X marks the spot for new sponsorTELEPRINTER : IT’S THAT time of year again: X Factor is back on our screens this Saturday but, after four years, Domino’s Pizza…Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Sex still sells for CosmoTELEPRINTER : HELEN GURLEY BROWN, who transformed Cosmopolitan from a housewife’s manual into a sex bible for single women in…Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Picture perfect at the London OlympicsMEDIA & MARKETING : EVERYONE WHO vaulted atop the London 2012 media-fest has something to miss in this most dispiritingly…Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Majority of small firms expect pay to remain unchangedALMOST TWO-THIRDS of small Irish companies expect rates of pay to remain unchanged this year, according to the Small Firms Association…Tue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Irish agency behind Usain Bolt TV adIRISH ADVERTISING agency Boys and Girls is the creative force behind Digicel’s Olympic attempts to “leverage” its sponsorship…Thu Aug 02 2012 - 01:00
No action over O'Brien interestsTHE BROADCASTING Authority of Ireland has decided not to take any immediate action in relation to the media interests of Denis…Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
Loneliness of the long-distance takeoverMEDIA & MARKETING: IN CITIES across the globe, media companies plotting a route to profit are glancing at each other, confused…Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
BAI takes no action on O'BrienThe Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has decided not to take any immediate action in relation to the media interests of Denis…Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
Moody's warning pushes stocks lowerAN INTERVENTION by ratings agency Moody’s prompted the third consecutive retreat by European stocks yesterday.Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
Digital TV providers switch-on to guidesA BOOKLET with the title “Your simple guide to the switchover” (strapline: “making the switch to digital TV easy”) begins by …Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
INM chief financial officer to step downDONAL BUGGY will step down as chief financial officer of Independent News Media in October, four months after he was voted off…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Just how can you measure concentration of media ownership?Proving that someone controls an ‘undue amount’ of a particular segment of the media market is a headache even before you start…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Salary stability and some big money back in marketingMARKETING SALARIES are no longer in decline, according to a pay survey by Alternatives, a specialist recruitment firm that operates…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
RTÉ picks insider for senior roleDAVID NALLY, RTÉ’s new managing editor of current affairs, television, and Kevin Bakhurst, the BBC executive poached to become…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Fashioning an Olympics windowGOLD MEDAL for Koh Creative, the creative agency responsible for the Olympic-themed window display and accompanying marketing…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Nally appointed managing editor of current affairs at RTÉRTÉ HAS promoted experienced producer David Nally to the role of managing editor of current affairs, television, as it moves …Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Mergers and acquisitions up with 60 deals signedCORPORATE ACTIVITY in Ireland jumped in the second quarter, with 60 merger and acquisition (MA) deals completed between April…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Aramark revenue up but profit downCATERING AND facilities management giant Aramark secured a 5 per cent increase in revenues to €196 million in its Irish operations…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Ulster Bank seeks regulation from UKULSTER BANK is in talks with the Central Bank and the Government about switching the regulation of its business in the Republic…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Ireland holding its own in tougher FDI game“STRONG CLUSTERS” and improved competitiveness mean Ireland is holding its own in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), …Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Lack of office space may thwart multinationals, warns IDAIDA IRELAND has warned of a possible shortage of suitable office space in Dublin to accommodate multinational companies that …Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Budget squeeze to add to jungle fever for new man in RTÉOverwork (and over-ambition) is usually a factor in editorial mistakes, and after Tweetgate and ‘A Mission to Prey’, RTÉ can …Thu Jul 12 2012 - 01:00
BBC veteran appointed to top news job at RTÉRTÉ HAS appointed Kevin Bakhurst, the controller of the BBC News Channel, as managing director of news and current affairs and…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Bond markets pressure lowers sharesEUROPEAN STOCKS faltered for a fourth day as sustained pressure on the bond markets fed through to lower equity volumes and investors…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Quality journalism to go down a black hole in AustraliaMEDIA & MARKETING: This is a mantra for all the newspaper companies now – we will maintain quality journalism while we cut…Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
