International Call Management, the supplier of telemarketing services, is setting up a new head office in Cirencester, and will also retain its existing offices in Swindon. [22-Dec-2000]
Daily Mail & General Trust is to launch a free evening newspaper in Manchester early next year. [19-Dec-2000]
VNU is to acquire ACNielsen, the US marketing and media information company, for £1.5bn. [19-Dec-2000]
The BBC has confirmed plans to move its Birmingham headquarters from Pebble Mill to the Mailbox development in the city centre, but said there will be no major job losses for the 600-plus staff. [15-Dec-2000]
Express Newspapers has sold the four internet sites inherited from United News & Media to stockbroker Seymour Pierce Ellis, in order to reduce costs and shed 46 London-based staff from its payroll. [15-Dec-2000]
IPC is to close the Melody Maker music magazine and merge it with its sister publication NME. [15-Dec-2000]
United News & Media is to halve its online investment to £60m in 2001 by reducing the number of business-to-consumer projects on the web, prompting speculation that some dotcom businesses could be sold off. [15-Dec-2000]
WPP has acquired Premiere Group Holdings, the sports marketing consultancy, for undisclosed terms. [14-Dec-2000]
The government has announced plans to launch Ofcom, a single regulatory body for the broadcast and telecoms industries, with a view to providing universal internet access by 2005. [13-Dec-2000]
Carlton Communications has sold its Technicolor video and film processing business to Thomson Multimedia of France, in a £1.4bn deal that will also give Carlton a 5.5% stake in Thomson. [12-Dec-2000]
VFG is to set up a national network of local TV stations having secured the rights to 36 local TV licences through its Local Broadcasting Group subsidiary. [12-Dec-2000]
The BBC is considering plans to launch a separate sports channel on digital TV next year, and discussions are taking place with potential partners. [11-Dec-2000]
MEPC has submitted plans to set up a £500m film and media business park at Leavesden Park near Watford. [11-Dec-2000]
Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired a 46% stake in Central Viewer Survey & Consulting Centre, the Chinese group that measures media viewing figures. [11-Dec-2000]
Wireless Group is planning to close its radio monitoring research centre in Carlisle with the loss of 14 jobs. [08-Dec-2000]
CSS Stellar has raised £5m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund acquisitions for its sports management business. [07-Dec-2000]
BSkyB is to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading due to concerns that the new Competition Act may have been breached in the supply of wholesale pay-TV to rival companies. [06-Dec-2000]
BSkyB is linking up with Harrods to produce an interactive shopping programme this Christmas, which will enable digital TV subscribers to buy goods direct from Harrods as they are featured on the show. [05-Dec-2000]
United News & Media is to invest £20m in the Creative Planet online trading exchange for the US film and TV industry. [05-Dec-2000]
The BBC has shortlisted seven architects to build a new £30m BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, while Channel 4 has announced plans to relocate its Glasgow office to the site by 2005. [04-Dec-2000]
Experian has announced plans to create a further 1,000 jobs at its information services business in Nottingham over the next three years. [04-Dec-2000]
The BBC has sold 95% of its BBC for Business training division to Knowledge Chase of the US for £8m, as part of a strategy to generate new revenue streams by forming partnerships. [04-Dec-2000]
QXL Ricardo has secured £30m of funding from a group of investors to see its online auction business through to profitability by 2003, but a strategic partner is still being sought. [01-Dec-2000]
Reed Elsevier is raising £1.2bn in a share issue in order to reduce debt and fund the acquisition of US publisher Harcourt General. [30-Nov-2000]
Euromoney Institutional Investor is looking to acquire traditional media companies, and is particularly interested in business-to-business, cross-border and emerging markets publishing. [30-Nov-2000]
BBC Worldwide is forming a joint venture with Alliance Atlantis Communications to launch digital TV channels in Canada, and further opportunities are being sought in countries such as India. [29-Nov-2000]
Sportal is forming an alliance with Fox Kids Europe to develop a new internet sports service for children. [29-Nov-2000]
British Airways has put out to tender the publishing of its Business Life and High Life magazines. [29-Nov-2000]
The BBC has announced plans to spend £45m on regional programming over the next three years, including investments in radio, TV and online media. [28-Nov-2000]
Telewest is to expand the Liverpool-based technical support centre for its high-speed internet service, with the creation of 70 new jobs. [27-Nov-2000]
Associated Newspapers is terminating a newspaper distribution contract with WH Smith News, in protest against Smith's plan to set up a national distribution network for Tesco and Safeway. [27-Nov-2000]
Cordiant Communications is to acquire 80% of InterCom Management, the German marketing consultancy, for up to £23m. [27-Nov-2000]
BSkyB is in talks with British Telecom and other potential partners about the introduction of DSL technology to offer movies on demand and fast internet access. [27-Nov-2000]
Ulster Television is to acquire County Media, the Irish radio broadcaster based in Cork, for £23m. [24-Nov-2000]
Wireless Group is to acquire a 33% stake in Delta Radio, which is planning to launch a new long wave radio station off the coast of the Netherlands and targeted at the over-45 age group in the UK. [24-Nov-2000]
TheWebShed is to move its web site design business to larger premises in Liverpool in December, and hopes to create 50 new jobs in the next two years. [23-Nov-2000]
