Monday MediaTel’s weekly media focus and analysis, Media Track, is featured in Campaign Media Business.Boo.com, the fashion internet site that collapsed in June this year (see Feature: Does The Collapse Of Boo Signal The End Of The Dotcom Boom?), is relaunched after being rescued by American retailer Fashionmall.comTuesday Chrysalis Group unveils its music and lifestyle… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Guardian Group is adding another website to its Unlimited network. SocietyGuardian.co.uk will launch in November as a news and information service for the public and voluntary sector.The move is part of the Guardian’s continued investment in the migration of its core professional communities on lien and aims to be the UK’s primary source of… Continue reading Guardian Launches Public Sector Website
IPC tx has claimed a first by signing a deal with AvantGo to offer its TV and showbiz content on Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). The agreement will be the third platform across which the unmissabletv content is available.Unmissabletv.com launched as a website last year (see IPC To Launch Television Website), bringing together IPC Media’s television… Continue reading UnmissableTV Rolls Out Onto Third Platform
Daily Mail & General Trust is reportedly preparing a bid for its mid-market rival, the Express Newspaper group. DMGT is expected to table a formal offer of up to £150m to United News & Media this week.Such a bid would bring all of the UK’s mid-market titles under single ownership and would inevitably raise competition… Continue reading DMGT Prepares Bid For Express Newspapers
UK viewing figures for TV football games are in decline, according to a recent report from TV Sports Markets. As the price of football broadcasting rights run into billions (see The Game Isn’t Over Yet, Says Greg Dyke), the research shows that average audiences are down compared to last season.The first Premier League games shown… Continue reading TV Football Viewing In Decline, Says Report
Shares in regional newspaper publisher Southnews leapt over 50% on Friday after Trinity Mirror made a £284m bid for the group (see Trinity Mirror Buys Southnews For £284m). Prices closed up 417˝p to £11.80. Trinity was down at close of trading, however; shares fell 19p to 446˝p.Reed International was up 46˝p to 626p as it… Continue reading Sharewatch
Hello! for teenager’s or OK! for kids. Can you imagine that? The thought of a “little brother”-style celebrity lifestyle magazine for the 12-19 year old market left me with a bad taste in my mouth reminiscent of my student days when a good night out was a half-cooked chicken kebab after 10 pints of lager.A… Continue reading First Issue Review: Star
David Elstein, chief executive at Channel 5, has left the channel and been replaced by programming director, Dawn Airey. The channel’s director of sales, Nick Milligan, is to become deputy chief executive.Elstein, who became chief executive seven months before Channel 5 began transmitting in March 1997, is exercising his contractual share options as Channel 5… Continue reading David Elstein Quits Channel 5
Trinity Mirror, the UK’s largest regional publisher, has today announced the acquisition of Southnews for £284.6m. The combination of the two regional newspaper groups will increase Trinity’s presence in the South East of England, a lucrative area for advertisers.Southnews publishes 84 paid-for and free titles in London and the Home Counties and is the tenth… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Buys Southnews For £284m
Media training organisation, Media Circle, have announced the launch of their website, www.mediacircle.co.uk. The site, aimed at UK university and college graduates, provides information and advice on career opportunities in the media industry. The site was created by MediaTel Net, a specialist developer of media web applications. Topics covered include potential career opportunities from media… Continue reading Launches Brief