Will it be third time lucky for O'Leary?ANALYSIS: EVEN IF Ryanair wins the approval of Aer Lingus shareholders, the low-cost carrier will have to enter a lengthy negotiation…Wed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
Ryanair makes cash offer for Aer LingusRYANAIR HAS made its third takeover bid for Aer Lingus, saying the long-term future of its rival “can best be secured within …Wed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
Cabinet to discuss Ryanair's new Aer Lingus bidMINISTER FOR Transport Leo Varadkar last night said he would discuss Ryanair’s latest offer for Aer Lingus with his Government…Wed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
Investors confident on Greek voteSTOCKS SWUNG between gains and losses on European markets yesterday but finished little changed as investors took a favourable…Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Euro 2012 TV viewers lose the faithViewing figures for the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2012 matches on RTÉ fell 25 per cent between the team’s hopeful first encounter…Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Credit squeeze tightening, says IsmeTHE RATE of credit refusal at Irish banks has risen again this quarter, reversing improvements in approvals in the previous two…Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Industrial action at Aer Lingus likely, unions sayUNIONS REPRESENTING Aer Lingus workers have warned that industrial disruption this summer is “likely” as a result of management…Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Investors uneasy despite Greek pollINVESTORS REMAINED braced last night for a volatile session on stock markets today if the European Central Bank does not act …Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
The show goes on as RTÉ looks to drama for future earningsMEDIA & MARKETING: THERE HAS BEEN no shortage of drama at RTÉ over the past 12 months – tragically, much of it has taken…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
WPP investors reject chief executive's pay riseTHE “SHAREHOLDER spring” sweeping FTSE 100 companies arrived in Dublin yesterday, as investors in advertising giant WPP Plc voted…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
Sales growth at Tesco Ireland for first time since 2010Tesco Ireland has achieved its first quarter of like-for-like sales growth since 2010, the retailer’s UK parent company has said…Tue Jun 12 2012 - 01:00
'Four, no, three' board vacancies, says Osborne before he is voted off himselfANALYSIS: THE FIRST order of business at the second consecutive year of drama at the Independent News Media agm was, prosaically…Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Protocol to promote private R&D fundingTHE GOVERNMENT has announced a new protocol for intellectual property to make it easier to commercialise the results of publicly…Sat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Banking and mining shares rallyBANKING AND mining stocks led a low-volume rally on European stock markets yesterday, as hopes of central bank action to shore…Thu Jun 07 2012 - 01:00
Come on you ploys in green, come on you ploys in greenMEDIA & MARKETING: ‘NOW THAT Desperate Housewives is over it’s time to surrender to Euro 2012,” said RTÉ Two’s continuity…Thu Jun 07 2012 - 01:00
Shot of profits for StarbucksSTARBUCKS HAS turned around the fortunes of its Irish business, making a profit of €490,000 in the year to October 2011, compared…Thu May 31 2012 - 01:00
Amazon to employ another 100 at Kilmainham centreONLINE RETAILER and cloud computing giant Amazon is to add 100 software and engineering jobs to its development centre in Dublin…Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00
Spain's Bankia to seek €19bn in state fundsNATIONALISED SPANISH lender Bankia will seek €19 billion in state funds to cover writedowns on residential mortgages and lending…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Bestseller narrows losses but turnover fallsBESTSELLER RETAIL, the Danish company behind fashion chains Vero Moda and Jack Jones, narrowed its losses in Ireland to about…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Lagarde says Greek elite must pay fair share of taxCHRISTINE LAGARDE, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has used her Facebook page to insist she is “very sympathetic…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
MSD invests €7m in CarlowPHARMACEUTICAL multinational MSD is to make a €7 million investment in its facility in Carlow, creating 20 contract positions…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Just who in the media world 'gets' digital?MEDIA & MARKETING: SOME DAY there will be a McCarthyite tribunal into whether or not media people “get” digitalThu May 24 2012 - 01:00
RTÉ digital plan aims to raise pay-per-view revenueRTÉ outlines its plan to increase the pace of digital innovation, pursue new avenues of commercial revenue and open online archives…Tue May 22 2012 - 01:00