Datamonitor, the market research consultancy, is planning to raise £28m in a flotation this month, in order to fund expansion into the US and Asia. [23-Nov-2000]
L Gardner is planning to demerge its Direct Message advertising division, in order to focus on its core aerospace engineering business. [23-Nov-2000]
CitiKey, the supplier of city information services for mobile internet devices, has gone into liquidation with the loss of about 90 jobs. [23-Nov-2000]
Square Mile, the financial public relations firm, is to be acquired by BSMG Worldwide of the US for undisclosed terms. [23-Nov-2000]
United News & Media is to sell Express Newspapers to Northern & Shell, in a £125m deal that includes the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and a share in the Westferry joint venture. [22-Nov-2000]
Golley Slater, the advertising agency, has opened a new office at St Augustine's Yard in Bristol. [20-Nov-2000]
Guardian Media Group has acquired TNT and Southern Cross, the free magazines for expatriates, for £40m, in order to expand its Trader Media joint venture with BC Partners. [17-Nov-2000]
Rank is planning to sell its Deluxe video services division for about £400m by early next year, and is in negotiations with three financial bidders. [17-Nov-2000]
The BBC is said to be considering plans to quit its Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham in order to move to the £150m Mailbox development. [16-Nov-2000]
Just Group has acquired MediaKey, the publishing company, for £7.3m, and has also announced plans to raise £14m in a share placing in order to fund the expansion of its US business. [15-Nov-2000]
National Archives of Scotland is planning a £9.4m redevelopment of its Edinburgh headquarters. [15-Nov-2000]
Scottish Enterprise has announced plans for a £4m campaign to establish Tayside as the capital of Scotland's digital media industry, using the slogan Interactive Tayside. [14-Nov-2000]
Incisive Media, the financial magazine publisher, is planning to raise £40m in a share placing, with £12m being used to repay debt. [14-Nov-2000]
Emap is to reduce its planned investment in new media operations by nearly half due to the downturn in investor sentiment, and will now spend £120m over the next three years. [14-Nov-2000]
EMI is to conduct merger talks with Bertelsmann of Germany, which could lead to the creation of the world's largest music group. [13-Nov-2000]
CSS Stellar, the sports and entertainment agency, is planning to float on Aim. [13-Nov-2000]
Clear Channel Communications is planning to launch a free bicycles scheme in a number of UK cities, and the bikes will carry adverts. [13-Nov-2000]
Princeton University Press of the US has opened its first European office in Oxford, in order to find academic authors to add to its publishing list. [10-Nov-2000]
Chime Communications has expanded its advertising and public relations business with the acquisition of three agencies - Roose Holdings for £14m, Quentin Bell Organisation for £8.4m and Girardot Partners for £2.1m. [10-Nov-2000]
Capital Radio is looking to expand into continental Europe by setting up alliances with radio companies in a number of unspecified countries. [10-Nov-2000]
Wireless Group is planning to move into TV programme making by setting up a joint venture with 3BMTV to produce sports documentaries. [10-Nov-2000]
Granada Media is to combine LWT Productions and United Productions under one management structure, creating a new partnership that will make about £175m of TV programmes a year. [08-Nov-2000]
Carrick Council is to consider plans from South West Film Studios for the development of a £5m film and TV studio at St Agnes in Cornwall. [07-Nov-2000]
Media Content is forming an alliance with Sportel to develop an online marketplace for sports programming rights. [07-Nov-2000]
Leagas Delaney, the advertising agency, is being acquired by Envoy Communications of Canada for up to £59m. [07-Nov-2000]
AFM Lighting has secured £6m of venture capital to fund the acquisition of Mr Lighting of London, in order to become a leading supplier of broadcast media facilities. [07-Nov-2000]
Emap has won the digital radio multiplex licence for Humberside, where it will launch eight channels. [06-Nov-2000]
Incepta has acquired Hudson Technology, the US technology consultancy, for £17m. [06-Nov-2000]
NTL is planning to cut 1,300 of its 22,000 UK jobs over the next 15 months, in order to achieve annual cost savings of up to £90m. [03-Nov-2000]
Telewest has acquired Eurobell, the supplier of cable TV in the south of England, from Deutsche Telekom for up to £280m. [03-Nov-2000]
Winchester Entertainment has raised £22m in a share placing in order to move into film distribution, marketing and the acquisition of rights to children's TV. [03-Nov-2000]
Newsquest has proposed plans to bid for the whole of Regional Independent Media and then carve the regional newspaper business up between rivals Guardian Media and Johnston Press. [02-Nov-2000]
Nuffield Press of Abingdon has undergone a management buy-out, with HSBC Ventures providing finance of £0.9m. [01-Nov-2000]
Television Corporation is to acquire Offshore Sport Promotion, the owner of TV and commercial rights to the world offshore powerboat championships, for up to £15m. [01-Nov-2000]
Helicon, the multimedia publisher, is planning to move to a new office in Oxford, following the acquisition of two databases of atlases and maps to produce books and CD-ROMs as well as travel information for mobile phones. [31-Oct-2000]
The BBC is planning to centralise its news and information services at a new facility at Broadcasting House in London from 2008, and the World Service headquarters at Bush House will be vacated. [31-Oct-2000]
Orange Music is planning to set up a network of music download booths in high-street shops, which will enable customers to transfer tracks to their MP3 players. [31-Oct-2000]
Sportsworld Media is to sell its outdoor advertising operations in Australia to Eye Corp for £29m. [31-Oct-2000]
