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United News & Media has made an agreed offer to buy HTV for £371m, it has just been announced. Further details will appear on Newsline as soon as possible.

The Periodical Publisher’s Association will be focusing on a plea that business-to-business publications should be excluded from any restrictions on the advertising of tobacco when it meets the Government on 14 July – a position which is common to several countries where tobacco advertising is banned to consumers.The PPA believes that trade titles such as… Continue reading PPA To Fight Tobacco’s Corner

(Updated since 4:08pm)United News & Media has made an agreed offer to buy HTV for £371m, it has just been announced. The deal, which has long been expected, values each HTV share at 420p, which is a 27% premium on last night’s close of 330.5p. United previously owned 20% of HTV before increasing its stake… Continue reading United Swoops On HTV

Derek Morris, Ivan Pollard and Andy Tilley, the three senior media executives who are forming a partnership to launch a media consultancy firm *Media Consultancy To Launch, are slowly spilling the beans on their new venture. It has been reported that the new agency will open for business on July 4 and will be based… Continue reading July 4 Day Launch Date For New Independent

Up until the end of last year EMAP’s Empire and Premiere titles were the only mainstream news-stand magazines which catered for film fans. Then, as if publishers all of a sudden woke up to the fact that the movie magazine market was just waiting to explode, four new titles were launched in the space of… Continue reading Film Magazines – Market Round-Up

Three key employees of Independent Radio Group have cut their links with the company. Neil Jones, the sales and marketing director, has left; the individual stations will now take full responsibility for their sales and marketing needs. Peter Milburn, managing director of 1458 Lite AM, and Ian Smith, marketing director of Scot FM, have also… Continue reading Movement In The Ranks

Anna Ford, a presenter on Radio 4’s Today Programme, has been reprimanded for saying ‘shit’ while on-air. The Broadcasting Standards Commission upheld the complaints of viewers, and said that there had been no justification for the bad language.In a separate case, three viewers complained about a sex scene in McCallum, a drama about a pathologist.… Continue reading Swearing Today

Primesight plc, the outdoor advertising company, has announced details of its flotation on the London Stock Exchange. 2,820,750 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company are being placed, primarily with institutional investors at 135p. At the Placing Price, the Company will have a market capitalisation of £13.55 million. Dealing is expected to commence on… Continue reading Primesight Prices Flotation

http://www.beeb.comThe Beeb’s long awaited commercial web-site has finally arrived. The bold site achieves the almost impossible, the clever design manages to give the busy pages a spacious quality. The information does not overwhelm the viewer. Lead your mouse around the page for a casual dip into any area that interests you.Sports fanatics will welcome Scorewatch;… Continue reading Web-Site Of The Week – Beeb

Emap has named its new sales and marketing operation as Emap On Air. Headed by Tom Toumazis (subscribers see EMAP Radio Launches Sales House) the new operation will be responsible for the sales and marketing of all of Emap’s broadcast interests which include 19 radio stations and the cable channel The Box. It will have… Continue reading Emap Names New Sales House