10 Jun 2010
| by Mark Banham
Outgoing GMG chief executive Carolyn McCall boosted her annual pay through base salary and bonus by 32% last year, from £498,000 to £658,000, despite the company posting record losses of £171m for its financial year to March 2010.
LONDON - UBC Media Group, the company behind a range of businesses serving the radio sector, reported an increase in revenues to £1.9m in the six months to the end of September, up 9% year on year.
LONDON - UTV Media, owner of the free weekly Sport magazine, has signed a commercial deal with ESPN ahead of its inaugural English Premier League TV coverage, which includes a four-page cover wrap of today's (14 August) issue.
LONDON - Media regulator Ofcom is freezing staff pay and senior executives' bonuses this year, citing "pressure on public finances".
LONDON - The Advertising Standards Authority has promoted manager Shahriar Coupal to secretary to the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP), the bodies responsible for writing and enforcing the UK Advertising Standards Codes.
09 Apr 2009
| by Staff
This year, ad spend is predicted to fall in the UK further - in percentage terms at least - than any other major global economy bar Russia and Spain, but it may recover faster than other regions. According to WPP umbrella operation GroupM's latest global forecasts, UK ad spend will drop 11.2% year on...
09 Apr 2009
| by David Emin
Q: I work for a small media agency and while the location of our company is very handy, the inside of our offices leaves a lot to be desired.
01 Apr 2009
| by Tess Alps
On Mother's Day, the White Ribbon Alliance launched its Million Mums campaign to get a million people in the UK to register their support for the reduction of maternal mortalities globally - and to raise a million pounds.
01 Apr 2009
| by Sue Unerman
The great and the good of the film industry gathered at the annual conference of the British Screen Advisory Council this month to debate a subject concerning most of us at the moment: meeting consumer demand in the digital age.
01 Apr 2009
| by David Emin
Q: Since my company is not giving out pay increases this year, our senior management team has decided we will all be sent on external training courses.