19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The Guardian Media Group has restructured its Manchester and Surrey
regional newspaper divisions...The Guardian Media Group has restructured its Manchester and Surrey
regional newspaper divisions into a single group called the Regional
Newspaper Group. It will be headed by Ian Ashcroft, chief executive of
the Manchester division.
...
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Iain Jacob, a founding director of Motive Communications, has been
appointed chairman of The Media...Iain Jacob, a founding director of Motive Communications, has been
appointed chairman of The Media Circle. He takes over from Andy Tilley,
managing partner of Unity.
...
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
years of media experience, joins
from Birmingham Live where he is head of programmes....Manchester United Television has appointed Peter Brookes as
managing director. Brookes, who has 25 years of media experience, joins
from Birmingham Live where he is head of programmes.
...
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
for culture, media and sport, to express
concern about the way radio licences are awarded. It follows...The Commercial Radio Companies Association is writing to Chris
Smith, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, to express
concern about the way radio licences are awarded. It follows allegations
by BBC 2 s Newsnight last week over the Radio Authority s award of the
east of England licence.
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19 Dec 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Associated New Media s Soccernet site, www.soccernet.com, has
signed a co-branding deal...Associated New Media s Soccernet site, www.soccernet.com, has
signed a co-branding deal with planetfootball.com, publisher of official
sites for 18 of the UK s leading football clubs. Soccernet will feed a
division-branded ticker to the 18 club sites, giving users instant news
about the Carling ...
19 Dec 1998
| by NIGEL WALLEY, Managing Partner, Deciphe
opportunity.
New Media is edited by Binnur Beyaztas, who can be contacted at
binnur ...
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Hayley Thornhill, Jazz FM s head of sponsorship, has left to join
USP Radio Projects as director of sponsorship.
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The Independent Television Commission is deciding whether to impose
a statutory sanction, in the form of a fine, on Carlton for the
documentary, The Connection, which was exposed as a fake by The
Guardian.
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Anglo-Dutch publisher Reed Elsevier said this year s profits will
be 6% below last year s because of deteriorating trading conditions. It
said full-year profits would be around pounds 770m.
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The Newspaper Society has launched a series of case studies to
demonstrate the effectiveness of using the regional press in national
advertising and marketing campaigns.