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Johnston Press has announced the acquisition of two regional newspaper businesses in Northern Ireland, adding Local Press Limited and Leinster Leader Limited to its publishing portfolio. The two companies bring a combined total of 18 publications into the fold, with Local Press bought for £65 million and Leinster Leader for £138.6 million. In a statement… Continue reading Johnston Extends Reach In Northern Ireland

Chrysalis has announced plans to dispose of its loss making and none-core books division for £12.5 million, allowing the management to concentrate on the group’s core music radio and music businesses. The company’s books business will be sold to a new company to be formed by Robin Wood, chief executive of Chrysalis Books and other… Continue reading Chrysalis To Sell Books Division

Freeview penetration is predicted to overtake BSkyB as the UK’s leading digital television platform by 2010, with research from media consultancy Spectrum Strategy forecasting the platform to enjoy a healthy performance over the coming years. The latest figures for digital adoption in the UK, published by Ofcom yesterday, reveal that 63% of UK households have… Continue reading Freeview To Overtake Sky By 2010

Outdoor advertising in the states is outpacing all other media, with new figures from the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) for Q2 2005 showing the medium to have reached revenues of $1.8 billion, an increase of 10.2% year on year. According to the figures, industry revenue reached $3.2 billion for the first half of… Continue reading Outdoor Advertising Outpacing Other Media

The Newspaper Society (NS) has called for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to reconsider its opinion on the current system of magazine distribution claiming that losing sales restrictions would pose a threat to smaller retailers.According to the NS, the loss of passive sales restrictions would result in a dismantling of the system in its… Continue reading Newspaper Society Pushes OFT On Magazine Distribution

The BBC has revealed plans to launch enhanced radio content on its Digital Terrestrial (DTT) service, allowing listeners tuning into its national digital radio service to browse genre and programme-related content.Listeners will be able to view and browse interactive content while they listen to BBC digital radio networks, integrating the news, sport and weather headlines… Continue reading BBC Unveils New Radio Content On DTT

Johnston Press has announced the acquisition of two regional newspaper businesses in Northern Ireland, adding Local Press Limited and Leinster Leader Limited to its publishing portfolio.The two companies bring a combined total of 18 publications into the fold, with Local Press bought for £65 million and Leinster Leader for £138.6 million.In a statement to the… Continue reading Johnston Extends Reach In Northern Ireland

The Advertising Association has published new research by the World Advertising Research Centre (WARC), showing an increase in consumer spending on magazines, topping the £2 billion mark for the first time.The new figures also show expenditure to have increased by £54 million year on year, equating to a rise of 34% in real terms over… Continue reading Consumer Magazine Spending Tops £2 Billion

Digital penetration in the UK has reached 63% of all UK households, up from 61.9% at the end of the first quarter of 2005, according to Ofcom’s latest Digital Television Update.The report shows that by June 30 2005, the total number of digital TV households in Britain rose by almost 298,000, reaching 15.7 million, with… Continue reading Digital TV Reaches 63% Of UK Households

According to a report in the Times this morning, ITV chief executive Charles Allen has called for an end to the complex Contract Right Renewal rules, which he says threaten to cost the company £150m next year.The cap was demanded by the Competition Commission as part of the merger conditions for Carlton and Granada, and… Continue reading Allen Calls To End Contract Renewal Rules