The Monopolies and Mergers Commission announced at 3pm today that it will be investigating Pearson’s sale of Westminster Press to Newsquest Media. No other details are available at present, though a statement from the MMC is expected tomorrow.The takeover, which occurred last week *Newsquest Buys Westminster Press For £305m, boosts Newsquest’s titles to almost 200… Continue reading Westminster Press Sale Referred To MMC
http://www.slate.com/Since its launch in June *(Microsoft To Provide Quality Journalism Online) Microsoft’s website, Slate, has received many awards and critical acclaim. The on-line magazine is Microsoft’s attempt to bring quality journalism to the Internet. The site features articles on culture, politics and public policy. Since its release Slate has accounted for approximately 10,000 readers per… Continue reading Website Of The Week: Slate
Heartland Cablevision II has applied to run the cable delivery licence for Daventry, offering service to almost 9,000 homes.Heartland, which is owned by Telecential Communications, made a bid of £7,400 for the licence which would form a contiguous area with Northampton, Northeast Northamptonshire and Rugby. These areas are currently covered by Telecential’s existing franchise.Heartland was… Continue reading Heartland Cablevision Applies For Daventry Licence
General Cable PLC reported an increase in losses from £ 8.7 million in 1995 to £11.7 million in June 1996. Depreciation charges and increased interest were the main factors accounting for this. The interim results published today also reported that 26% of revenue came from business telecommunications, 43 % from residential telephony and 31% from… Continue reading General Cable Increase Losses
QualitiesThe Times and the FT performed the best among the daily quality newspapers in July, while The Independent suffered the biggest loss. The Times‘s circulation was up 14.94% on July last year to over 753,000 copies, with the FT‘s circulation rising 4.54% year-on-year to 297,194. The Independent‘s circulation dropped by over 31,000 copies (or 10.41%)… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – July
A survey conducted by Total Research indicates cable and satellite offer better quality than terrestrial television. Over a thousand consumers were asked to summarise the quality of newspapers, TV channels and radio stations from 49 existing brands. Marks were given out of ten with the top ten shown in the following table:Top 10 “Quality” Media… Continue reading Conflict In TV Usage And Quality
Following complaints from Channel 4, Meridian have been reprimanded by the Independent Television Committee over the rules on cross-promotions. Channel 4 complained to the ITC regarding Meridian’s refusal to screen promotions of Four Weddings and a Funeral. Meridian said the promotion was for a programme containing bad language and was planned to be screened at… Continue reading Meridian In Four Weddings Complaint
The BBC and Flextech TV announced that preliminary talks for a possible joint venture are taking place. A spokesperson from the BBC said: “Preliminary talks are being held with Flextech on the basis of the BBC’s future plans for digital broadcasting *(BBC Restructure to Address the Digital Age). Nothing has been finalised and talks with… Continue reading BBC And Flextech In Possible Joint Venture
Lehman Brothers International have issued a confidential Information Memorandum to registrars interested in the Home Service and World Service Transmission areas of the BBC. The memorandum describes the businesses for sale, proposed terms of sale and key investment considerations for the Transmission arm, which deals with the development and delivery of broadcasting services.Bob Phillis, deputy… Continue reading Transmission Sale Issued For BBC
CLT UK Radio is to take a 20% stake in New Wave Broadcasting’ s bid to win an East Sussex area option licence. The licence covers the Brighton & Hove Albion area and will soon be advertised by the Radio Authority in September.CLT, owners of Talk Radio and Atlantic 252, have a 20% stake in… Continue reading CLT Interested In East Sussex Licence
