The north London arm of Independent Newspapers will be buying the Kentish Times group of newspapers, it has been announced.Independent, which owns titles including the Camden & St Pancras Chronicle, the Chiswick & West London Guardian and the Ealing & London Recorder, is believed to be paying around £10m for the group which has seventeen… Continue reading Kentish Times Find Buyer
Scott Williams has been appointed programme controller at Invicta FM; he takes-over from Paul Jackson who is going to become programme controller at BRMB.Williams has worked across all areas of programming and has been programme controller at GWR Swindon for the past two years.In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing the future… Continue reading New Programme Controller
impact FCA! and Kelly Weedon Shute have merged to create a new agency, FCA!, with capitalised billings of £90 million.It is hoped that the merger will exploit the strategic capabilities of Kelly Weedon Shute and the through-the-line network of impact FCA!Chris Parry, chairman of impact FCA! commented: “The new agency offers a depth of strategic… Continue reading £90 Million Agency Result Of Merger
The sales teams for Emap Metro’s Big and Smash Hits are reported to be moving over to Emap Elan’s young women’s glossies group. Editorial for the titles will remain under Emap Metro.The change is intended to allow the two sales teams to pool their resources and contacts and to provide a single point of contact… Continue reading Emap Restructures Its Sales Teams
Barker & Ralston will be merging with management consultancy firm PDP International to create a new company called Mountain View with a combined annual fee income of over £4 million.The main shareholders in the venture will be David Barker and Derek Ralston as well as Thomas Bayne, PDP’s chief executive. The move is a welcome… Continue reading Barker & Ralston Go For Mountain View
The Direct Marketing Association has launched a new Code of Practice which member companies will be expected to comply with by October.The new Code comes at a time when complaints relating to direct marketing are at an all time low. The percentage of complaints made to the Data Protection Registrar have fallen from 49% in… Continue reading New Direct Marketing Code
Football Monthly will be relaunched on 1 August after seven months of being off the newsstands. According to Press Gazette the 46-year-old title has been bought by Chelsea Communications, the media arm of Chelsea Village which also owns Chelsea Football Club.The title will aim to cater for a niche readership in the football magazine market… Continue reading Football Monthly Returns
The Independent Television Commission has awarded the Channel 5 teletext licence to Sky Five Text, which is jointly owned by BSkyB and Channel 5 Broadcasting. It is expected that the service will begin broadcasting within the next year though the actual licence will be granted by the ITC in the next twelve weeks.The licence was… Continue reading Sky Wins C5 Text Licence
The future of Sunday Business remains indoubt after a bid to buy-out Group 2000’s 75% stake in the paper fell through at the last minute.Senior staff at the paper and minor shareholders blocked moves by Tom Rubython, the paper’s founder, to take control late last week.Talks have been continuing all this week and the Board… Continue reading Sunday Business Still Clutching At Straws
The ITC has awarded the local delivery licence for Fife to Telewest Communications Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telewest Communications Plc. Telewest is committed to serving 35,000 homes by the end of 2003.Meanwhile, the ITC has awarded the local delivery licence for Ayr to Ayrshire Cable & Telecoms Ltd, backed by the principals of… Continue reading Two New Cable Companies In Scotland
