Media group Pearson has bought the US publishing group Simon & Schuster from Viacom for $4.6 billion (£2.8 billion).Pearson will then sell the reference and business part of the publisher to Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc., a US investment group, for $1 billion. This will leave Pearson with the education divisions.Pearson: 0171 411 2000
It is reported in the 15th May edition of Press Gazette that Inside Sport has been suspended following the liquidation of publisher Brackenbury. The title launched last year (see Britain Gets Inside Sport) into a crowded market which had already seen the closure of Sky Sports Magazine.Phonecalls by Newsline to the magazine have not been… Continue reading Inside Sport Suspended
Newsquest, the largest regional newspaper publisher in England, has announced today that it has agreed to acquire Review Free Newspapers Limited for £6.07 million. The takeover is subject to approval by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.Review Free Newspapers had a turnover of £3.51m in the year to 31 December 1997 and is… Continue reading Newsquest Buys Heartbreak Newspaper Group
Emap Radio has appointed marketing directors for two of its major radio brands. Brendan Moffett has been appointed marketing director for the group’s middle youth brand Magic while Cath Murphy has been appointed marketing director for Emap’s FM stations and ‘Big City’ brand.According to Emap, these appointments are the first step in building the profile… Continue reading Emap Radio Appoints Marketing Directors
Total national newspaper circulation was down by 3.1% year on year for the ABC period November 1997-April 1998, from 28.3 million to 27.4 million.National Newspaper November-April Year on Year ABC Comparisons Title Nov 96 – Apr 97 Nov 97 – Apr 98 Actual Change % Change Daily Mail 2,126,637 2,268,533 141,896 6.7 Daily Star 745,422… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – April
The 23 April Consumer Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg under the chairmanship of Nigel Griffiths, UK secretary of state for consumer affairs, reached agreement on a Common Position on the sale and guarantee of consumer goods. The Directive – which aims at ensuring that EU consumers have a uniform degree of protection when faulty goods… Continue reading EU: Majority support for Directive
http://www.ticketmaster.co.ukSelling entertainment over the web is currently the place to be. Anything relatively cheap, which can be easily searched for by users and posted out to their homes is perfect for a transactional site on the internet. Indeed, a recent survey claimed that the number of transactional websites would grow by over 900% in the… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Ticketmaster
Andrew Chowns believes that the launch of ITV2, ITV’s digital terrestrial channel, will be an opportunity for advertisers to reach an audience ITV would die for – young, predominantly upmarket male light viewers who are interested in sport, music and light entertainment.The question is, however, will the channel merely end up as a barely-watched, poor… Continue reading Interview – Andrew Chowns, ITV2 Project Director
Continuing to draw on the success of its football coverage, Channel 5 has won the exclusive rights to broadcast Liverpool and Chelsea’s European football campaigns.The channel covered all of Chelsea’s games in their run-up to victory in this year’s Cup Winners’ Cup. In fact, the club’s game against Real Betis gave Channel 5 its largest… Continue reading Channel 5 Continues Its Soccer Success
At the recent European Audiovisual Conference in Birmingham, UK, delegates heard broadcasting industry executives call upon the EU’s political leadership to accelerate the move from analogue to digital broadcasting. The Association of Commercial Television (ACT) issued a statement warning that the convergence of various forms of electronic media requires an urgent and thorough overhaul of… Continue reading UK: Birmingham Audiovisual Conference
