US publisher Gannett has submitted a formal application to the trade secretary for consent to bid for Regional Independent Media. The deal could make the group’s UK subsidiary, Newsquest, the country’s largest regional publisher.The consent process will involve a referral to the Competition Commission for investigation and may take up to six months to reach… Continue reading Gannett Seeks Consent To Bid For Regional Independent Media
The first electronic trading system for the UK radio advertising industry launches this week. J-ET has been developed through JICRIT, the collaboration between the commercial radio industry and the advertising industry through the IPA.Created and run by MediaTel to enable screen-based trading for buyers and sellers, the system will also increase post-campaign accountability within the… Continue reading First E-Trading System For Radio Launches In The UK
The Newspaper Society has put forward a series of guidelines for the future of the regional press. In a response to the Government’s communications reform team on the coming White Paper for the media industry, the regional and local press body has called for reform of the current media ownership laws and the avoidance of… Continue reading Current Regulatory Regime Is Unfair, Says Newspaper Society
Magazine publisher Emap was the best performer in the FTSE yesterday, climbing 55p to £11.00. West LB Panure pushed the stock which is improving on vague talks of a takeover in the light of last week’s Vivendi/Seagram deal (see Vivendi, Seagram And Canal Plus Merge In £22bn Deal).Shares in Jazz FM continued on a upward… Continue reading Sharewatch
The emergence of another website dedicated to recruitment has brought further interest in the phenomenon of online jobsearching. Workthing.com, the new Guardian Media Group-owned employment network, which launches in the UK this summer (see Guardian To Launch Employment Portal), has commissioned a survey into the habits of users of recruitment websites as they increase in… Continue reading Web Report: Are You A Nervous Netty Or A Digital Man?
Lord Wakeham, the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has promised that the organisation will come down hard on newspapers, TV crews and paparazzi if they subject Prince William to harassment while he is at university.In a speech today at St Bride’s Institute, Fleet Street, Lord Wakeham warned newspapers against publishing pictures of the… Continue reading PCC To Set Out New Guidelines For Prince William’s Privacy
Revenue Total terrestrial revenue (including GMTV) rose by 14.3% year on year, according to agency estimates. Of this, ITV’s revenue rose 15.4%; Channel 4’s grew by 9.8% and Channel 5 saw its revenue rise by 17.6%.Revenue at breakfast franchise GMTV grew by 13.6% and total satellite rose 33.5% in a year on year analysis.Amongst the… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2000
The market leader in internet measurement, Media Metrix, and digital economy expert, Jupiter Communications, have merged their operations to create the world’s leading authority on the internet. The new company, Jupiter Media Metrix, will have a combined market value of $1 billion.Media Metrix and its European affiliate, MMXI Europe, pioneered the monitoring of web traffic… Continue reading One-Stop Net Information Service Created As Media Metrix And Jupiter Merge
Julian Carter has been promoted to the position of regional sales director at Capital Radio Advertising. The move comes as Capital integrates the Century stations acquired as part of Border’s holdings when it took over earlier this year (see Capital Radio Wins Battle For Border). Carter was previously sales director for Century 105 North West… Continue reading Appointments Brief
UK cinema admissions showed a 30% drop in year-on-year admissions for June this year. The witholding of releases due to the Euro 2000 football tournament and the particular success of films including Notting Hill and The Matrix last year (see Cinema Achieves Best June Admissions In 27 Years) are being blamed. In June 1999, admission… Continue reading Cinema’s Gladiators Can’t Compete With Last Year’s Sci-Fi And Londoners
