Even ITV’s big dividend can’t win over investors May 17, 2019 | City Talk After falling again sharply on these first-quarter results, interactive investor's head of markets explains why ITV is finding life so hard. Strategically, the song remains the same at ITV (LSE:ITV) as it continues to respond to changing viewer habits, while also lessening its reliance on traditional advertising. Indeed, there are signs of progress on both [...]
Shares in media group Future jump as acquisitions fuel record half-year results May 17, 2019 Shares in media company Future jumped as much as seven per cent in early trading after it posted a record rise in revenue and profit for the half year. Future, which owns magazine titles including Four Four Two and Tech Radar, reported a 103 per cent rise in revenue to £108.7m in the six months [...]
Magazine publisher TI Media taps media veteran Tim Weller as new chairman May 16, 2019 The magazine publisher behind Horse & Hound and Country Life has appointed media veteran Tim Weller as its new chairman. Read more: Trump pardons fraudster media mogul Conrad Black City A.M. understands Weller, a prolific media entrepreneur, has joined TI Media, which is the UK’s biggest consumer magazine publisher The media boss has been recruited by Epiris, [...]
Trump pardons ex-media mogul Conrad Black after flattering biography May 16, 2019 Donald Trump has pardoned ex-media mogul and convicted fraudster Conrad Black just a year after he penned a flattering biography of the US President. Black, the former owner of the Daily Telegraph, served three-and-a-half years in prison in the US for plotting to embezzle millions of dollars from his newspaper empire. Read more: The i [...]
Commercial radio pulls in record audience as stations snap up top presenters May 16, 2019 Commercial radio stations across the UK reported their highest-ever listener numbers in the first quarter, as they continue to snap up top talent. At least 36.1m people tuned in to commercial radio stations in the first three months of the year, according to new figures from industry body Rajar. Read more: Netflix teams up with [...]
MPs launch probe into reality TV following Jeremy Kyle Show death May 15, 2019 MPs have launched an inquiry into reality TV shows just hours after ITV axed The Jeremy Kyle Show following the death of a guest. The DCMS Committee said it will probe production companies’ duty of care to participants and ask whether enough support is offered both during and after filming. Read more: ITV revenues slip [...]
Huawei snaps up top Sky News journalist as senior spin doctor May 15, 2019 Embattled Chinese tech firm Huawei has hired a veteran Sky News journalist as its new senior spin doctor as it ramps up efforts to quash accusations of spying. Senior Sky News editor Paul Harrison, who previously served as the network’s royal and business correspondent, has said he will join Huawei in a senior communications role [...]
Churchill knew that design was crucial to Britain’s global future – and so should we May 14, 2019 In 1944, when the UK was facing extremely uncertain times, Winston Churchill’s government founded the Council of Industrial Design. The plan was to invest heavily in design to ensure that we were making the best quality products that would allow us to win major industrial contracts in post-war Europe. It worked. Even after an election [...]
Music royalties firm PPL collects record revenues of £247m for artists May 14, 2019 Music licensing company PPL has reported its highest-ever annual revenues as it paid out to a record number of musicians and rights holders. PPL, which is one of the UK’s two main royalties agencies, collected revenues for its members of £246.8m in 2018, up 13 per cent on the previous year. Read more: Hipgnosis snaps [...]
Outernet teams up with Technicolor to create new London media landmark May 13, 2019 Entertainment venue firm Outernet Global has teamed up with French giant Technicolor to create a new immersive advertising and live entertainment space in London. The firms have agreed a partnership as part of a multi-billion-pound project to create a new media hub offering a unique broadcasting environment in the West End. Read more: UK digital advertising [...]