Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal has bought a £17m stake in the global advertising group Cordiant. This represents a 3% stake in the company which is soon to be demerged. The Prince is reported to have said that he thought “the Cordiant management has done a very good job so far to improve the performance of… Continue reading Saudi Prince Buys Cordiant Stakes
Sheila Byfield/Doreen Dignan, The NetworkIn all areas of life, there is evidence of change. 29% of homes are now single occupancy, a proportion which is set to increase to 36% by the year 2016. The divorce rate has doubled over the past twenty years and now every other wedding ends in divorce. Women make up… Continue reading Sheila Byfield/Doreen Dignan – ‘Futura.Com –
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Last night’s Guardian Media debate put the big wigs at Channel 5 on the spot. A panel of high profile media experts slowly and painfully took the new channel apart.Speaking on behalf of the advertisers, Tessa Alps, executive chairman of Drum PHD, said that she and her colleagues were, in a way, bound to love… Continue reading 5 Under Fire
It has been rumoured that BSkyB are preparing to show the England World Cup qualifying matches on pay-per-view *BSkyB Discuss Pay Per View Football.Sky has neither denied nor confirmed the reports, although the broadcaster has issued a statement concerning radio rights: “To end the speculation, we would like to make it clear that all six… Continue reading Question Mark Still Hangs Over Sky’s Football Coverage
Capital Radio plc has reshuffled its executive management structure.Richard Eyre, previously managing director, is now chief executive, David Mansfield moves from group commercial director to group managing director and Paul Davies, formerly managing director of media sales and marketing, is now commercial director.Capital Radio: 0171 766 6000
Ken Bennett has joined EMAP Radio from Midland Independent Newspapers.Bennett has been appointed head of public relations for EMAP Radio’s six Yorkshire stations: The New 96.3 Aire FM, Magic 828, Hallam FM, Magic AM, 96.9 Viking FM and Magic 1161.EMAP Radio: 0114 285 3333
Magazine publishers are most likely to find effective partnerships with cable, satellite and digital broadcasters, according to a new report from the PPA entitled From Page To Screen and launched at the Magazines ’97 conference (see last week’s Newsline).Following the ITC’s announcement in March that publishers will not be permitted to develop their magazine brands… Continue reading Non-Terrestrial Broadcasters Best For Masthead TV
The Virgin Media Group is preparing to launch a TV channel dedicated to travel. There are also plans to launch a music TV channel. Virgin is currently talking to a number of different distributors about carriage. It is hoped that the channel will hit the air waves later this year.Further details will be announced in… Continue reading Virgin Travel Into TV
The Newspaper Society has announced that it will become more streamlined after a new constitution, new rules and a new president were approved at its AGM last week.Outgoing president Robin Burgess, to be replaced by Midland Independent Newspapers chief executive Chris Oakley, said that the changes were part of a strategic plan aimed at restructuring… Continue reading Overhaul At Newspaper Society
16.53 million viewers tuned into see if Courtney Mitchell had Grant’s muscles or Tony’s beer belly, this was enough to ensure that Eastenders took pole position in the top 30.Britain’s two favourite soaps dominated the top 10 once again this week, but Robson Green managed to breakthrough the soap monopoly, taking his show Touching Evil… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – W/E 4/05/97
