18 Dec 2003
| by MediaWeek
Media agencies speculated this week that Peter Hill's move from the editor's chair at the Daily Star to the hot seat at its mid-market stablemate, the Daily Express, could affect his new title's positioning in the commercial market. Industry insiders say Express owner Richard Desmond hopes Hill, under ...
18 Dec 2003
| by MediaWeek
The capture of Saddam Hussein was not quite in the JFK league of events that change the world. But, nonetheless, where you were when they finally caught the tyrant, and how you first found out, will stick in many people's minds forever. Now, what are the media implications? I settled down ...
18 Dec 2003
| by MediaWeek
Smiling: the Archant team of Adrian Jeakings, Nigel Websper and John Fry Regional newspaper publisher Archant launched a dawn raid that netted it 12 of Independent News and Media's Greater London regional newspapers - helping it to outflank rivals Newsquest and Northcliffe. Archant's £52m ...
18 Dec 2003
Emap Consumer Media has agreed deals with media agencies Carat and Zenith to promote their clients
18 Dec 2003
| by Raymond Snoddy, media editor of The Times
Very little fazes Greg Dyke. Even the embarrassing admission at the Hutton Inquiry that he had not read transcripts of the fateful Today programme until a month after the event did not seem to get to him.
18 Dec 2003
| by Rhona Tridgell, Business director, ZenithOptimedia
I met the Indy's announcement that it would be producing a tabloid edition in London with some scepticism. I'd seen it all before: a huge fanfare and an expectation of surging circulation; a reality of cosmetic tinkering and consumer disinterest.
18 Dec 2003
Independent News and Media has received a 52m cash boost from the disposal of 12 local newspaper
18 Dec 2003
A bid for the Telegraph titles that values the business at between 400m and 500m, is said to be being drawn up by Terry Smith, chief executive of stockbroker Collins Stewart. Other potential buyers for the titles could include Express boss Richard Desmond and the Daily Mail and General Trust.
18 Dec 2003
The ABC Council has bowed to pressure from the media industry by agreeing to include electronic
18 Dec 2003
| by Poppy Brech
The BBC will this week report that it expects the number of households with Freeview to reach 2.5 million by the end of this year, boosted by its availability at retailers such as Boots and Asda.