LWT yesterday issued its defence document against Granada’s bid to shareholders in which it outlined 5 reasons why Granada’s offer should be rejected. The document concentrates on reasons to reject the bid rather than detailing plans of future offers from LWT.The main criticisms of the offer were; LWT has a better record for delivering shareholder… Continue reading LWT Condemns Granada’s Bid
Agency Gold Greenlees Trott has announced interim results today. The results follow the warning two months ago from the agency that the market’s profits expectations for the year were over optimistic.There was a 3% rise in pre-tax profits to £2.24m. Revenues from media advertising were down by 15%; the benefit from the Nationwide Building Society… Continue reading Gold Greenlees Trott Results
Ascent Publishing is to launch a new title into the home interest market; HomeMaker will launch on March 10. The monthly title will have a cover price of £1.10, and an initial print run of 150,000.The title, launching five months after IPC’s Homes & Ideas, will aim for a different area of the market to… Continue reading New Home Interest Title
A board meeting of Newspaper Publishing owner of The Independent and Independent on Sunday, to be held today will consider options for the struggling group. Patrick Morrissey, chief executive, is to announce a rescue plan which would require help from city institutions.However, both the Telegraph Group and United Newspapers have shown an interest in a… Continue reading Independent Seeks Backer
The BBC is to launch a new popular news and current affairs programme in February. The programme, with the title Here and Now, will begin as a six week long experiment aimed at an audience not currently served by the present news, which concentrates on ABC1 viewers from the South East.Here and Now should attract… Continue reading BBC Plans News Programme
Ascent Publishing is to launch a new title into the home interest market; HomeMaker will launch on March 10. The monthly title will have a cover price of £1.10, and an initial print run of 150,000.The title, launching five months after IPC’s Homes & Ideas, will aim for a different area of the market to… Continue reading New Home Interest Title
Agency Gold Greenlees Trott has announced interim results today. The results follow the warning two months ago from the agency that the market’s profits expectations for the year were over optimistic.There was a 3% rise in pre-tax profits to £2.24m. Revenues from media advertising were down by 15%; the benefit from the Nationwide Building Society… Continue reading Gold Greenlees Trott Results
The BBC is to launch a new popular news and current affairs programme in February. The programme, with the title Here and Now, will begin as a six week long experiment aimed at an audience not currently served by the present news, which concentrates on ABC1 viewers from the South East.Here and Now should attract… Continue reading BBC Plans News Programme
A board meeting of Newspaper Publishing owner of The Independent and Independent on Sunday, to be held today will consider options for the struggling group. Patrick Morrissey, chief executive, is to announce a rescue plan which would require help from city institutions.However, both the Telegraph Group and United Newspapers have shown an interest in a… Continue reading Independent Seeks Backer
Continental Research and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International have released details of a report into Digital Audio Broadcasting.The report predicts that DAB could be a bigger audio revolution than the compact disc, providing CD quality sound to radio channels.The report examines the attitudes of broadcasters, listeners and manufacturers.The report is available from Glenn Monks, Deloitte Touche… Continue reading Digital Audio Broadcasting