Reed Elsevier is linking up with Thomson Corporation of Canada to acquire Harcourt General, the US publisher of text books, for £3.1bn, and the assets will be shared out between the two companies. [30-Oct-2000]
Trinity Mirror is to acquire Southnews for £285m, in order to strengthen its position in the regional newspaper market in the south of England. [30-Oct-2000]
Friday Ad is to set up a call centre for its publishing business in Milford Haven, with the creation of 50 jobs. [27-Oct-2000]
Shop America is planning to set up an international call centre for its shopping TV channel in Yorkshire with the creation of 300 jobs, and is seeking suitable sites. [25-Oct-2000]
Carlton Communications is to acquire HTV, the Welsh ITV franchise, from Granada Media, in exchange for £181m and Carlton's 20% stake in the Meridian licence. [24-Oct-2000]
Telewest is forming a joint venture with the Atomic Tangerine subsidiary of the Stanford Research Institute to develop interactive TV services for broadcasters, retailers and advertisers. [23-Oct-2000]
Einstein Channel has announced a satellite distribution deal with S4C2 for its science programming. [23-Oct-2000]
The BBC is considering plans to open up some of its buildings for public access and to move its regional radio sites into city centres. [23-Oct-2000]
Reuters has confirmed plans to float its Instinet electronic brokerage business in the US, although a date has yet to be fixed. [23-Oct-2000]
Getmapping.com has acquired Wildgoose Publications, the processor of aerial photographs, for £0.7m. [23-Oct-2000]
WPP is in negotiations to acquire Finsbury, the public relations company. [20-Oct-2000]
NTL, the cable operator, is planning to transfer its listing from Nasdaq to New York in order to make it easier to raise funds and make acquisitions. [20-Oct-2000]
United News & Media is to change its name to United Business Media, in order to reflect its new focus on business publishing. [20-Oct-2000]
Wilmington is looking to spend up to £50m on acquisitions to expand its specialist media and electronic information business. [17-Oct-2000]
Wireless Group is to acquire the remaining 75% of Wave FM, the Southampton-based radio station, for £21m. [16-Oct-2000]
Daily Mail & General Trust is looking to sell its business media division, which publishes 50 magazines and 22 trade directories and employs 300 people. [13-Oct-2000]
Pearson is putting its newsletters business up for sale, and expects to raise about £85m. [13-Oct-2000]
Granada Media is forming a joint venture with Boots to set up a health and beauty digital TV channel and e-commerce business, and the two companies will invest £18m in the first year. [13-Oct-2000]
Channel 4 is linking up with BSkyB and Arena Leisure to submit a bid to the Racecourse Association for the media rights to UK horse racing. [13-Oct-2000]
BSkyB has won government permission to acquire full control of British Interactive Broadcasting, the operator of the Open interactive TV service. [13-Oct-2000]
ITE Group has received a £30m investment from VS&A Communications Partners of the US, which will be used to reduce debt and expand its trade exhibitions business through acquisition. [12-Oct-2000]
Angus Council is seeking organisations that may be interested in setting up a digital media centre in Brechin, in order to provide a range of media facilities and training to the public, students and businesses. [11-Oct-2000]
Capital Incentives, the Chester-based staff motivation company, has undergone a £9m management buy-out, and plans to create 75 jobs over the next three years. [11-Oct-2000]
Online Classics is acquiring Iambic Productions, the independent TV producer, for £5m, and is raising £7.4m in a share placing. [10-Oct-2000]
Sportsworld Media is looking to make up to 10 acquisitions over the coming months, as part of the ongoing consolidation in the sports marketing sector. [10-Oct-2000]
McGraw Hill, the US information services company, is planning to consolidate its London operations into a new 500,000 sq ft headquarters at Canary Wharf. [06-Oct-2000]
United News & Media has received a £75m takeover offer from Press Holdings for its Express newspaper business. [06-Oct-2000]
EMI and Warner Music are looking to dispose of a series of assets in order to gain approval to merge, after the European Commission indicated that their proposed £13bn merger would be blocked. [06-Oct-2000]
Carlton Communications is planning to acquire Andre Deutsch, the publisher of sports and TV books, from VCI for less than £5m. [05-Oct-2000]
Sterling Publishing is looking to raise up to £10m from the sale of Debrett's, which could be developed into a luxury goods brand. [05-Oct-2000]
Technicolor is to acquire Groupe Covitec, the Canadian supplier of technical services to the film and TV industries, for £27m. [04-Oct-2000]
Sport First has received a £3m investment from 3i, which will be used to increase the circulation of its national sports newspaper. [04-Oct-2000]
MM Group, the direct marketing company, is to create 295 jobs in North Down over the next three years, in a £4m investment that will provide a virtual communications centre to link its existing operations in Bristol to Bangor. [02-Oct-2000]
NTL is forming a joint venture with Universal Studios Network of the US to launch a UK movie channel called The Studio. [02-Oct-2000]
The BBC is planning to launch five new digital radio stations, in order to increase its coverage in drama, music, comedy and sport. [02-Oct-2000]
BBC Scotland is planning to cut 30 more jobs at its finance and business departments in Glasgow. [28-Sep-2000]
Music Choice Europe has raised £46m in a flotation to fund the development of its digital audio broadcasting business on the internet and interactive TV. [28-Sep-2000]
UBC Media is planning to acquire Classic Gold, the radio company, from GWR for £2.1m. [20-Sep-2000]
TV Travel Shop is forming a joint venture with TUI Group of Germany, as part of a strategy to expand its TV holidays business across Europe. [20-Sep-2000]
