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dmg world media, the exhibitions arm of the Daily Mail & General Trust, has aquired a 25% stake in US trade show organiser Western Exhibitors LLC in a deal worth $10m. dmg plan to acquire the remaining 75% in five years time. The company holds gift shows in San Francisco, Seattle and Portland and is… Continue reading DMGT Buys Stake In US Trade Show Organiser

Chrysalis Group chairman Chris Wright this morning told the company’s AGM that the strong start to the financial year has continued, with radio revenues showing a year on year growth of 41% for the first five months of the year. This is a much stronger performance than rival groups: Capital Radio recently posted poorer than… Continue reading Radio Revenues Up 41% At Chrysalis

Channel 5 has taken a stake in online venture Surpriseyourwoman.com in return for advertising. The broadcaster is to receive a 5% stake in the company, which alerts men to anniversaries and allows them to buy presents online.In return the website, which launched today, will be given £750,000 of free advertising on the channel, across a… Continue reading C5 Takes Stake In Surpriseyourwoman.com

The Financial Times is set to start charging subscriptions to its website, FT.com. Currently a free service, selected sections such as its archive, will soon be available on a paid-for basis. FT owner Pearson has brought forward the date it wants its websites to break even from 2003 to 2002. The group claims that FT.com… Continue reading FT.com To End Free Access

Magazine publisher IPC has rebranded its Music & Sport division in order to aim squarely at the men’s market with titles including Loaded, NME and Later. Having shifted its sport and leisure titles to the Country & Leisure division last year, the division will now be known as IPC ignite! and have the strapline “better… Continue reading IPC Rebrands Its Lad’s Mags And Music Division

French media group Vivendi has held talks with Liberty Media chairman, John Malone, about selling its stake in BSkyB to the US company, the Sunday Times reported at the weekend. Although no sources were given, the paper claimed that Malone flew to Paris to discuss a possible purchase of the 22.7% stake in the satellite… Continue reading Liberty Media May Be Interested In BSkyB Stake

Year on year the NRS figures show that the six months to December 2000 did not represent a good period for national newspaper readership. With a drop of 5.2% across the whole sector, losses were suffered in all but three titles. These were the Guardian, which managed to add 1.6%, followed by the Observer, which… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – December 2000

Year on year the NRS figures show that the six months to December 2000 did not represent a good period for national newspaper readership. With a drop of 5.2% across the whole sector, losses were suffered in all but three titles. These were the Guardian, which managed to add 18,000 readers, or 1.6%, to reach… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – December 2000

In the midst of Popstars fever, the BBC is making plans for a re-launch of its flagship pop music show Top Of The Pops. The show will shortly move from its old home at Elstree, in order to accommodate a further weekly episode of Eastenders which is also filmed at the Hertfordshire studios. One possible… Continue reading BBC To Re-Launch Top Of The Pops

Telewest Communications was one of the best performers last week, its share price climbing 11% to 157p, following the issue of positive fourth quarter operating statistics (see Telewest Fourth Quarter Results Delivering On Target, Says Singer).European group RTL was down however, the market responding badly to news of its broadband deal with Bertelsmann (see European… Continue reading Sharewatch