Janet Street Porter has resigned her position as editor of the Independent on Sunday. It is believed that Porter will quit the job following the General Election, ending a two year reign in the editor’s chair (see Janet Street-Porter Appointed As Editor Of Independent On Sunday).Chris Blackhurst, formerly deputy editor of the Daily Express is… Continue reading Janet Street Porter Quits Independent On Sunday Editorship
Digital television viewing figures for March shows that non-terrestrial channels continue to grow audiences in general terms, having increased their share of viewing across all homes. The biggest loss of viewing share was at ITV, which, although it still commands the largest share of viewing, has seen a decrease in share year on year. BBC2… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – March 2001
Channel 5’s proposal to move its early evening news bulletin to 5.30pm, in order to show Home and Away in the vacated 6pm slot, has been blocked by the Independent Television Commission (ITC).In its original licensing remit, Channel 5 agreed to provide a minimum 20 minutes of news coverage and 10 minutes of current affairs… Continue reading Channel 5 News Move Refused By ITC
Advertising the performance capabilities of a car without encouraging dangerous driving is a tricky one. Daihatsu found itself on the wrong side of the line this week with an advert in the national press that prompted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.The ad in question, for the Sirion 1.3 SL featured a picture of… Continue reading ASA Puts Brakes On Daihatsu Advertising
The beleaguered media sector staged something of a comeback yesterday. BSkyB rose 36p to £8.20 after Merrill Lynch gave it an upgrade to “buy”. Pearson rose £1.11 or well over 9% to finish at £13.07, Reed International rose 26p to £6.26, Reuters 39p to £8.90 and even Emap defied a downgrade by Credit Suisse First… Continue reading Sharewatch
ONdigital owners Carlton and Granada are expected to announce spending cuts at the digital broadcaster when they reveal the latest subscription figures in two weeks time, according to a report in today’s Daily Telegraph. At present the company is spending around £3m every year thanks to the heavy subsidies on set-top boxes.Yesterday ONdigital’s chief executive,… Continue reading Carlton And Granada May Implement Spending Cuts At ONdigital
Trinity Mirror shares have fallen by over 3% or 14½p this morning, as condemnation of the Sunday Mirror for publishing an interview with the father of the victim in the Leeds footballer trial continues to mount.Both the defence and the prosecution in the trial of Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate for affray and GBH had… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Shares Fall As Fears Of Contempt Charge Rise
The Radio Authority received just one application for the local digital multiplex licence for the Southend and Chelmsford area in time for its deadline of 3 April. The applicant for the licence, which covers an area with a potential audience of up to 1.2m adults aged 15 and over in Southend, Chelmsford and surrounding parts… Continue reading Radio Authority Awards Aberdeen Digital Licence, Receives One Application For Southend
Reed Elsevier Optimistic Despite Impact Of US Slow-DownAnglo-Dutch publishing group Reed Elsevier this morning said that the slowing of the US economy is impacting its business to business operations, although it believes the effects are ‘manageable’. The group said that its science, medical, legal and educational businesses are are largely unaffected by conditions in the… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Optimistic Despite Impact Of US Slow-Down
A US website has reported that a record number of dotcoms closed during last year. This further blow to new media confidence brought Bright Station shares down 10% yesterday, to end at 18p.The Sunday Mirror could be facing the largest contempt charge ever for printing a story which prejudiced the trial of two Leeds footballers,… Continue reading Sharewatch