Mice Group is looking to spend up to £20m on acquisitions to expand its promotions and exhibitions business, and will open its first US office in San Francisco next month. [20-Sep-2000]
Incepta is to acquire Su Yeang Design, Orange Design and Ebrand Communications of Singapore for up to £13m. [19-Sep-2000]
Chrysalis has bought a 65% stake in Rivals.net, the internet sports site, for £2.5m. [18-Sep-2000]
Tempus has acquired Fusion 5, the US marketing consultancy, for about £4m, and an 80% stake in Interactive Creative Marketing of Japan for £2.3m. [14-Sep-2000]
Granada Media is planning to acquire a 45% stake in TV3, the Irish commercial TV broadcaster, for £19m, which will mark the start of an alliance with CanWest, the Canadian company that owns 45% of TV3. [12-Sep-2000]
Taylor Nelson Sofres is seeking further acquisitions to expand its market research business, and is particularly interested in IT, health and vehicles. [12-Sep-2000]
Future Network is planning to invest £33m in the launch of more than 30 magazine titles this year. [12-Sep-2000]
Granada Media is acquiring a 5% stake in Arsenal for £47m, and will invest a further £30m if the football club can secure planning permission for a new £150m stadium. [08-Sep-2000]
BSkyB is planning to launch a personal TV recorder next year, which combines a hard-disk video recorder with a digital decoder and is seen as the future of interactive TV. [07-Sep-2000]
Television Corporation is to exercise an option to buy the remaining 50% of Mentorn, the independent TV production company, for up to £22m. [06-Sep-2000]
Emap is bidding to acquire Times Mirror Magazines from Tribune in order to expand its US publishing business, but is facing competition from a number of other bidders. [04-Sep-2000]
Hollinger is planning a £10m relaunch for the Electronic Telegraph newspaper, with the creation of a network of sites covering areas such as jobs and travel. [04-Sep-2000]
Brunswick has acquired SRU, the corporate research consultancy, for undisclosed terms. [04-Sep-2000]
Channel 5 is set to receive additional investment from RTL Group, as part of a strategy to transform it into a mainstream TV station. [30-Aug-2000]
Linguaphone has acquired two interactive learning companies - CD Live and Interactive Language Teaching - and received a £2.8m investment from ProVen Private Equity and Quester. [29-Aug-2000]
Ambient has announced plans for the £85m flotation of its WMRC e-commerce division in September, in order to raise £19m to develop new services. [29-Aug-2000]
The BBC and Telewest are considering plans to float their UKTV cable TV joint venture, which would help the BBC meet the funding shortfall between its licence fee revenues and spending plans. [28-Aug-2000]
Telewest is to spend £30m improving customer services for its cable TV business, with the number of call centres being reduced from 14 to five. [28-Aug-2000]
Scottish Enterprise has announced plans for a £25m investment in Scotland's creative industries, including a new digital media centre at Glasgow's Pacific Quay and the building of a creative media campus on Tayside. [25-Aug-2000]
Emap is selling 25 German and Swiss business magazines to Bertelsmann for £14m, and the proceeds will support new investment and reduce debt. [25-Aug-2000]
SMG has raised £43m in a share placing in order to reduce debt and participate in further consolidation in the media sector. [23-Aug-2000]
The BBC is selling a 13.5% stake in its Beeb Ventures commercial internet subsidiary to TH Lee Global Internet Managers of the US for £32m, in preparation for the launch of a new marketing campaign for Beeb.com. [23-Aug-2000]
Metal Bulletin is looking to spend up to £40m on the acquisition of value-added information providers. [22-Aug-2000]
Scoot has bought a 20% stake in Quod Bonum for £5.7m, in order to take control of its directory services business in Belgium and the Netherlands. [18-Aug-2000]
Liverpool City Council has approved plans for the development of a film production and training studio in Dingle, which will be run by a new company called the Liverpool Film Academy. [17-Aug-2000]
RMR is planning to set up a US office in Austin, Texas, this month, in order to further the expansion of its online conference and exhibition business. [16-Aug-2000]
Emap is forming a joint venture with Attic Futura to launch the FHM magazine in Germany in October. [15-Aug-2000]
Candover is considering a number of bids for Shepperton Studios, including one from Pinewood that would result in the creation of a £120m movie production business. [14-Aug-2000]
Daily Mail & General Trust has bought Underoneroof.com, the online service for housebuyers, for a sum thought to be less than £10m. [11-Aug-2000]
Warman & Bannister is planning to relocate its 40 public relations staff from Meadowcroft to a larger site in the Cambridge area. [11-Aug-2000]
Guardian Media Group has sold its remaining TV businesses to Endemol, its joint venture partner, for £26m, and the proceeds will be invested in radio, regional newspapers and the internet. [10-Aug-2000]
Hudson Sandler, the City-based public relations firm, has received a takeover approach from Havas Advertising of France. [09-Aug-2000]
The BBC is considering plans to launch two new TV channels - BBC3 for younger viewers and BBC4 for culture. [07-Aug-2000]
Burnham International, the distributor of company annual reports, is being acquired by Barclays Private Equity in a £6m deal, and the business will be merged with Tecmail to create one of the country's largest independent mailing groups. [07-Aug-2000]
Marketing Management Services International is planning to set up new research offices across the UK, Europe, America and the Middle East, with the creation of 740 jobs. [04-Aug-2000]
John Wiley & Sons, the publishing company, is planning to build a £9m office complex in Chichester, and up to 400 staff will be relocated from other sites by 2002. [04-Aug-2000]
WPP has acquired a 4% stake in Inferentia, the Italian e-business consultancy, for £5m, as part of a strategy to develop its new media operations. [03-Aug-2000]
