MAID has just announced that its shareholders have approved its takeover of rival information company Knight-Ridder (subscribers see Maid Acquisition To Go Ahead).Completion of the deal, which will create a new company called the Dialog Corporation, is expected to take place on Friday 14 November. Shares in the new company will begin trading on that… Continue reading MAID Shareholders Approve Knight-Ridder Takeover
Carlton Food Network and Carlton Select have each registered an average 1% share of viewing, according to recent BARB figures released by Carlton Select. The figures come from the new BARB panel which has begun measuring a number of cable-only channels for the first time (subscribers see BARB Begins Cable Measurement).Of adults who are able… Continue reading Carlton Cable Channels Have 1% Viewing Share
MSM will close its doors on 28 November and begin trading as the newly formed Capital Advertising on 1 December. The new sales outfit will be based at Capital Radio’s Leicester Square headquarters.As part of its launch plans, the company will be launching three new initiatives to the market which will allow campaigns to be… Continue reading Capital Advertising To Launch With New Packages
The Newspaper Society has announced that Newstech, the UK exhibition and conference for the newspaper industry, has been acquired by IIR Exhibitions.The Society, which set Newstech up in 1970, says that it will maintain its long-term involvement in the exhibition’s development.The next Newstech will take place, as scheduled, in April 1999, when it will be… Continue reading Newspaper Society Offloads Exhibitions Group
Martin Sorrell will be chairing the judging panel for the Revolution Awards, which are being sponsored by Yahoo! in conjunction with Campaign.The awards are aimed at recognising the most effective marketing using new media and are intended to become the premier event for marketers who use new media. The judging will take place on December… Continue reading Sorrell To Chair Revolution Awards
HTV is restructuring its organisation following the takeover by United News & Media. In order to improve its Welsh and West of England service and in preparation for the introduction of digital services next year, HTV is to make the following changes: a merging of Harvest Entertainment, HTV’s network rights and production business, with United… Continue reading Restructuring At HTV
The rocky ride of the proposed merger between British Telecommunications and MCI Communications was finally put to an end today as BT pulled out of the deal following a further offer by rival bidders WorldCom.This morning WorldCom was reported to have increased its bid for MCI from $30m to $37m. As a result BT, which… Continue reading BT/MCI Merger Collapses
The Sunday Telegraph achieved a year on year sales growth of almost 24% for May-October to take its circulation to 886,954. The Daily Star meanwhile had the distinction of being the only tabloid to record a growth in circulation during the period, showing an 8% growth to 730,742 copies sold.Both the Daily Mail and FT… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – October
The appointment of Kevin Hand as Emap’s new chief executive was met well by the City as shares rose steadily throughout the week reaching 887˝p by close on Friday. This represents a rise of 28˝p from the beginning of the week and also coincides with the announcement of Emap’s new women’s magazine, Red (subscribers see… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 14/11/97
Monday A summary of the national newspaper October ABC figures will appear on Newsline.Cable & Wireless Communications will report half year financial results which are expected to show pre-tax profits of around £50m.Tuesday The Retail Prices Index for October is announced.Wednesday An MRG Evening Meeting will take place at Leo Burnett to discuss ‘Capital Youth’,… Continue reading The Week Ahead
