Viacom International, the US cable television group is to buy Paramount Communications, the entertainment and publishing company, for $8.2bn (£5.32b) in the biggest US media takeover since Time and Warner in 1989.Viacom’s channels include MTV and Nickelodeon. Paramount is best known for its Paramount Pictures Film Studio and its Paramount theme parks. The deal should… Continue reading Viacom To Takeover Paramount
Carlton Communications, the television company which has the independent TV franchise for London, and a stake in ITN, is interested in acquiring a stake in Newspaper Publishing, owners of The Independent and Independent on Sunday.The move is seen as a challenge to the regulations limiting cross-ownership of newspaper and TV stations, and to media magnate… Continue reading Carlton May Buy Into Independent
The ABC figures for the National Daily Newspapers released on MediaTel on Friday afternoon contained one error; the figure for the month of August for the Mail on Sunday should read 1,915,396 and not 1,932,598. This is a decrease on the July 1993 figure of 1%.
First-half operating profits of the Westminster Press arm of the Pearson empire rose 121% to £4.2m from £1.9m in the first half of last year.Ulster Television announced pre-tax profits of £1.97m for the six months to the end of June, up 10% from £1.79m. The improvement in profits was after deducting a half year pro-rata… Continue reading Westminster Press/Ulster TV Profits
PopularsThe latest national newspaper ABCs for August’93 show that reducing cover prices does have a direct bearing on sales. The Sun’s August’s ABC is up by more than 350,000 on June, before the price war began, to 3,832,397. The newspaper has also recorded its first year-on-year increase in its 6-monthly ABC for well over a… Continue reading National Press Round-Up
The ABC figures for the National Daily Newspapers released on MediaTel on Friday afternoon contained one error; the figure for the month of August for the Mail on Sunday should read 1,915,396 and not 1,932,598. This is a decrease on the July 1993 figure of 1%.
The Saturday Herald is to increase its pages and add a new section from next weekend. The main section will gain four broadsheet pages, the tabloid Weekender section will have an extra eight pages, and the new section, Weekend Watch, will be introduced to cover television, radio and cinema.These changes follow the announcement that the… Continue reading Herald Increases In Size
Carlton Communications, the television company which has the independent TV franchise for London, and a stake in ITN, is interested in acquiring a stake in Newspaper Publishing, owners of The Independent and Independent on Sunday.The move is seen as a challenge to the regulations limiting cross-ownership of newspaper and TV stations, and to media magnate… Continue reading Carlton May Buy Into Independent
First-half operating profits of the Westminster Press arm of the Pearson empire rose 121% to £4.2m from £1.9m in the first half of last year.Ulster Television announced pre-tax profits of £1.97m for the six months to the end of June, up 10% from £1.79m. The improvement in profits was after deducting a half year pro-rata… Continue reading Westminster Press/Ulster TV Profits
The Daily and Sunday Express are to launch the latest in their travel promotions on Sunday 19 September, following the Concorde promotion.Readers must collect two tokens to qualify for a ‘two for one’ flights promotion with Air UK.Mail Newspapers is bringing back the National Lottery Game, offering readers the chance to win up to £100,000.… Continue reading Newspaper Promotions