Granada Media and the BBC are forming a Manchester-based joint venture to provide broadcast production facilities to TV programme makers in the north-west. [02-Aug-2000]
Pearson is to acquire National Computer Systems, the US educational services group, in a £1.7bn deal being funded by a rights issue. [01-Aug-2000]
Arena Leisure is looking to win the interactive TV rights to horse racing, having offered a £178m deal to the country's 59 courses. [01-Aug-2000]
Timothy Benn Publishing is to merge with City Financial Communications to create a combined financial publications group called City Financial Media. [31-Jul-2000]
Granada Media is to acquire the broadcast, programme production and international distribution business of United News & Media, in a £1.75bn deal that includes the Meridian, Anglia and HTV franchises. [28-Jul-2000]
Incepta is to acquire DVL Smith Group, the strategic research company, for up to £7.5m. [28-Jul-2000]
Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Forum Verlagsgruppe, the German education and recruitment publisher, for £18m. [28-Jul-2000]
BSkyB has announced plans to launch an online betting service for its Sky Sports channel and a video recorder service in conjunction with TiVo of the US. [27-Jul-2000]
Incepta has acquired Cunningham Communications, the US agency that focuses on technology, for £49m. [27-Jul-2000]
Granada Media is investing £20m in a joint venture with Liverpool Football Club to develop an online platform to broadcast delayed coverage of live matches, and the new company will be called Liverpool FC Broadband. [26-Jul-2000]
United News & Media is to sell Miller Freeman Europe, the operator of more than 100 trade shows, to Reed Elsevier for £360m. [26-Jul-2000]
Capital Radio is linking up with Chrysalis, Jazz FM and Guardian Media to form the MXR consortium, which will bid for digital radio licences throughout the country. [26-Jul-2000]
Daily Mail & General Trust has acquired Trade Exhibitions, which includes ten of Australia's leading consumer and trade shows, for undisclosed terms. [26-Jul-2000]
On Digital is seeking 1,100 staff for a new call centre in Pembroke and a further 400 to add to its Plymouth call centre, in order to strengthen its customer services operation ahead of its internet TV launch. [25-Jul-2000]
Ashley Public Relations is seeking permission to set up a £5m film and TV studio near Liskeard in Cornwall. [25-Jul-2000]
United News & Media and Carlton Communications have dropped plans for a £8bn merger, following a ruling by the Competition Commission that the combined group would have to dispose of the Meridian TV franchise. [24-Jul-2000]
Red Dragon Radio is to relocate its Cardiff-based radio station to a larger site in Atlantic Wharf in November. [24-Jul-2000]
Pearson is to close the recently-acquired Family Learning division of Dorling Kindersley, which will affect up to 13,000 people who sold the books on a part-time basis. [21-Jul-2000]
Kingston Communications and Kingston upon Hull City Council are considering plans for a £40m project to give every household in Hull free access to interactive TV. [20-Jul-2000]
BSkyB has increased its stake in the Open interactive TV business to 80%, which will lead to the launch of a number of new services. [18-Jul-2000]
United News & Media is to sell Miller Freeman USA to VNU for £433m, but is still looking for a buyer for Miller Freeman's European business titles. [18-Jul-2000]
Huntsworth, the marketing services company, has put itself up for sale. [18-Jul-2000]
NTL is planning to float off its nationwide network of television transmitters later this year, with an estimated value of about £2bn. [17-Jul-2000]
Taylor & Francis is to digitalise its 17,000 scientific and academic books in a deal with Versaware of the US, in order to benefit from rising demand for electronic books. [14-Jul-2000]
Carlton Communications has sold its Quantel image processing equipment business to management for £51m. [14-Jul-2000]
Reuters is forming a personal finance joint venture with Handelsblatt to offer services to German private investors. [14-Jul-2000]
Pearson is planning to float Ricoletos, its Spanish newspaper subsidiary, with a valuation of about £1.3bn. [13-Jul-2000]
Two Four Productions is to develop a new web-based TV service from its site in Plymouth with the creation of up to 70 jobs, allowing its corporate clients to include real-time and interactive images in their web presentations. [13-Jul-2000]
Fourth Estate, the independent publishing house, has been acquired by HarperCollins for undisclosed terms, and its 36 London-based staff will move to new offices. [12-Jul-2000]
Granada has raised £1.3bn from the flotation of a 20% stake in its media interests, which will help to clear the way for the merger of its hotel and catering business with Compass later this month. [12-Jul-2000]
The BBC has announced plans to shed 900 support jobs over the next three years, as part of a strategy to release a further £750m for programming. [11-Jul-2000]
P&O has sold Quantum Publishing to a management buy-out for £20m, and the business will be renamed Quantum Business Group. [11-Jul-2000]
Forever Broadcasting is planning to raise £15m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the acquisition of commercial radio stations. [10-Jul-2000]
News International is to set up an administration headquarters at a 30,000 sq ft office being built in Chandlers Ford near Southampton. [10-Jul-2000]
The BBC is planning to launch a new technology subsidiary later this year, which will employ 1,300 staff and provide IT services to both the BBC and external companies. [07-Jul-2000]
Pearson has acquired The Forum Corporation, the US management training company, for £60m, in order to expand its FT Knowledge subsidiary and develop a global education business. [07-Jul-2000]
Orange has acquired Ananova, the Press Association's new media division, for £95m, leaving PA to focus on the wholesale supply of news and information. [06-Jul-2000]
