IPC Media has announced that Sylvia Auton, managing director of its Country & Leisure Media Group, is to replace Sly Bailey as chief executive.Auton will fill the position, which became available last November when Bailey shocked the media industry by stepping down to take up the chief executive position at Trinity Mirror (see Bailey Leaves… Continue reading IPC Media Appoints Sylvia Auton As New Chief Executive
Perhaps one of the only certainties in predicting how the war in Iraq will turn out is the fact that the conflict will be played out on the media stage in a way never witnessed before. The UK’s major terrestrial broadcasters have virtually cleared their schedules to make way for extended news coverage and special… Continue reading Feature: TV News Proves Its Worth In Times Of Crisis
Telewest Communications, the UK’s second largest cable group, today reported narrowing net losses for the year to December but writedowns pushed the company deeper into debt to the tune of $5.3 billion.Underlying earnings increased by 19% to £379 million in 2002 while turnover rose by 2% to £1.35 billion. The company embarked on a cost… Continue reading Telewest Results Hit By Writedowns
Independent News & Media (INM) has this morning posted a positive set of financial results for 2002, with like for like pre-tax profits rising by 8% to €129.0 million.The group, which publishes the Independent in the UK, said that overall newspaper revenues were up 0.7% in constant currencies, but down 3.2% in real terms across… Continue reading Independent News & Media Sees Profits Rise By 8%
Telewest Broadband is launching trials of a new two megabyte version of its Blueyonder internet service, which it claims will be the UK’s fastest unlimited home internet product.The pilot service offers a continuous cable connection to the internet, which Telewest claims is 40 times faster than traditional dial-up services and four times more powerful than… Continue reading Telewest Trials UK’s Fastest Broadband Service
Fusion Radio sales is set to transfer all of its operations to First Radio Sales, formerly Clear Channel Radio Sales, from the end of this month.The move is likely to be seen as a precursor to the consolidation expected across the industry when the Communications Bill relaxes the radio ownership regulations later this year (see… Continue reading Fusion Radio Sales To Merge Into First Radio Sales
Capital Radio has said that it expects its radio revenues to decline by 3% in the three months to March 2003, following a 6% drop in the final quarter of last year.The group said in a trading statement this morning that the figures will result in a 5% decline in advertising revenues for the six… Continue reading Capital Sees Revenues Down 5% In First Half
NatMags’ fledgling teen title, CosmoGIRL!, is relaunching with a series of new editorial features and the handbag-sized format made popular by Condé Nast’s Glamour.The newly re-sized teen title will debut this May, with a free covermounted black or khaki bag for each reader. The move, instigated by publishing director Jan Adcock and editor Ceilia Duncan,… Continue reading CosmoGIRL! Relaunches With New Handbag Size
The number of digital television households worldwide is set to rise by almost 20% this year, according to the TV International Sourcebook 2003 from Informa Media Group.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Independent News Sells UK Regional Papers To NewsquestIndependent News & Media (INM) is selling its UK regional newspaper assets to Newsquest for £60 million, the… Continue reading MediaTel Insight: Digital TV Now Welcome In More Homes
The ASA has refused to censure a poster for Bacardi-Martini despite complaints that it linked alcohol with aggression and violence.The poster, designed by McCann Erickson, featured ex-footballer turned actor, Vinnie Jones, holding two bottles by the neck (see picture). Complainants believed that the Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels star looked as though he was… Continue reading Bacardi Cleared Of Linking Vinnie Jones With Violence
