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Conrad Black’s position at Hollinger has become even more precarious following the resignation of a key executive this week. Peter Atkinson has stepped down from his role as a director and officer, becoming the latest in a line of board members to quit since a controversy over unauthorised executive payments erupted (see City News). It… Continue reading Prominent Director Quits Hollinger Post

The long awaited ITV merger looks almost certain to go ahead unchallenged after shareholders gave the deal their unanimous support in a series of extraordinary general meetings held yesterday. Almost all of Carlton and Granada’s investors voted in favour of the £5.4 billion merger that will see the creation of a single ITV company controlling… Continue reading ITV Merger Receives Final Green Light From Shareholders

The media sector was lifted yesterday by news that the long awaited merger of Carlton and Granada would go ahead unchallenged after shareholders gave the deal their unanimous support. The ITV partners were seen up by 5.18% and 4.81% respectively (see ITV Merger Receives Final Green Light From Shareholders).Renewed talk of advertising budgets recovering from… Continue reading Sharewatch: Carlton And Granada Rise On Merger Approval

This year is likely to be a benign one for the US newspaper industry as it makes the transition to greater growth in 2005, according to a report by analysts at Merrill Lynch. The broker recently raised its 2004 growth forecast for newspaper ad revenue from 4% to 4.5% (see Ad Growth To Accelerate In… Continue reading Newspaper Sector To Consolidate In 2004

Granada Enterprises is currently in negotiations with Cadbury Trebor Bassett to prevent the confectionery giant ending its £10 million sponsorship of Coronation Street after almost a decade.Cadbury’s contract came up for renewal at the end of last year and the company is understood to have been in negotiations with ITV sales executives over the terms… Continue reading ITV Negotiates To Keep Coronation Street Sponsor

Advertisers are being warned that too many newspaper campaigns are failing to deliver the required results due to poor quality creative work. Ongoing research carried out by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) claims that the impact of creativity is often underestimated. It calls on advertisers to work harder to ensure the quality of their… Continue reading Too Many Newspaper Campaigns Fail To Deliver, Says WAN

IPC has secured a number of high-profile advertising partners for the £8 million launch of its new men’s lifestyle magazine, Nuts, which is being trialed among one million potential readers from today.The title, which has been in development since November 2002, hits the news-stands next week with a mix of sport, news, television and women… Continue reading Advertisers Get On Board As IPC Unleashes Nuts

The Government has announced that the impending analogue switch off and the subsequent move towards digital television will form a central part of the wide-ranging review of the BBC’s ten year charter. Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, said the public debate on the future of the BBC would examine the “vital” role played by the Corporation… Continue reading BBC Charter Review Will Focus On Digital Television

Advertisers are being warned that too many newspaper campaigns are failing to deliver the required results due to poor quality creative work.Ongoing research carried out by the World Association Of Newspapers claims that the impact of creativity is often underestimated. It calls on advertisers to work harder to ensure the quality of their marketing messages… Continue reading Too Many Newspaper Campaigns Fail To Deliver

Despite wide-ranging efforts to publicise interactive services, the majority of Americans are blissfully unaware of the full potential of iTV, according to a new survey from Ipsos-Insight. The report claims that 50% of US adults have heard of iTV, which allows users to access information, buy products or play games on their TV sets, but… Continue reading Consumers Largely Ignorant About iTV Services, Says Report