Broadcast regulator ramps up diversity pressure on BBC October 11, 2016 The broadcast regulator’s chief executive has ramped up pressure on the BBC over diversity. Ofcom’s Sharon White also said that although the corporation holds a “special status” in public life, it will not receive “special treatment” when the body begins overseeing the broadcaster next year. Read more: BBC’s £60m hotel bill: 2016 on track to [...]
Double trouble: Jedward’s company has fallen into a loss October 6, 2016 Wow Oh Wow: it looks like unlikely Irish pop twins Jedward are Under Pressure, after they made a loss of almost €235,000 (£207,000) in the past two years. How Did You Know? Their company, Planet Jedward, filed results with the Irish Companies Registration Office. The figures showed while the pair, who rose to fame in 2008 during a stint [...]
Time Out is close to signing a deal for new “flagship” London food market October 5, 2016 Time Out – the magazine publisher that recently listed on the London junior market – is expected to announce it has leased premises for a London food market in coming weeks, City A.M. understands. The group is close to signing a deal for a location thought to be around Kings Cross, Covent Garden, or Camden. The London food [...]
How to stop your business from getting a soggy bottom October 5, 2016 Great British Bake Off (GBBO) is unquestionably one of the most popular shows on television. It attracts 13m viewers and appeals to the whole family and has done this more successfully than anyone else for six years. In fact, I’d even go as far to wager that a considerable number of you reading this now might [...]
Data bargaining chips: Consumers know more about their personal data than you think October 3, 2016 We are in the midst of a personal data gold rush, driven by the dominance of advertising as the primary source of revenue for most online publishers. Whether purchasing something or simply browsing, every action we make creates a digital footprint, and every step we takes creates a plethora of valuable information about how we live. [...]
Entertainment One shares rise on boost from Peppa Pig September 30, 2016 Shares in Entertainment One ticked up 0.10 per cent to 213.30p this morning after the Peppa Pig maker revealed it was on track to meet expectations this year. The film and TV distributor, which recently rebuffed a £1bn takeover bid by ITV, revealed an independent valuation of its library had risen to $1.5bn (£1.2bn) from $1bn. This was driven by [...]
Here’s how much more dough Paul Hollywood has than Mary Berry September 29, 2016 Paul Hollywood created quite a fuss last week when it emerged he would be judging the Channel 4 version of Bake Off. Mary Berry quit the show after it was announced Channel 4 would be taking Bake Off from the BBC. She said her decision was out of "loyalty" to the BBC. Much-loved hosts Mel and [...]
We are entering the age of peak smartphone. What happens next? September 26, 2016 A decade ago few of us imagined we would have a compact, sleek device that we could and would use for email, ordering groceries, taking and sharing photos and videos, tracking children, paying for the bus, catching Pokemon and occasionally making calls. Yet, nine years on from the launch of the first full touch-screen smartphone, [...]
Revealed: The nocturnal habits of 15m smartphone users September 26, 2016 We may now be living in a world of peak smartphone but that doesn't mean we're still not totally obsessed by our devices – as this one chart shows. Astonishingly, a third of us check our phones if we wake up in the middle of the night according to new research doing everything from looking at emails and social media [...]
A stake in Rolling Stone magazine has been sold to a startup September 25, 2016 The owner of iconic music magazine Rolling Stone has sold a stake in the publication to a Singapore startup to push it beyond media and into live events and more. BandLab technologies, a social music making startup, will take a 49 per cent stake in the music magazine owned by Wenner Media, which also publishes US Weekly and Men's [...]