Steven Cain is to step down from his post as chief executive of Carlton Communications, ahead of the proposed merger of the company with United News & Media (see Media Merger May Hit Regulatory Obstacles). Cain will leave the company at the end of January 2000, Carlton announced last night.Cain’s position in a merged Carlton/UNM… Continue reading Cain To Leave Chief Executive Post At Carlton
IPC Connect has unveiled its largest-ever seasonal promotion with a millennium programme worth £1 million. The women’s weekly division, which includes Women’s Own, Women’s Realm and Chat, has designed souvenir issues for its 1 January editions.Chat, in the biggest promotion in its history, will be wrapped in silver foil and each issue will contain either… Continue reading IPC Women’s Weeklies Get Set For The Millennium
The GWR Group’s Now Digital bid has been awarded the digital radio multiplex licence for the Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford area, the Radio Authority has announced. The licence covers an area with a population of around 1.1 million adults (15+).Now Digital will broadcast a selection of nine programme services drawn from a number of radio… Continue reading GWR’s Now Digital Takes Wolverhampton Digital Licence
Despite a downgrade by Warburg Dillon Read, information group Reuters rose 12˝p yesterday to close at 820˝p.Shares in Pearson fell yesterday despite the release of a good trading report for the group, which emphasised its continued investment in the internet (see Sharewatch). Prices closed down 14p to £18.34p.Telewest jumped 9˝p as the cable group announced… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) is to review the stringency of its auditing procedures following the discovery of a six year falsification of the figures for three Birmingham newspapers. The Birmingham Post & Mail (BPM) titles – Birmingham Evening Mail, Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury – were last month found to have been reporting… Continue reading ABC To Review Audit Process Following False Circulation Figures
Toyota will sponsor the last ITV commercial message of the millennium and the first of the next as the exclusive sponsor of all available programming on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.This is the third year that Toyota has been official sponsor of the New Year celebrations as part of a five year… Continue reading Toyota To Sponsor Last ITV Commercial Of The Millennium
Month On MonthThe latest national newspaper circulation figures, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) today, show an overall month on month decline in sales of 1.4% for November 1999. The only newspapers to increase their sales over the monthly period were the Sunday Business, which saw its monthly sales increase by just over… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – November 1999
The latest national newspaper circulation figures, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) today, show an overall month on month decline in sales of 1.4% for November 1999. The only newspapers to increase their sales over the monthly period were the Sunday Business, which saw its monthly sales increase by just over 2,000 copies… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – November 1999
Pearson saw its stocks soar yesterday as the media group prepared for today’s trading statement in which the launch of a new UK personal finance website, FTYourMoney.com, was announced. Share prices climbed 57p to £18.48p.Shares in both Telewest and Flextech took a tumble as merger rumours heightened (see Telewest And Flextech Close To Merger). Flextech… Continue reading Sharewatch
A Net tariff war commenced yesterday as cable company Telewest announced plans to launch SurfUnlimited, a residential unmetered internet access service, for just £10 a month. When it is introduced on Valentine’s Day 2000 it will be the first unmetered service in the UK.The news comes just one week after BT announced its own unlimited… Continue reading Telewest To Launch Britain’s First Unmetered Internet Service
