Following an interview with the editor, Newsline reported on Friday that the troubled Sunday Business’s future had been secured Sunday Business Saved.However, the paper has drifted back onto the rocks after talks hit a stalemate this weekend. An announcement on the paper’s future is expected by the end of the day.Newsline will bring you further… Continue reading Sunday Business Still In The Soup
The ITC has concluded that there is no need for a public interest test with regard to the proposed merger between Grampian Television and the Scottish Media Group.ITC: 0171 306 7743
The Radio Authority has approved the Radio Advertising Clearance Centre (RACC) as commercial radio’s central copy clearing organisation. The RACC has already been in operation for a year, having taken over from the Broadcasting Advertising Clearance Centre on 1 July 1996. The RACC will advise radio stations, advertising agencies and advertisers whether national and special… Continue reading UK: Radio Clearance Centre approved
This week’s edition of The European saw the paper turn from a broadsheet into a tabloid.The new size makes the paper more approachable. It now looks like an in-depth read you want to get your teeth into, as opposed to a heavy document that no one wants to pull off the news-stand.It is not only… Continue reading First Issue Review – The New Look European
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4BBC Radio 4 is one of our vastly under-valued institutions, particularly amongst those under the age of 35 years. If the purpose of a Web site is to promote, and get people to readdress their opinions, then Radio 4 not only needs, but deserves, any of the benefits that this would bring to its image.… Continue reading Web Site Of The Week – Radio 4
EMAP Internet Sales is to represent ad sales for Lycos UK, the British member of the Lycos-Bertelsmann Gmbh group of European Internet navigation centres.Carol Dukes, managing director of EMAP Internet Sales said “With the addition of Lycos UK, not only do we represent the largest portfolio of sites in the UK, but we offer the… Continue reading Emap Internet Sales To Represent Lycos UK For Ad Sales
Michael Grade bid good-bye to the TV industry last night at a Royal Television Society gala dinner. The Guardian reports that Grade used his farewell speech to attack the management of the BBC and the industry’s regulators. “Sadly, I think things at the BBC are getting worse not better,” he said and he hoped that… Continue reading The BBC Fails To Make The Grade
Daily Quality MarketThe Daily Telegraph is still the highest selling paper in this sector, selling 1,090,505 copies in June and increasing 3.4% year-on-year. Its closest competitor, The Times saw a slightly smaller increase in sales year-on-year, rising 1.5% in this period to 735,714. The Financial Times saw the greatest increase in sales in this sector,… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – June ABCs
The managing director of Grey Advertising, Nigel Sharrocks, is reported to have resigned from the agency.Nick Kelvin, the planning director of CIA Medianetwork, has left the company, a replacement has not yet been announced.In the press, The Financial Times’ media correspondent Ray Snoddy, one of Britain’s most respected media journalists, has been poached by News… Continue reading Movement In The Ranks
Mark Fisher, the broadcasting minister, has launched a public consultation document on what criteria should be used to decide whether sporting events merit a ‘listing.’ Viewers’ organisations, sports bodies and broadcasters are being consulted in the first stage of the Government’s review of the current lists of events for which live TV coverage must be… Continue reading Which Events Merit A Listing?
