National Daily Newspapers released on MediaTel on Friday afternoon contained one error; the figure for the month of August for the Mail on Sunday should read 1,915,396 and not 1,932,598. This is a decrease on the July 1993 figure of 1%.
First-half operating profits of the Westminster Press arm of the Pearson empire rose 121% to £4.2m from £1.9m in the first half of last year.Ulster Television announced pre-tax profits of £1.97m for the six months to the end of June, up 10% from £1.79m. The improvement in profits was after deducting a half year pro-rata… Continue reading Westminster Press/Ulster TV Profits
Carlton Communications, the television company which has the independent TV franchise for London, and a stake in ITN, is interested in acquiring a stake in Newspaper Publishing, owners of The Independent and Independent on Sunday.The move is seen as a challenge to the regulations limiting cross-ownership of newspaper and TV stations, and to media magnate… Continue reading Carlton May Buy Into Independent
PopularsThe latest national newspaper ABCs for August’93 show that reducing cover prices does have a direct bearing on sales. The Sun’s August’s ABC is up by more than 350,000 on June, before the price war began, to 3,832,397. The newspaper has also recorded its first year-on-year increase in its 6-monthly ABC for well over a… Continue reading National Press Round-Up
First-half operating profits of the Westminster Press arm of the Pearson empire rose 121% to £4.2m from £1.9m in the first half of last year.Ulster Television announced pre-tax profits of £1.97m for the six months to the end of June, up 10% from £1.79m. The improvement in profits was after deducting a half year pro-rata… Continue reading Westminster Press/Ulster TV Profits
