Love Game: A History of Tennis, From Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon, by Elizabeth WilsonStaff Picks – what our journalists read for pleasure: Laura Slattery and tennis have been a love match since the 1980s. She reckons this new history of the sport is aceWed Nov 12 2014 - 13:34
Distilled Media doubles its pre-tax profitsTurnover at the company behind Daft.ie increased almost 10 per cent in 2013Tue Nov 11 2014 - 16:35
Broadcasters to launch Irish Radio PlayerSome 43 stations will feature on the app as industry seeks to recruit mobile generationTue Nov 11 2014 - 11:39
Kylie on stage? It’s almost as if she’s an actor or somethingIt’s not that nothing of interest has happened to the Kiss Me Once singer – plenty has. It’s that she never seems to let being famous get the better of her, everSat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
RTÉ considering TV service in BritainSky and UPC should pay ‘retransmission’ fees to free-to-air broadcasters, says director-generalFri Nov 07 2014 - 17:02
Planet BusinessThis week: ‘Golden singles’, a Tinder update and the highest-earning women in musicFri Nov 07 2014 - 01:20
Radio 1 audience slips as Tubridy, Newstalk Breakfast growJNLR figures show fall in numbers tuning in to RTÉ’s Liveline, Mooney and DrivetimeThu Nov 06 2014 - 19:23
How Irish digital media companies are betting on sportSportsJoe.ie, Balls.ie and The42 are racing to win audience and advertiser supportThu Nov 06 2014 - 01:30
‘The Fall’ returns in ‘drama super-Sunday’BBC Northern Ireland programme will once again be broadcast on RTÉ firstThu Nov 06 2014 - 01:20
Games marketing salaries go to the next levelMarketing directors for gaming firms can expect to earn up to €190,000Thu Nov 06 2014 - 01:15
It’s time we stopped being so sensitive about the ‘C’ wordRetailers have begun their festive marketing, but that doesn’t make it compulsory to go shopping nowWed Nov 05 2014 - 17:54
RTÉ axes ‘Morning Edition’ after two years‘Ongoing financial pressures’ lie behind the decision to stop making the TV show, it saysWed Nov 05 2014 - 15:26
Planet BusinessThis week: Football PhDs, Murdoch on Myspace and the ‘Operation’ game inventor who can’t afford surgeryFri Oct 31 2014 - 01:30
Long tail of multichannel TV hurts Irish broadcastersThe likes of Dave, Challenge, TLC and E! might seem peripheral, but their share of viewing all adds upThu Oct 30 2014 - 01:45
Google consumer barometer reveals Irish shopper habitsThe updated tool is designed to provide marketers with insights into digital consumptionThu Oct 30 2014 - 01:30
RaboDirect tunes in as new sponsor of Marian Finucane radio showNew ‘Ask the Specialist’ slot will begin on the RTÉ Radio 1 programme as part of the dealThu Oct 30 2014 - 01:25
TV industry set to play generation games once againFormats of the future will include ‘experiments in humour’, says Fremantle development bossThu Oct 30 2014 - 01:20
Media mergers regime change tomorrowThe NUJ has called on Alex White to ‘cry halt’ to Communicorp news deal with UTV radioThu Oct 30 2014 - 01:15
The Irish Times Ltd records pretax profit of €5.4m for 2013Company’s advertising income to grow this year for first time since 2007Thu Oct 30 2014 - 01:00
UTV Ireland appoints Mick McCaffrey as news editor‘Sunday World’ journalist is the latest to join the television channel ahead of January launchMon Oct 27 2014 - 08:35
Royal Bank of Scotland to signal commitment to Ulster Bank‘We are seeing a path for Ireland and what we do with that business, which is positive,’ says CEOMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:00
Plenty of good ideas for TV shows a myth, IFTA lecture hearsFremantle Media’s Rob Clark says new formats must fight to compete with old hitsSat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00
Bonuses: the one incentive that dares not speak its nameIrish Water staff are flush with their ‘performance- related awards’, but the practice is quite commonFri Oct 24 2014 - 01:55
Planet BusinessThis week: Zuckerberg in Hawaii, the Hard Times Tavern and the ‘Glamburger’Fri Oct 17 2014 - 01:00
