Southnews has announced pre-tax profits of £12.9m for the 52 weeks ending 1 April 2000. This represents a 6% increase on the 53 weeks of 1999. Turnover also increased, to £75,876 compared to £72,722 the previous year.Revenues started the year badly, with weak performances from recruitment and motor advertising, but picked up by the end… Continue reading Southnews Reports 6% Increase In Pre-Tax Profit
Chrysalis and Capital Radio have reached an agreement for the handover of sales for the three regional Century Radio stations, following Capital’s successful acquisition of Border Radio Holdings (see Capital Radio Wins Battle For Border).Don Thomson, commercial director of Chrysalis, expressed his regret at seeing the stations amalgamated with Capital Radio Advertising. “Having more than… Continue reading Capital And Chrysalis Plan Century Hand Over
The editor of the News of the World, Phil Hall, has quit his position today. He will be replaced by Rebekah Wade, currently deputy editor of the Sun, with immediate effect.No reason for his departure has so far been given. Les Hinton, executive chairman of News International, which owns the paper, issued a statement of… Continue reading News Of The World Editor Quits
Promotions website www.cheekymonkey.com is the latest internet start-up to gain investment from Channel 5. The broadcasters have invested £¼m, giving a total value of £5m to the site, which gives registered visitors the chance to enter competitions for prizes such as consumer goods and holidays.The site was launched last week, accompanied by a press-based marketing… Continue reading Channel 5 Invests More Than A Monkey In Competition Website
James Brown’s new publishing company I Feel Good has yet to launch a title but is already worth £5 million after it floated on the stock exchange last week. Since resigning from GQ last year the controversial editor has been building up his new publishing venture and is preparing to launch a number of major… Continue reading Interview: Anna Hyde, Ad Director and Adam Porter, Online Editorial Guru: I Feel Good
Programmes Man United’s disastrous Champions League match against Real Madrid proved that while they may be the team that everyone loves to hate, they can still pull in big ratings for televised football. The second leg quarter-final match, which finished 3-2 to Real Madrid, attracted an audience of 9.83 million (with a consolidated viewing share… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – April 2000
TMT stocks are currently out of favour with investors. News that Yes Television has once again pulled out of its proposed flotation (see Newsline Brief) and the collapse of internet retailer boo.com has done nothing to improve confidence. This was evident in share prices yesterday including Emap, which ended down 63p at £10.32, Bright Station,… Continue reading Sharewatch
Last week saw the launch of Primetime Radio, a national digital radio station targeting the over 50s. Owned by the Saga Group, it will broadcast on the Digital One network with a mixture of speech and music-based programming.Ron Coles, director of Saga Radio, undertook research into the age group through the group’s Saga magazine. He… Continue reading Over 50s Get National Radio Station
Carlton Communications announced today the acquisition of America’s largest cinema advertising company, Screenvision. The group, which already owns Carlton Screen Advertising, the largest cinema ads company in the UK, is to pay $93.3 million in the deal.Screenvision accounts for over 65% of the US screen advertising market, selling ads in 32% of cinemas across Europe,… Continue reading Carlton Buys US Cinema Ads Group
The BBC’s commercial e-commerce site, www.beeb.com is planning further expansion. BBC Worldwide has announced a series of appointments and says it is close to finding a joint venture partner to inject capital into both beeb.com and beeb.net, the company’s free to access ISP (see Beeb.com Minority Stake May Go To Flextech Or NTL).Jeanette Angell has… Continue reading Beeb.com Sets Sights On Expansion
