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The Financial Times has announced the promotion of Dominique Moseley to the newly created position of head of magazine publishing with immediate effect.The new role will see Moseley assume responsibility for the commercial success of the recently launched How to Spend It magazine, as well as the long running, media-focussed Creative Business supplement.Commenting on the… Continue reading Financial Times Appoints New Head Of Magazine Publishing

Total terrestrial television revenue increased by a healthy 3.4% year on year during April to just under the £238 million mark as the Easter break helped to attract advertisers to the small screen.The latest agency estimates complied by MediaTel Group reveal a positive performance for each of the UK’s terrestrial broadcasters, with ITV seeing revenue… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – April 2004

When the MediaTel Group Sports Quiz in aid of Whizz-Kidz started last November, few would have expected England to win the Rugby Union World Cup, Leeds United to be relegated from the Premiership or Millwall to reach the FA Cup Final.The final question in the Sports Quiz asked, in which minute the first goal would… Continue reading MediaTel Group Sports Quiz – The Winner

Channel 4 confirmed this morning that it has begun the search for a new chief executive amid mounting speculation over possible candidates for the role previously occupied by Mark Thompson.BBC chairman, Michael Grade, announced late on Friday that Thompson had been appointed to succeed Greg Dyke as director general of the Corporation, in a move… Continue reading Search For Thompson’s Successor Already Underway

Total terrestrial television revenue increased by a healthy 3.4% year on year during April to just under the £238 million mark as the Easter break helped to attract advertisers to the small screen.The latest agency estimates compiled by MediaTel Group reveal a positive performance for each of the UK’s terrestrial broadcasters, with ITV seeing revenue… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – April 2004

BSkyB and Arena Leisure have announced a relaunch date for failed horseracing channel Attheraces following a last minute rescue bid to put the operation back on track earlier this month.The channel will begin broadcasting on Sky Digital on 11 June, after completing an agreement with SIS to secure the company as its broadcast production partner,… Continue reading At The Races Sets Date For Channel Relaunch

Telewest shareholders gave the go ahead to one of the company’s many financial restructuring steps, at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on Friday 21 May. The groups shareholders passed a resolution to transfer most of the company assets in to Delaware, a subsidiary of Telewest Global. Telewest chairman, Cob Stenham said: “We thank our shareholders… Continue reading Telewest Shareholders Give Go Ahead To Financial Restructuring

The Independent‘s first week as a tabloid-only newspaper helped Independent News & Media rise by 5.71% to 129˝p in week on week analysis. The newspaper’s move has been welcomed by media planners, as the title brings to an end more than twenty years of publishing as a broadsheet (see Media Planners Welcome Independent’s Tabloid Move).Elsewhere,… Continue reading Sharewatch: Tabloid Indy Fuels Share Price Surge

Instore TV improves the customer shopping experience and increases retailer turnover by at least 1.5%, says a new study from How And Why. The study was designed to determine the effect of a television Captive Audience Network on the behaviour of shoppers in a retail environment. The results show that there is a positive link… Continue reading Instore TV Improves Turnover By At Least 1.5%

IPC has announced plans to relaunch its long-running Guitar magazine in an attempt to reverse the title’s declining circulation.The revamp coincides with Guitar‘s 14th birthday and comprises a more coherent front section with product and artist news, competitions and letters, as well as album, book and DVD reviews. The magazine will also switch to a… Continue reading IPC Retunes Guitar Magazine To Boost Circulation