Bezos and O’Brien: a tale of two media mogulsFrom ‘genetic optimism’ to ‘cows on the line’, how do the newspaper-owning billionaires compare?Thu Oct 16 2014 - 02:00
‘Man vs machine’ TV3 game show hot pick at CannesDistributor All3Media has been pitching the format at the Mipcom television marketplaceThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:45
TG4 goes back to the farm with ‘Feirm’Series hosted by Olympic athlete Jamie Costin will explore science of agricultureThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:30
‘The Good Wife’ broadcaster makes good sense for MerrionCBS, King Digital Entertainment and Viacom make stockbroker’s fourth-quarter pick listThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:20
‘Bash’ magazine celebrates paper anniversaryThe Image Publications title has featured 83 happy couples in its first yearThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:10
Planet BusinessThis week: Robotics update, new jargon for firing people and the French state of mindFri Oct 10 2014 - 01:00
Obama strategist’s guide to turning a long-shot into a winnerRoger Fisk, veteran of three presidential campaigns, shares wisdom with Irish executivesFri Oct 10 2014 - 01:00
Black-eyed ghost children are the new grey aliens‘Daily Star’ front-page stars are just the latest iteration of media mumbo jumboThu Oct 09 2014 - 02:00
Mould-infested ads to be restored by Irish Film InstituteArchivists have received funds to clean and digitise a long-held collection of vintage commercialsThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:45
Energia stays plugged in to The Pat Kenny ShowThe energy supplier has renewed its deal to sponsor the presenter’s Newstalk radio showThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:30
RTÉ2 adds more viewers in 15- to 34-year-old category‘Damo & Ivor’, ‘Meet the McDonaghs’ and ‘Connected’ fit the bill for channel controllerThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:25
No, it’s probably not gangrene or ‘the rabies’, say pharmacistsIrish Pharmacy Union targets amateur health advice in advertising campaignThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:15
O'Brien's fantasy life of bling ends in custodyBackground: The judge’s decision could not have been a surpriseThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:00
Breifne O’Brien: A Ponzi schemer who deceived his friendsThe house has truly fallen down for the man whose lifestyle was financed by his victimsWed Oct 08 2014 - 15:04
Boylesports backs RTÉ horse racingThe bookmaker will sponsor its coverage in ‘seven-figure’ investment by the groupMon Oct 06 2014 - 15:54
Planet BusinessThis week: Zalando, Prada and the ‘Windows 9’ operating system that never wasFri Oct 03 2014 - 01:25
Sky Ireland makes management changes as it targets broadbandAnn-Marie MacKay and Neal O’Rourke join the company from O2 and Aer LingusThu Oct 02 2014 - 11:28
Advertisers spent total of €206m on TV last yearProportion of multi-set households rises for first time in more than two yearsThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:30
TV3 looks ahead to ‘Life’ in 2015Weeknight magazine show on prowl for interesting ideas ahead of January debutThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:25
Media industry searches for the right wordsNot everyone in the business is a fan of terms such as ‘content’, ‘product’ and the ominous ‘savings’Thu Oct 02 2014 - 01:15
Power and social media: it’s complicatedIrish politicians provide a lesson in how not to use Twitter and influence people, a new study showsWed Oct 01 2014 - 12:30
David McWilliams tops Twitter ‘power 100’Gerry Adams is the highest-ranked TD in a list of ‘influential users’ compiled by PR firmWed Oct 01 2014 - 11:05
Planet BusinessThis week: ‘Endies’, soft drinks calories and activists on stiltsFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:30
NUJ calls for commission on future of mediaMinister for Communications Alex White ‘looking very closely’ at public fundingThu Sept 25 2014 - 16:38
The ‘authentic’ romance of coffee advertising grinds onNo bed-haired, bedraggled addicts here: the marketing of caffeine fixes is as smooth as everThu Sept 25 2014 - 02:00
