How sludgy olive green became the official colour of cigarettesThe drab shade was deemed the most repellent - but will consumers always see it that way?Fri May 27 2016 - 07:45
TV3 acquires Irish TV rights to ‘Big Brother’ until 2018Three-year-deal secures reality series and its celebrity versionThu May 26 2016 - 01:00
Today FM appoints Keith McCormack as chief executiveCommunicorp radio station will be led by the current head of Dublin’s 98FMTue May 24 2016 - 14:20
Expect party pieces as ‘Daniel & Majella’s B&B Road Trip’ returnsFilming begins on the second series next monthFri May 20 2016 - 08:45
Irish ‘Campaign’ revived after hiatus of 53 yearsInstitute of Creative Advertising and Design brings back ‘critical thinking’ titleFri May 20 2016 - 08:30
Planet BusinessBBC recipes, Brexit update, ‘President Trump’ and other stock market ‘tail risks’Fri May 20 2016 - 08:30
The Maximum Media recipe: Wine slushies mixed with a little bit of politicsCompany behind JOE.ie and Her.ie is chasing millennials via social and branded contentFri May 20 2016 - 08:15
RTÉ and the mystery of the disappearing US dramas‘Seen it already,’ say some viewers. ‘It’s on at what time now?’ say the restFri May 20 2016 - 08:00
Calls to ‘name and shame’ non-compliant lobbyistsPR industry believes legal and other professions have not reported lobbying activitiesThu May 19 2016 - 13:02
INM takes full control of CarsIreland.ieMedia group buys remaining 50% of the car classifieds businessMon May 16 2016 - 17:01
Laura Slattery on... summer‘Blue skies in this country are like sporting triumphs, or abortions – they happen, but there’s no legal right to them’Sat May 14 2016 - 03:00
Brexit fears weigh on UK media sectorLiberty Global’s planned donation to anti-Brexit group signals uneasinessFri May 13 2016 - 10:10
TG4 recognised for two decades of broadcastingThe Oireachtas na Gaeilge awards will pay special tributeFri May 13 2016 - 09:15
Radio 1 ‘enhances’ programme teams after end to hiring freeze‘Tweaking’ to station includes new summer weekend shows from independent sectorFri May 13 2016 - 08:30
Nielsen to introduce digital ad ratings to Ireland from OctoberMove brings TV industry closer to ‘total audience’ measure of on-demand and live viewsFri May 13 2016 - 08:15
‘I’m with the brand’ say musicians in post-Prince industryArtists who embrace advertisers are not treated with suspicion anymoreFri May 13 2016 - 08:00
Planet BusinessHotel Chocolat; grimacing at the New York Stock Exchange; techie team work and a popcorn mogulFri May 13 2016 - 08:00
Eurovision: Raising a toast to Terry Wogan nine songs inWogan to be remembered by Graham Norton during song contest’s grand finalThu May 12 2016 - 20:00
Peter McPartlin to lead MediaCom IrelandFormer Today FM chief executive appointed to oversee and grow media agency businessThu May 12 2016 - 16:38
Daniel and Majella move from UTV to RTÉCouple will be touring Irish B&Bs again this summer as hit series switches channelsThu May 12 2016 - 15:59
Digital overtakes TV advertising revenues across EuropeIndustry body says 13% rise in online ad spending in 2015 helped it surpass televisionThu May 12 2016 - 13:02
Laura Slattery on . . . being good enough‘It must be lovely to be able to say ‘this is it, if this isn’t good enough for you, then screw you’’Sat May 07 2016 - 05:45
Ads prove ‘welcome distraction’ for 75% of Dublin commutersDublin rail commuters are a captive audience for up to 36 minutes per dayFri May 06 2016 - 09:00
Government communications not about spin, says UK directorAlex Aiken advises Irish PR professionals to ‘be more German’ to prove their worthFri May 06 2016 - 08:45
SoundCloud ‘opens for business’ on Irish advertising salesPlatform plans to negotiate ‘creator partnerships’ between brands and artistsFri May 06 2016 - 08:30
