30 Apr 2001
media....LONDON (Brand Republic) - Channel 4 is to approach City investors to raise money to finance an ambitious expansion into new media. The publicly owned station will release its annual report on Tuesday and is expected to announce an increase in revenue and profits. However, CEO Michael Jackson said the channel ...
30 Apr 2001
| by Claire Billings
AOL Time Warner is in talks with UK cable operator NTL in a deal that could see the US media...LONDON (Brand Republic) - AOL Time Warner is in talks with UK cable operator NTL in a deal that could see the US media and internet giant’s content carried on NTL’s pan-European high-speed cable network. The agreement would give AOL distribution to NTL’s 8.5m UK customers and 20m European customers ...
30 Apr 2001
Ailing German media company EM.TV astonished analysts this morning when it reported full...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Ailing German media company EM.TV astonished analysts this morning when it reported full-year losses of DM 2.8bn ( 887.56m), almost three times as bad as the expected DM 1bn ( 316.98m). CEO Thomas Haffa slashed the company’s profit forecast in December when he posted worse than ...
30 Apr 2001
| by Claire Billings
small racecourses are reported to have opted for GG Media’s rival contract which will pay them 100,000 each for the initial payments for the TV rights. The GG Media deal is worth 67m over five years ...
27 Apr 2001
Health Media Group, the online health content provider, has teamed
up with primary research data group Datamonitor to offer news and
analysis for business and consumer sites. Health Media's Enterprise
division already supplies regular updates to a variety of clients, but
believes this venture ...
27 Apr 2001
of
voluntary work. The idea came from the Media Trust, the body which helps
charities communicate.
Media Trust chief executive Caroline Diehl said emphasis would be on
celebrity news and interviews ...
27 Apr 2001
The Cosmopolitan stable is set for a busy autumn, with the launch
of two more brands to extend the reach of its 460,000-selling women's
glossy.
The much anticipated National Magazine Company spin-off, CosmoGIRL!,
will hit news-stands on 20 September, promising a 'sophisticated, glossy...
27 Apr 2001
| by CLAIRE BEALE, claire.beale@haynet.com
Media and the then Western Media were
plotting to pool their trading might into a centralised ...
brake on what would even
back then have made very real sense.
Now the Interpublic media ...
the UK media industry's posterior.
In truth, the touchpaper was lit last year when Carat and BBJ ...
27 Apr 2001
Looks magazine, the Emap Elan title aimed at 16 to 24-year-old
women, is to change its name to Celebrity Looks. Editor Margi Conklin
said this would demonstrate that every page was focused on celebrity
style - although she added that had actually been the case since 1998.
The new name and logo...
27 Apr 2001
Claire Furlong has been promoted to assistant programme director
for Talksport, the sports and news radio network. She will oversee all
aspects of programming. Furlong will also deputise for programme
director Mike Parry in his absence. She joined Talksport as a producer
in 1998 after a spell...