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Reports over the weekend suggest that shareholders in the recently-formed GCap Media are to demand that either chairman Ralph Bernard or chief executive David Mansfield leave their posts over dissatisfaction with the post-merger structure.The company, which began trading last week following the formal merger of Capital Radio and GWR Group, was dealt another blow by… Continue reading GCap Management Face Shareholder Revolt

Daily Newspaper MarketApril saw the nation’s quality compact titles continuing to buck the trend for decline amongst national newspapers, with the Times and Independent increasing their circulation by 1.8% and 0.2% respectively year on year, according to the latest figures from ABC.Six-monthly analysis reveals even larger circulation increases for the six months to April, with… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – April 2005

Satellite heavyweight, BSkyB, is believed to have appointed Boston Consulting Group to review the company’s efficiency and costs ahead of possible job losses as the company’s marketing costs continue to rise.The broadcaster announced stronger than expected subscriber growth earlier this month, with uptake of its services in the third quarter of 2004 up by nearly… Continue reading Financial Review Hints At Job Losses At Sky

Satellite heavyweight, BSkyB, is believed to have appointed Boston Consulting Group to review the company’s efficiency and costs ahead of possible job losses as the company’s marketing costs continue to rise.The broadcaster announced stronger than expected subscriber growth earlier this month, with uptake of its services in the third quarter of 2004 up by nearly… Continue reading Financial Review Hints At Job Losses At Sky

The nation’s commercial radio broadcasters saw revenues rise as a whole at the beginning of the year, with the Radio Advertising Bureau reporting a year on year rise of 2.8% in the first quarter of 2005.The RAB’s figures, published today, show that total commercial radio revenue reached £162.0 million between January and March, while national… Continue reading Radio Adspend Grows As Sponsors Leads The Way

Commercial radio enjoyed a positive start to 2005, with figures from the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) showing first quarter revenue to be up 2.8% year on year, reaching £162 million. National advertising revenue for radio across the first three months of 2005 rose by 3.5% year on year, to £95.9 million, while Sponsorship & Promotions… Continue reading Commercial Radio Q1 Revenue Up By 2.8%

Radio in the US is still the most popular format for listening to music, with a listener base of 194 million, despite a decline of 4% between March 2005 and 2004, according to a new study by marketing and communications firm, NPD Group. The research showed 77.2 million people aged 13 of over listened to… Continue reading Radio Preferred Format For US Listeners

MTV has become the latest youth-orientated brand to use SUBtv’s network of university-based plasma screens to target the typically evasive student demographic.SUBtv’s services currently reach 1.2 million students every week, through large plasma screens installed in student unions and across campuses nation wide. The screens currently operate in 77 student unions in 65 universities across… Continue reading MTV Signs SUBtv For Student-Centric Campaign

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant will make a welcome return to Xfm’s Saturday schedule later this month, as the pair return from filming new BBC comedy, Extras, to boost the station’s weekend profile alongside their producer turned sidekick Karl ‘The K Man’ Pilkington.Gervais and Merchant will host their weekend show for six weeks from 28… Continue reading Gervais Rejoins Xfm To Boost Saturday Schedules

Five has appointed Vanessa Brookman, Channel 4 and E4’s deputy editor of US series, as its new deputy director of acquisitions, paving the way for more high-profile American imports to bolster the broadcaster’s schedule.Brookman is to join Five next month, reporting directly to Jay Kandola, the broadcaster’s recently appointed director of acquisitions.Commenting on the appointment,… Continue reading Five Raids Channel 4 For New Acquisitions Boss