Electric Ireland limbers up for Rio Olympics sponsorshipMedals not required for sponsorship to succeed, says head of marketingFri May 06 2016 - 08:15
The media needs to do more than talk about diversityRTÉ plans to try harder to reflect the cultural diversity of Ireland - and it’s about timeFri May 06 2016 - 05:00
Planet BusinessIced coffees, tobacco laws, ‘Bin Laden’ banknotes and an Atlantic City ‘running on fumes’Fri May 06 2016 - 04:00
SoundCloud's subscription launch in Ireland and UKMusic streaming company to sell adverts on free versionTue May 03 2016 - 00:01
Rob Doyle Q&A: ‘when you put yourself in there, the heat in the room goes up’‘For me, the most exciting things are happening in that liminal space between memoir and fiction’Fri Apr 29 2016 - 12:00
Star power of ‘Game of Thrones’ actors rises in US ‘Rebellion’ reviewsReception for ‘Rebellion’ in the US likely to sway RTÉ’s decision on whether to bring it back for a second seriesFri Apr 29 2016 - 08:45
‘Bake Off’ producer Sideline picks up cheque for family formatCompany behind ‘Great Irish Bake Off’ to develop ‘Bucking the Trend’ for RTÉFri Apr 29 2016 - 08:30
Show ‘extras’ swell RTÉ Player streams among mobile viewersSeven-year-old service has 4.4m monthly streams ahead of launch of new versionFri Apr 29 2016 - 08:15
Can Twitter be saved by ‘word of mouth’ advertising?The social network is desperately trying to compete with Facebook for video ad dollarsFri Apr 29 2016 - 07:40
Planet BusinessThe Dyson Supersonic, ‘accidental pirates’ and Warren Buffett’s 92-year-old sidekickFri Apr 29 2016 - 06:30
Digital ads represent greatest share of complaintsAdvertising Standards Authority for Ireland upheld complaints against 72 ads last yearWed Apr 27 2016 - 20:56
Today FM, Newstalk and 2fm see listeners switch offJNLR radio survey shows decreases for most of the big stations but gains for Radio 1Wed Apr 27 2016 - 18:48
Ten TV trends at the Celtic Media FestivalThe broadcasting industry comes together to laugh, moan and do business in DungarvanFri Apr 22 2016 - 17:12
Irish digital publishers go native to get the ad revenueNative advertising, where ads mimic content, is worth €45m, says an IAB PwC reportFri Apr 22 2016 - 08:30
Innovative plan aims to get girls thinking about scienceDublin design studio HyperBrow won EU pitch to create Stem subjects campaignFri Apr 22 2016 - 08:15
Planet BusinessThe ‘Grand Mac’, the ‘tough phone’ market and why it’s good to be a data scientistFri Apr 22 2016 - 06:30
Wireless Group’s Irish radio business will see revenues decline in 2016 - DavyFormer UTV stations won’t participate in advertising recovery this year, analysts sayFri Apr 22 2016 - 05:00
RTÉ ‘looking at’ IPTV channelsBut broadband in Ireland is not yet good enough for this type of online service, it saysFri Apr 22 2016 - 05:00
Are print newspapers destined to be spun off from digital?Print and digital media co-exist in firms but it does not have to be soFri Apr 22 2016 - 05:00
Celtic Media Festival opens with €150,000 fund announcement‘Pioc do Ride’ and ‘The Notorious’ among the shows celebrated at industry get-togetherWed Apr 20 2016 - 17:58
Boys and Girls joins global advertising networkIrish agency joins Interpartners to help it create ads that don’t get lost in translationFri Apr 15 2016 - 09:00
The art of selling, while not selling out your soulHow to work in advertising and not hate yourself, as explained by RothcoFri Apr 15 2016 - 08:45
AIB trades ‘tired’ sponsorship for GAA gloryClub championship ‘Toughest’ campaign has grown into ‘brilliant canvas’ on TV schedulesFri Apr 15 2016 - 08:30
Alison Cowzer and Eleanor McEvoy join Dragons’ Den panelPopular Sunday night series back for a seventh run on RTÉFri Apr 15 2016 - 08:15