The Carat Group has this week finalised its takeover of Scottish media agency, Feather Brooksbank, merging it with the Carat Manchester operation to form the UK’s largest regional media planning and buying firm. Carat has paid £7.5 million for Feather Brooksbank after several months of talks and denials that a merger was on the cards… Continue reading Carat Merger With Feather Brooksbank Creates UK’s Largest Regional Media Agency
A newspaper circulation war broke out on the streets of Manchester on Friday as two rival free morning newspapers launched, both with the same name. The Guardian Media group had been planning its Manchester Metro News since August (see Guardian To Launch Manchester Morning Paper) but its planned trial launch this Wednesday was brought forward… Continue reading Manchester In Local Newspaper War
The underlying rate of inflation – which excludes mortgage interest payments – was 2.2% in October, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics this morning. This is up 0.1% points compared to September. The headline rate also rose slightly from 1.1% last month, to 1.2% for October. The Retail Prices Index for… Continue reading Underlying Inflation Up Slightly In October
Media group Emap has restructured its operations by developing four ‘community networks’, each with its own chief executive, to focus the group’s activities in different marketplaces. The strategy has been instigated by Emap’s chief executive Kevin Hand and follows similar strategic setups in the Emap Business Communications and Emap Petersen divisions.The area of lifestyle, automotive,… Continue reading EMAP Creates Dedicated ‘Community Networks’
Culture secretary Chris Smith has held a meeting with the UK’s digital television operators at which he stressed the need for cooperation in promoting the digital platform as a medium and not just the individual branded services. Smith is still concerned that there is too much consumer confusion about the benefits of digital television and… Continue reading Smith Tells Broadcasters To Cooperate In Promoting DTV
Month On MonthThe latest national newspaper circulation figures, released by the ABC yesterday, show a very slight overall decline in sales between September and October. However, for the first time in a while the Daily Mail is recording a monthly loss of sales, of just under 20,000 copies, whilst its long-suffering mid-market rival, the Express,… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – October 1999
Month On MonthThe latest national newspaper circulation figures, released by the ABC yesterday, show a very slight overall decline in sales between September and October. However, for the first time in a while the Daily Mail is recording a monthly loss of sales, of just under 20,000 copies, whilst its long-suffering mid-market rival, the Express,… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – October 1999
The GWR group has joined forces with Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) to apply for the second digital radio multiplex licence for London. The first licence was awarded to the CE Digital consortium, which comprises Capital and Emap Radio, earlier this year (see Capital And EMAP Win First London Digital Licence).Awarding the first licence the Radio… Continue reading GWR And Scottish Radio Unite In London Licence Bid
Emap’s share prices jumped 80p to 970p yesterday as the media group reported better than expected interim results (see Emap’s Profits Beat Expectations).Pearson rose by 9p to 1,484p as it increased its internet presence with the announcement of an $800 million share deal with DBC which gives the group a one-third stake in leading financial… Continue reading Sharewatch
Twenty million people watched coverage of England’s win over Scotland last Saturday, according to ratings estimates released this week. The match, the first leg of the Euro 2000 play-off, was watched live on Sky Sports 2 and shown two hours later on BBC1.Sky estimates that 10 million watched the live game which was broadcast over… Continue reading Twenty Million Tune Into England v Scotland Match
