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Another racism row has broken out over a Channel 4 reality show, with Shipwrecked now the subject of complaints to Ofcom following racist comments made on last night’s programme.Shipwrecked, which was recorded five months ago, began yesterday evening and since it aired well over 40 people have complained to Ofcom after one of the contestants… Continue reading New Reality Racism Row For Channel 4

Helen Johnston, currently editor of Emap’s New Woman, has been appointed editor of IPC’s Now just months after overseeing a relaunch of the Emap title.Johnston has previously held senior posts at Grazia, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan. She oversaw New Woman‘s revamp which saw it renamed NW following poor results in the latest consumer magazine ABCs.… Continue reading New Woman Editor Moves To Now

Pearson is on track to produce record profits in 2006 and expects adjusted earnings per share to come out at the top end of analyst’s expectations. The Financial Times publisher said that it continued to perform strongly through the fourth quarter of 2006, with all of its businesses trading well. Pearson Education sustained its good… Continue reading Pearson On Track For Record 2006 Profits

James Murdoch, chief executive of BSkyB, could leave the satellite broadcaster in the summer in order to take up a position at News Corp. According to a report in the Mail On Sunday, Murdoch will be replaced at Sky by the head of Sky Italia, Tom Mockridge. The US based News Corp is headed by… Continue reading James Murdoch Could Leave BSkyB

A new Public Service Publisher could be on the agenda for the UK media landscape in the future, according to the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Tessa Jowell.Speaking at the Oxford Media Convention, Jowell said that there could potentially be around £800 million available at the end of the licence fee period,… Continue reading UK Media Landscape Set To Change In Five Years

Johnston Press has conditionally acquired the assets and titles of the Scottish Newspaper operations of Archant for a cash consideration of £11.2 million funded from existing bank facilities. The business comprises eight weekly titles, of which three are paid-for newspapers circulating in the North East of Scotland around Peterhead and Fraserburgh and five are on… Continue reading Johnston Press Acquires Archant Scottish Titles

Web traffic to the blog pages of the top 10 online newspapers in the US grew 210% year over year in December, according to new research from Nielsen//NetRatings. The overall unique audience growth to these online newspapers was 9% year over year. Unique visitors to blog pages accounted for 13% of their December 2006 internet… Continue reading Online Traffic To US Newspaper Blog Pages Increases

Celebrity Big Brother‘s ongoing controversy once again bolstered the programme’s viewing figures, with more than five million adults tuning in for the latest update in the race row.As more players enter the debate, an eviction looms and the show’s sponsors, Carphone Warehouse, pulls the plug (see Carphone Warehouse Suspends Celeb Big Bro Sponsorship), Channel 4… Continue reading Viewers Flock To Race Row Big Bro

Johnston Press, the regional newspaper group, has acquired eight Scottish newspapers from rival company Archant.Johnston paid £11.2 million for three paid-for papers in the north-east of Scotland and five free papers in central Scotland.In the year ended 31 December 2006 the business, which will become part of Johnston’s Scottish division, generated revenues of £6.95 million.Tim… Continue reading Johnston Press Buys Scottish Titles From Archant

Andy Duncan, Channel 4 chief executive, has said that there have only been two incidents of possible racial abuse on Celebrity Big Brother, and that he has no intention of taking the show off air.Duncan said: “The latest series of Celebrity Big Brother has strayed into particularly controversial territory – the issue of racism and… Continue reading Duncan Defends Big Brother