Last week NewsLine columnist John Harlow of Naked Communications gave his views on how media agencies should face the increasing diversity on offer for advertisers (see What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us?). As ever, we asked readers to let us know what they thought. Here’s what Dan Matthews of BJK & E Media… Continue reading NewsLine Reader Response
Rivals.net, the Chrysalis owned sports site, is building on its reputation within football-related media with the launch of its first magazine The Score.The magazine, aimed at “passionate football fans”, will be published every six weeks and will have a cover price of £1.50. Content will be “irreverent, unique football content from a fans perspective that… Continue reading Rivals.net Launch The Score
Standard Media International has today officially suspended publication of The Industry Standard, the weekly magazine that chronicled the dotcom boom.The magazine that monitored internet stocks has itself become a victim of the dotcom downturn and will file for bankruptcy unless a last minute buyer can be found.The Standard will continue to publish its website, The… Continue reading The Industry Standard Suspended
TalkSPORT have signed CIS Insurance as sponsor of its new flagship football phone-in show, in a deal thought to be worth around £1m.The deal will include sponsorship and airtime spots across talkSPORT’s Premiership coverage and will see CIS sponsor the station’s 505 Saturday afternoon phone-in show, which fields calls from football fans travelling back from… Continue reading talkSPORT Signs Football Sponsor
Global advertising and communications group, WPP, has this morning posted interim financials in line with expectations, at the same time confirming a 555p per share offer for UK-based media and communications group Tempus.Pre-tax profit at WPP rose by 80% to £247.6 million, whilst revenues rose by 65% to £1.997 billion for the six months to… Continue reading WPP Posts Strong Interims
Channel 5 has poached three senior programming executives from Channel 4. Andrew Newman, Dan Chambers and Sue Murphy have been all appointed programming controllers at Channel 5.Andrew Newman, currently head of programmes at E4 is to become Channel 5’s new controller of entertainment. As head of programmes at E4, Newman was responsible for shows such… Continue reading Channel 5 Poaches Execs From 4
Cordiant, which released its interim results last Monday (see Cordiant To Cut More Jobs), saw shares rise 17.39% week on week to finish at £1.75, an increase of 26p on the previous week.WPP, which was last week reported to be considering a counter bid for Tempus Media against French group Havas (see WPP Poised To… Continue reading Sharewatch
ITV’s bid to bring football to Saturday evenings was shown the yellow card this weekend after its highlights show, The Premiership, was beaten in the ratings by a special edition of the BBC’s The Weakest Link.ITV’s version of Match Of The Day, which was shown for the first time at 7pm on Saturday, failed to… Continue reading ITV’s The Premiership Fails To Score
The interest surrounding Tempus at the moment (see WPP Bid Could Prompt Further Consolidation) benefited Cordiant shares, which rose 3p to £1.76. WPP, on the other hand, thought to be the interested purchaser, slipped 2½p to £6.84½.There were few climbers among the media companies on yesterday’s market. One was Granada, part owner of ITV Digital,… Continue reading Sharewatch
Online directory firm Scoot.com has agreed to sell Loot, its classified advertising business, to the owners of the Daily Mail newspaper for £45m.The deal comes at a vital time for the company, which has said it only has “sufficient working capital” to trade until the beginning of October this year.As well as buying Scoot’s businesses… Continue reading Scoot.com Sells Loot
