The Guardian has appointed Janine Gibson as media correspondent, replacing Kamal Ahmed who was recently promoted to media editor at the newspaper (see The Guardian Appoints Media Editor).Gibson joins the paper after briefly working as media correspondent for the Independent. The Guardian now has a four-strong media team: Gibson, Ahmed, media business editor Simon Beavis… Continue reading Guardian Appoints Media Correspondent
Channel 5 has secured the rights to show Liverpool’s pre-season friendly against Inter Milan on Tuesday 4 August. The match will pit Michael Owen against Ronaldo, perhaps the two most talked-about players during the World Cup.Earlier on the same day, the channel will also show Chelsea’s friendly against Atletico Madrid in Arnhem, Holland, at 5:30pm.… Continue reading Channel 5 Augments Football Coverage
The June Retail Prices Index was announced this morning as 163.4, a decrease of 0.1% on the previous month and a rise of 3.7% on June 1997. The headline rate of inflation last month stood at 4.2%.Subscribers can access RPI trends by selecting “Encyclomedia” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
Capital Radio’s planned kids’ station, Fun Radio, has applied for the central Scotland licence currently being advertised by the Radio Authority (RA). If successful in its bid, Fun Radio would be the only Scottish radio station to appeal to children under 15.Capital has also submitted an application for Fun Radio in the Durham and Tyne… Continue reading Capital Plans Fun Radio For Scotland
Online information company, Dialog Corporation, has announced that it has exceeded $50 million in internet-based revenue for the first half of 1998. This does not include any revenue generated from advertising, says Dialog.The company, formed by a merger of MAID and Knight-Ridder in October last year (see Maid Acquisition To Go Ahead), says that it… Continue reading Dialog Corporation Gains $50m Internet Revenue For First Half Of 1998
IPC Magazines has appointed Isobel McKenzie-Price as editor-in-chief of Ideal Home, Homes & Ideas and Living etc. She is to assume day-to-day editorial control of Ideal Home, and will oversee Homes & Ideas and IPC’s recent launch Living etc, which recently received a new editor, Jane Bruton (see IPC Appoints New Editor For Living etc).McKenzie-Price… Continue reading IPC Appoints Editor-In-Chief
Managing director of Classic FM, Murray Dudgeon, is leaving the station to join McCann-Erickson Worldwide in New York as executive vice president – worldwide media operations director.This represents a return for Dudgeon who worked with McCann-Erickson Worldwide prior to joining the GWR-owned radio station. During his time at Classic, Dudgeon oversaw the launch of GWR’s… Continue reading Classic FM MD Leaves For Worldwide Agency Role
The Radio Authority (RA) chief executive, Tony Stoller, today told the Birmingham Radio Festival how the Authority plans to make the award of radio licences a more open and transparent procedure.Following criticisms from some figures in the industry, from the Autumn the RA will make public its reasons for the choice of successful applicants for… Continue reading RA Announces More ‘Transparent’ Licence Awarding
Good Housekeeping magazine is drawing up plans to take its TV spin-off programme, the Good Housekeeping Show, to ITV next year.The programme currently broadcasts on the Granada Breeze cable and satellite channel. However, since the ITC removed the masthead programming restrictions from terrestrial television, magazine-based programmes can now be shown on the five terrestrial channels… Continue reading Good Housekeeping Show May Go To ITV
Conor Dignam, editor of Media Week, is to leave his post to become editor of Haymarket’s Marketing in October.Dignam was previously deputy editor at Marketing but left to join Media Week late last year. The editor’s role at Marketing is currently handled by Mike Hewitt, group editor/publisher.Media Week: 0171 505 8341 Haymarket Publishing: 0181 943… Continue reading Media Week Editor To Return To Marketing
