Ofcom has launched a consultation on its plans to relax cross-media ownership and local radio rules.The media regulator wants to change the rules to allow local commercial radio stations in one area to be owned by the same company and media companies to be able to own a combination of TV, radio and newspaper assets… Continue reading Ofcom unveils plans to change local ownership rules
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Microsoft and Yahoo!’s new 10 year partnership could put an end to high online ad costs and spur trouble for rival company Google, according to WPP’s head Sir Martin Sorrell.Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, the WPP chief executive said the merger between the two internet companies was likely to make search advertising cheaper as advertisers… Continue reading Sorrell: Microsoft/Yahoo! deal will cut online ad costs
Investment in Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) programming from the five main broadcasters has dropped by almost 15% over the last four years, according to new research.Ofcom’s latest PSB annual report shows that the five main PSBs spent £2.6 billion on original UK programmes in 2008, down from £3 billion in 2004.The report also found that… Continue reading Ofcom: PSB investment in decline
Regional newspaper publisher Newsquest suffered a 36.9% year on year fall in advertising revenue in the second quarter of 2009. However, Newsquest said that June was its strongest month since the start of the advertising slump. Classified advertising fell 45.2% year-on-year fall in the second quarter. Within classifieds, recruitment ad revenue fell 55.6%, property ads… Continue reading Newsquest advertising revenue falls 36.9%
The London Evening Standard has pulled out from ABC’s monthly national newspaper audit, repositioning itself as a regional title for future circulation reports.The Audit Bureau of Circulations confirmed today that the Evening Standard has decided to withdraw from it national listings, instead reporting regional figures.However, the Evening Standard plans to continue reporting monthly circulation figures,… Continue reading Evening Standard pulls out of ABC audit
News International is set to slash The Sun‘s cover price by a third to 20p in the north of England from Monday to match London and the south-east.The Sun‘s 10p price cut, which will cost NI millions of pounds in revenue, will affect the north-west, Yorkshire and north-east regions.The red-top tabloid’s price has already been… Continue reading Sun to cut its cover price by a third
Newspaper firm Gannett, which owns regional publisher Newsquest in the UK, is to cut 1,400 US jobs in the coming weeks as a result of the sustained fall in the advertising market. Bob Dickey, president of Gannett’s community publishing unit, told staff yesterday in an internal memo that most job losses would take place by… Continue reading Gannett to cut 1,400 US jobs
Associated Northcliffe Digital (AND) has launched the first phase of its ‘Local People Network’ hyper-local websites.The roll-out, of an initial 23 local community websites in the South-West of England, covers areas such as Falmouth and Clifton with between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants.A further twenty plus sites are due to launch in the South-West of England… Continue reading Associated Northcliffe Digital launches hyper-local sites
Our weekly columnist Raymond Snoddy witnessed the UK TV industry getting together yesterday… but only in the sense of being in the same room. “It was just like the good old days with terrestrial broadcasters attacking each other and Sky attacking everyone in sight. There was not a partnership to be seen.” It was once said… Continue reading Broadcasting partnerships… a new dawn?
ITV’s chief executive Michael Grade said the broadcaster’s proposed partnership with the BBC to share regional news premises and footage is now unlikely to happen.ITV has critised the proposal in recent months, despite signing a memorandum of understanding with the BBC in March, particularly over the lower value they expect to get from the deal,… Continue reading Grade: BBC and ITV’s regional news partnership is unlikely