It has emerged that the management buyout bid for Talk Radio is being backed by both Guardian Media Group (GMG) and United News & Media (UNM).The bid for the 63% stake in Talk Radio was submitted to holders CLT-ufa last Friday. On Monday Kelvin MacKenzie’s consortium (see MacKenzie Leaves Mirror Group To Bid For Talk… Continue reading Talk Management Has Guardian And UNM Backing
The Newspaper Society (NS) and the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) have announced a strategic alliance across their two sectors which have a combined revenue of over £9 billion.The alliance is to initially focus on four initiatives: representation in Brussels, UK public affairs, the establishment of a National Training Organisation (NTO) for all print media and… Continue reading NS And PPA Form Strategic Alliance
Brewing giant Bass has secured further football sponsorship in a £23 million deal to sponsor the League Cup. Formerly the Coca-Cola Cup, the competition will now be called the Worthington Cup.Bass’ Carling lager also sponsors the Premiership along with a number of second tier sponsors including the Daily Telegraph and Sony (see Daily Telegraph To… Continue reading Coca-Cola Cup Becomes Worthington Cup
The UK broadband cable universe reached 2˝ million homes and 5 million individuals in March 1998 according to industry and ITC research conducted by RSMB TV. This represents a 15% growth since September 1997.The growth of cable continues to exceed the rate of growth for direct to home (DTH, ie. satellite), and cable homes now… Continue reading Broadband Cable Reaches 2˝ Million Homes
Mirror Group has appointed Victor Blank as its new chairman, replacing Sir Robert Clark who retires as planned after six years at the helm.Mr Blank is deputy chairman of retail group Great Universal Stores and was previously chairman and chief executive of City firm Charterhouse.He becomes a non-executive director and chairman of the media group,… Continue reading New Chairman Appointed For Mirror Group
Flextech and UKTV have signed a carriage deal with BSkyB which will see their channels launched on Sky’s digital platform which is set to begin broadcasting in August.The agreement secures carriage for ten Flextech/UKTV channels. These will include Flextech’s wholly-owned channels, Bravo, Challenge TV, Living and Trouble.UKTV, which is a joint venture between Flextech and… Continue reading Sky Digital Will Carry Flextech And UKTV Channels
The agonising World Cup defeat of England by Argentina after a penalty shootout last night was watched by a peak audience of 26 million according unofficial overnight figures. This, according to ITV, is the highest ever number of people tuning into a television programme on any single channel. The game achieved an average audience of… Continue reading England’s Epic Defeat Gains 26m Viewers
As with last month all but Women showed increases in impacts for ITV year on year for May. Again, the biggest increase was with Housewives/Children up 8.2%. Overall ITV Adults impacts were up 1.9%. Conversely, Channel 4 lost impacts across all audience categories. Channel 5 continues to improve in leaps and bounds with all audience… Continue reading TV Revenue – May 1998
Capital Radio has appointed John Kershaw as regional director, group radio. He joins Capital with 12 years’ experience of running regional press titles, most recently at United Southern Newspapers, part of United News & Media.Sally Oldham, Capital’s managing director, says: “John joins Capital with a totally fresh perspective on commercial radio plus an impressive track… Continue reading Capital Radio Appoints Regional Director
The Newspaper Society held its annual Weekly Newspaper Awards on Monday night at which the Essex Chronicle won weekly paid-for newspaper of the year and the Hunts Post won weekly free newspaper of the year for the second year running.The Newspaper Society represents 1,400 daily and weekly newspaper titles in the UK.Newspaper Society: 0171 636… Continue reading Newspaper Society Announces Weeklies Award Winners
