Shares in both Reed International and Elsevier continued to fall following last week’s growth warning from the combined Reed Elsevier (see Reed Elsevier Warns Of No Growth In 1999). Reed fell by 32žp to close at 500źp on Friday afternoon; Elsevier dropped 15p to 844p.Shares in media group Pearson, owner of the Financial Times, have… Continue reading Sharewatch
Monday A full Round-Up of the February national newspapers ABC figures will be available in the Press features list. A shorter version will be available as open-access on Newsline.Tuesday Telewest Communications releases its annual financial results. Merrill Lynch predicts that pre-tax loss will be reduced by around £37 million year on year, from £328 million… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Yesterday’s Talk Radio broadcast of a live interview with the Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Chancellor Gordon Brown (see Newsline) drew over 35,000 calls, according to the station.The programme, which was broadcast between 9 and 10am, marked the first time that the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have spoken directly to the nation via… Continue reading Talk Makes Radio History With Blair And Brown Call-In
The latest round of national newspaper circulation figures, released by the ABC this afternoon, shows that the Financial Times is still performing stronger than the rest of the market year on year. Between the six months to February this year and the same period last year, the FT gained 39,689 (11.8%) in sales. Most other… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – February 1999 (Subscribers)
The current advertisement director of IPC’s Marie-Clare, Claire Portis, is to take up a new role as ad director across the SouthBank Publishing Group’s portfolio of fashion and beauty titles as from April. Scene has appointed a new editor in the form of Andy Pemberton, who was previously associate editor of Q. He is expected… Continue reading Appointment Brief
Stephen Byers, the new Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, is to face possibly his toughest decision yet when the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC) hands over its report on the BSkyB bid for Manchester United Football Club today. The MMC has been investigating the matter since October last year (see Newsline).BSkyB, 40% of… Continue reading MMC Submits Report On BSkyB Man Utd Bid To DTI
MediaTel will be donating £1 to Comic Relief for every individual user signing into the main MediaTel database, the JICRIT radio system, Media Village or MediaTel Newsline during the course of Friday March 12th. Get clicking…www.mediavillage.co.uk www.jicrit.co.uk
Carlton Communications has announced that it is establishing a one-stop-shop for retailers and publishers of home entertainment products that want to sell via the internet.DHE, a Carlton subsidiary, is offering retailers and mail order companies an opportunity to link their web sites to a dedicated DHE sales site which will handle orders, credit card payments,… Continue reading Carlton Launches Internet Transaction Service For Retailers
Disgusting, filthy, obscene. I don’t care if Channel 4 screened the programme late, this sort of filth has no place on British screens. But enough about that ‘flea joke’ on last week’s Ally McBeal. C4’s Queer As Folk bounds onto screens with a pretty impressive 2.37 million on its first showing and a further 1.15… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 28/02/98
The latest round of national newspaper circulation figures, released by the ABC this afternoon, shows that the Financial Times is still performing stronger than the rest of the market year on year. Between the six months to February this year and the same period last year, the FT gained 39,689 in sales. Most other papers… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – February 1999
