12 Feb 2001
| by Claire Billings
Kevin Hand, the chief executive of UK media group Emap, is under increasing pressure from investors...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Kevin Hand, the chief executive of UK media group Emap, is under increasing pressure from investors to turn the company’s fortunes around or face the axe.
Hand has been given six months to improve the company’s financial position after admitting that it has failed ...
12 Feb 2001
Regional Independent Media, the local newspaper publisher, could seek a stock market listing...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Regional Independent Media, the local newspaper publisher, could seek a stock market listing as an alternative to selling itself as the offers received for the business have been too low.
Guardian Media Group, Gannet-owned Newsquest and Johnston Press have all received ...
12 Feb 2001
| by MediaWeek
to create Europe’s biggest online media transaction trading group. The merged company will operate ...
way in a short space of time. But now media agencies and media owners can benefit from the clear ...
including ADazzle, backed by Tempus, and MediaTel’s Media Trader. ...
12 Feb 2001
bid to use its public service new-media arm to reach people for whom other BBC services are becoming...LONDON (Brand Republic) - The BBC is considering ways of providing a licence-fee funded service for mobile phone users, in a bid to use its public service new-media arm to reach people for whom other BBC ...
new-media director, who joined the corporation from cable operator Telewest last year.
Other plans ...
12 Feb 2001
| by MediaWeek
IPC ignite! At IPC Media, the men’s entertainment and lifestyle division IPC Music ...
in all we do,” says Solanki. “The strapline ‘Better men’s media’ tells you what we do and how we intend ...
-facing brand so will make its real impact within the media industry with clients/agencies. We hope ...
12 Feb 2001
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Marks 50m on seven hi-tech businesses. Last March, it bought a minority stake in online lingerie business Splendour.com, acquired 20% in digital media company Talkcast in a deal valued at 40m, and bought a 1m stake in French company Temposoft in May.
Maurice Helfgott ...
12 Feb 2001
| by MediaWeek
and destroy media success. While some papers and trade press have taken a troubling glee at extrapolating ...
to create a truly 24-hour communications operation. Playing chicken For those media owners currently ...
to work because, in the interactive space, the relationship between media owner and advertiser is subtly ...
12 Feb 2001
| by MediaWeek
million written off in various unnamed new media projects. City analysts said BSkyB’s results were ...
to float parent company SkyGlobal this year. As Media Week went to press, News Corporation was said ...
12 Feb 2001
| by MediaWeek
companies involved are Scottish Media Group and Emap Digital. The Digital Radio Group’s main rival, MXR ...
12 Feb 2001
| by MediaWeek
consistently paid off in terms of ratings. However, Channel 5’s two shareholders, United Business Media ...