Cordiant Communications is acquiring Lighthouse Global Network of the US for £259m, in order to expand its marketing services business. [06-Jul-2000]
Elmsdale Media has won a licence to provide video-on-demand services to the pay-TV market in Hong Kong, through its Yes Television business. [05-Jul-2000]
RTL Group, the TV and radio group formed by the merger of Pearson Television and CLT-Ufa, is planning a £14bn flotation in London this month, in order to make acquisitions in the European media sector. [05-Jul-2000]
Cordiant Communications is to acquire Domino White & Partners, the US marketing agency, for up to £20m. [04-Jul-2000]
Advanced Alchemy Group is looking to recruit a further 50 researchers and operations staff, following the recent move of its marketing research and consultancy business to Oxford. [04-Jul-2000]
Solsoft, the Bristol-based developer of web sites, is looking to recruit a further 160 staff this year, and will soon need to move out of its Clifton premises and into larger offices near Temple Quay. [04-Jul-2000]
Pearson is forming a joint venture with Pacific Century Cyber Works to develop interactive education channels for Asian TV and online networks. [03-Jul-2000]
Pearson is acquiring an 87% stake in Family Education Network, the US online education company, for £85m. [30-Jun-2000]
Capital Radio is in negotiations to buy Beat 106FM, the Scottish radio station, for £33m. [29-Jun-2000]
United News & Media is negotiating the formation of alliances with mobile phone operators in order to expand its internet-related businesses into the mobile data market. [28-Jun-2000]
Winchester Entertainment is planning to form a film distribution division in order to exploit its international rights to movies and TV programmes. [28-Jun-2000]
Regional Independent Media, the newspaper group, is facing the prospect of a takeover approach from Gannett, as the US owner of Newsquest has asked the Department of Trade & Industry for permission to make a bid. [28-Jun-2000]
Highbury House Communications has acquired the publishing operations of Columbus for £59m, while Columbus's dating business will be demerged into a separate company prior to a listing on Aim. [27-Jun-2000]
Scottish Radio Holdings has acquired KPH, the Irish publisher of weekly newspapers, for £23m. [26-Jun-2000]
Mice Group is expanding its conferences business with the acquisition of City Conference Services for £2.5m. [23-Jun-2000]
Saatchi & Saatchi is to be acquired by Publicis of France for £1.2bn, creating the world's fifth largest advertising agency. [21-Jun-2000]
Scottish Radio Holdings has acquired Title Media, the publisher of the Ireland on Sunday newspaper, for £6m. [15-Jun-2000]
Channel Television Group has sold the ITV licence for the Channel Islands to Media Holdings, a management buy-in team led by former HTV executives, for £16m. [15-Jun-2000]
Chime Communications has bought a 33% stake in Web Marketing, the online advertising company, for £5.8m. [15-Jun-2000]
Pearson is to acquire Talkback Productions, the independent television production company, for £62m. [15-Jun-2000]
Daily Mail & General Trust is to sell its radio assets to GWR for £146m, and the two companies plan to form a closer partnership in their print, internet and radio businesses. [14-Jun-2000]
Scoot has acquired Loot, the free-ads newspaper, for £190m, in order to attract more readers to its online and interactive TV services. [13-Jun-2000]
Experian is planning to build a new £10m e-commerce centre in Nottingham, and expects to create up to 1,000 jobs in the city over the next three years. [12-Jun-2000]
Incepta has acquired Milan-based Financial Communications and Financial Net for up to £5m, in order to develop an integrated communications and marketing group in Italy. [09-Jun-2000]
Capital Radio has announced plans to roll out its first local radio digital multiplexes across London, Manchester and Birmingham. [08-Jun-2000]
TV Travel Shop is considering plans for a flotation in order to fund the expansion of its cable and satellite channel into other European markets. [08-Jun-2000]
United News & Media is planning to invest £120m in its Miller Freeman online publishing operations over the next two years. [08-Jun-2000]
ITN is being considered for flotation by its five parent media companies, which would give it more freedom to develop news services for TV, radio and digital channels. [07-Jun-2000]
Granada has acquired NFER-Nelson, the provider of test and assessment products, for £20m, in order to expand its Granada Learning online education business. [02-Jun-2000]
SR Communications is to create 150 jobs in Leicester, having opened a new direct marketing, print management and storage office at the Meridian Business Park. [02-Jun-2000]
Emap is planning to launch two cable TV channels, and has also announced a joint venture with Channel 4 to develop web-based services for teenagers. [31-May-2000]
IPC is planning to expand its internet business by launching new web sites for its home decoration and country living magazines. [31-May-2000]
Corpdata, the Teignmouth-based market research company, is planning to expand its staff from 70 to 130 over the next two years, and is seeking new premises in the town. [30-May-2000]
BSkyB is seeking to increase its 32.5% stake in the Open interactive TV consortium, in order to use to launch its own interactive service. [30-May-2000]
Bloomsbury has acquired A&C Black for £16m, in order to expand its catalogue of reference books in both print and electronic form. [26-May-2000]
Daily Mail & General Trust has paid £61m for a new commercial radio licence in Sydney, Australia. [25-May-2000]
Carlton Communications is planning to form a pan-European internet investment alliance with TF1 of France, Telecinco of Spain, Mediaset of Italy and Kirch of Germany. [25-May-2000]
