The managing director of Grey Advertising, Nigel Sharrocks, is reported to have resigned from the agency.Nick Kelvin, the planning director of CIA Medianetwork, has left the company, a replacement has not yet been announced.In the press, The Financial Times’ media correspondent Ray Snoddy, one of Britain’s most respected media journalists, has been poached by News… Continue reading Movement In The Ranks
Mark Fisher, the broadcasting minister, has launched a public consultation document on what criteria should be used to decide whether sporting events merit a ‘listing.’ Viewers’ organisations, sports bodies and broadcasters are being consulted in the first stage of the Government’s review of the current lists of events for which live TV coverage must be… Continue reading Which Events Merit A Listing?
From today, Bloomberg Television is available free-of-charge to Sky satellite viewers in the UK and Ireland. The 24-hour English-language news channel has started broadcasting on the Astra 1a satellite.The channel is already transmitted on a number of UK cable networks, but this deal represents a significant audience acquisition for the company, making it a more… Continue reading Bloomberg TV Arrives On Astra
Sunday Business has learnt that, following a week of turbulence and financial doubt, its future is secure for the present at least. An undisclosed consortium of investors is now taking control of the 75% stake formally controlled by the papers major stake holder Group 2000, which has now passed into receivership. The Mirror Group who… Continue reading Sunday Business Saved
The Broadcasting Standards Commission, which replaced the Broadcasting Complaints Commission and the Broadcasting Standards Council in April, has published the final Annual Report of the two former bodies.Both organisations reported a continuing increase in complaints about fairness and standards. The BCC received 249 complaints during 1996-97. It ruled on 149 complaints. The pattern of complaints… Continue reading Complaints Keep Rising
This week’s edition of The European saw the paper turn from a broadsheet into a tabloid.The new size makes the paper more approachable. It now looks like an in-depth read you want to get your teeth into, as opposed to a heavy document that no one wants to pull off the news-stand.It is not only… Continue reading First Issue Review – The New Look European
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4BBC Radio 4 is one of our vastly under-valued institutions, particularly amongst those under the age of 35 years. If the purpose of a Web site is to promote, and get people to readdress their opinions, then Radio 4 not only needs, but deserves, any of the benefits that this would bring to its image.… Continue reading Web Site Of The Week – Radio 4
The ITC has conducted research in to the TV coverage of the general election and found that the majority of viewers thought that the coverage was fair, but there was too much of it.By the end of the election period, viewers felt saturated with election information and 4 in 10 viewers avoided it and switched-off.… Continue reading Too Much Politics
The publishing industry’s biggest competitors, Conde Nast, IPC and the National Magazine Company have united together in a venture to increase revenue from subscription sales. The ground-breaking initiative will involve pooling information on direct-mail subscribers.IPC: – 0171 261 5000The National Magazine Company: 071 439 5000Conde Nast: 0171 499 9080
ITV has now confirmed the rumours, Richard Eyre, chief executive of Capital Radio Group, has been appointed chief executive of the ITV Network. Eyre joins ITV as soon as he has concluded his affairs at the Radio Group.Announcing the appointment, Leslie Hill, chairman of ITV said: “This appointment is a step forward for ITV in… Continue reading Richard Eyre Confirmed As New Network Chief