Guardian Media Group is planning to form a joint venture with BC Partners to create a new consumer publishing group called Trader Media Group, which will combine the two halves of the Auto Trader magazine business. [24-May-2000]
Reed Elsevier is to sell Springhouse Corporation, the supplier of information and services to the US nursing market, to Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer. [24-May-2000]
Carlton Communications has acquired Screenvision for £63m, in order to move into the US cinema advertising market. [23-May-2000]
Scottish Radio Holdings is looking to spend up to £150m on acquisitions, in order to expand its core businesses of radio, outdoor advertising and newspapers. [23-May-2000]
Telewest is planning to expand its cable TV business beyond its network areas by offering services that use wireless technology and DSL telephone lines. [19-May-2000]
Tequila Manchester is to merge with BDH to create a combined £10m direct marketing group, and 27 staff will be brought together at new offices in Didsbury. [19-May-2000]
Incepta is to acquire JKD Communications, the online media design company, for up to £10m. [18-May-2000]
Associated Newspapers is planning to franchise out its free Metro newspapers to other publishers, with the first being awarded to Trinity Mirror in Newcastle and Birmingham. [18-May-2000]
TMA Global, the Plymouth-based marketing strategy company, is planning to open a branch office in New York. [18-May-2000]
Highbury House Communications has acquired Security Publications, the publisher of consumer magazines, for £5m. [18-May-2000]
QXL is to acquire Ricardo.de, the German online auction company, in a £627m deal that will create a new group called QXL ricardo. [17-May-2000]
Saga Group is launching a national radio station called Primetime Radio, which will be part of the Digital One multiplex and aimed at the over-50s. [16-May-2000]
WPP has agreed a £2.8bn merger with Young & Rubicam of New York, which will create the largest advertising group in the world. [15-May-2000]
Carlton Communications is looking to sell its Technicolor film processing business, in order to raise £1.5bn to invest in its TV and online operations. [15-May-2000]
Johnston Press has bought the Lincoln Standard Group and Four Counties Newspapers from Southnews for £16m. [15-May-2000]
Scoot is linking up with Cambridge Positioning Systems to develop location-based mobile internet services, which could for example be used to book a nearby restaurant and then receive a map showing how to get there. [12-May-2000]
Chrysalis, the music and media group, has announced plans to invest £15m in its new internet and digital radio operations. [12-May-2000]
BSkyB has acquired Sports Internet for £300m, in order to expand its online sports business with new content and e-commerce potential. [11-May-2000]
United News & Media is to sell its UAP consumer magazines business in the US to Trader Publishing for £338m, and the proceeds will be used to reduce debt and invest in its new media strategy. [10-May-2000]
Reuters is to acquire The Yankee Group, the US e-business research company, for £47m. [10-May-2000]
Capital Radio is to combine its national sales force with the radio assets of recently-acquired Border Television, and is also planning to apply for analogue licences in Yorkshire and the West Midlands. [10-May-2000]
Static 2358 is planning to raise up to £50m in a flotation in order to finance the international expansion of its interactive digital TV business. [08-May-2000]
Lego, the Danish toy company, is to launch a TV business with offices in London and Los Angeles, and is seeking strategic alliances with existing broadcasters and programme makers. [08-May-2000]
Newsquest is to acquire News Communications & Media for £444m, in order to create a combined regional newspaper publishing group with 286 titles. [08-May-2000]
Reuters is forming a joint venture with Aether Systems of the US, in order to provide wireless data systems and mobile dealing facilities in Europe under the name of Sila Communications. [08-May-2000]
Tarsus, the exhibitions and publishing company, is to acquire Paris-based Groupe MM for up to £14m. [04-May-2000]
Elateral has raised £9m of venture capital funding in order to develop its internet-based marketing consultancy, and is planning to float early next year. [03-May-2000]
United News & Media is in negotiations to sell the London-based Premier League Hall of Fame, in order to secure the future of the £8m tourist attraction. [02-May-2000]
Metal Bulletin has acquired Atalink, the publisher of annual titles for trade associations, for £13m. [28-Apr-2000]
Ingenta has announced the reverse takeover of Aim-listed investment vehicle Delyn, and will raise £3m in a share placing in order to fund the expansion of its online academic research business. [27-Apr-2000]
BSkyB and Guardian Media Group are to each take a 20% stake in Artsworld, the arts TV channel that will be launched on Sky digital later this year. [27-Apr-2000]
Internet Business Group, the supplier of a range of new media services, is planning a flotation on Aim with a valuation of about £21m. [25-Apr-2000]
Scoot is in negotiations to acquire Loot, the classified advertising magazine, for up to £200m. [25-Apr-2000]
Confetti Network has acquired Braut.de, the German online wedding business, for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to expand across Europe. [25-Apr-2000]
Thomson Intermedia, the supplier of advert monitoring services, is planning to raise £7m in a flotation on Aim next month, with £4.8m of the proceeds being used for marketing. [20-Apr-2000]
Tactica Solutions, the Norwich-based document management company, has undergone a £60m management buy-out, and the 365-strong workforce will be expanded. [20-Apr-2000]
Granada is forming an alliance with PowerChannel Europe to offer free internet access via TV, and set-top boxes will be offered through its high-street rental stores. [19-Apr-2000]
EMI Music Publishing is forming an alliance with Net4Music to distribute sheet music online, and will acquire a 9% stake in the web portal. [19-Apr-2000]
Sportsworld Media has acquired Sports & Outdoor Media International, the Australian sports advertising company, for £50m. [18-Apr-2000]
News Communications & Media has sold two regional newspapers - the Swindon Messenger and the West Wiltshire Advertiser - to Bristol United Press for £1.8m. [18-Apr-2000]
Incepta is acquiring Sard Verbinnen, the New York-based public relations agency, for £36m, in order to expand its financial communications capabilities on the US. [14-Apr-2000]
Capital Radio has announced an agreed takeover offer for Border Television, in a deal that values the Carlisle-based media company at about £146m. [14-Apr-2000]
Scoot has announced a deal in which IBM will host its internet services and help the company develop its telephone directory service in Europe. [14-Apr-2000]
Filmgroup is planning a flotation with an expected value of up to £300m, in order to raise funds for the development of an internet-based video on demand service. [14-Apr-2000]
The BBC is looking for a company to form a joint venture to manage its property portfolio, which is expected to lead to an expansion of its properties around the Television Centre in London. [11-Apr-2000]
Scottish Media Group is to set up a holding company to highlight its four main activities - TV, radio, publishing and outdoor advertising - and has also announced plans to drop the word "Scottish" from its name. [11-Apr-2000]
Emap has won the local digital multiplex service licence for the Leeds area from the Radio Authority. [07-Apr-2000]
Incepta is acquiring Smarts Advertising & Design, the Scottish advertising agency, for £2.5m. [07-Apr-2000]
Pearson is said to be planning to merge its TV business with CLT-Ufa, in order to create a pan-European TV and radio group worth more than £12bn. [07-Apr-2000]
Digital Animations is raising £12m in a share placing to fund the development of virtual character technologies for TV, video and the internet. [07-Apr-2000]
GWR has acquired a 5% stake in Altodigital, the web site services provider, for £7m. [03-Apr-2000]
The BBC is planning to shed hundreds of management jobs in a restructuring programme designed to release a further £100m for programming. [03-Apr-2000]
Cambridge University is linking up with the British Library, the London School of Economics and three US institutions to invest £50m in the creation of a web-based global public library called fathom.com. [03-Apr-2000]
Pearson and Carlton Communications are in discussions to acquire TalkBack Productions, the producer of TV comedy programmes. [03-Apr-2000]
Pearson is launching a £311m takeover bid for Dorling Kindersley, and aims to combine the business with its Penguin book publishing division. [31-Mar-2000]
Sanctuary is to acquire Castle Music, owner of the rights to 45,000 songs, from Rutland Trust for £46m. [31-Mar-2000]
BSkyB is considering plans to develop online and TV betting services in partnership with Ladbroke. [31-Mar-2000]
London & Edinburgh Publishing is planning to acquire Profile Pursuit, the publisher of corporate magazines, for up to £21m. [31-Mar-2000]
Zone Vision, the London-based broadcaster of thematic TV channels, is planning to raise more than £20m in a flotation on Nasdaq in order to fund its expansion across Europe. [30-Mar-2000]
MetroMail, the direct mailing house, is to invest £5m at a new factory on the Whitehouse Industrial Park in Peterlee, with the creation of about 30 jobs. [30-Mar-2000]
QXL is acquiring Bidlet, the Scandinavian online auction business, for £313m, and is now expected to seek partnerships in France and Germany. [28-Mar-2000]
DC Thomson has acquired Parragon, the non-fiction book publisher, for £100m, as part of a strategy to expand its comics business into more mainstream publishing. [27-Mar-2000]
Loot, the classified advertising magazine, has put itself up for sale in an auction being organised by Broadview, the US new media investment bank. [27-Mar-2000]
Wireless Group is planning a flotation that could value the radio company at up to £200m, in order to raise funds for further media acquisitions. [27-Mar-2000]
Scoot, the telephone and internet directory service, is setting up a 44,000 sq ft office in Uxbridge. [27-Mar-2000]
Dialog is to sell its core information services division to Thomson Corporation of Canada for £174m, in order to focus on its technology assets under the new name of Bright Station. [21-Mar-2000]
Future Network is to invest £25m in internet development and US magazine launches this year. [21-Mar-2000]
Chime Communications has acquired three companies for a total £20m - Harvard Public Relations, Insight Public Relations and Brass Tacks Publishing. [21-Mar-2000]
United News & Media has sold the food and retail exhibitions business of Miller Freeman to William Reed for about £5m. [21-Mar-2000]
Dawe Media has announced that Red TV, the Cambridge-based community TV station, will cease broadcasting in April. [21-Mar-2000]
Trinity Mirror has sold the Belfast Telegraph to Independent News & Media for £300m, and has also announced plans to invest £150m in the development of its internet operations. [20-Mar-2000]
Getmapping.com is planning to raise £7m in a flotation, in order to fund the completion of its online map of aerial photographs of the UK. [20-Mar-2000]
Emap is to invest £250m in its internet activities over the next three years, in order to increase revenues from its 42 web sites. [17-Mar-2000]
Ebookers.com is acquiring Rejsegalleriet of Denmark and Reisbureau Nova of the Netherlands for £1.6m, in order to expand its sports travel agency business. [17-Mar-2000]
Border Television has rejected a £116m takeover bid from Scottish Radio Holdings. [16-Mar-2000]
Britt Allcroft has acquired Media Merchants, the producer of children's TV programmes, for £14m. [16-Mar-2000]
IMS has announced plans to demerge its Teamtalk.com football news service, raising funds to expand its European operations and to extend coverage to other sports. [16-Mar-2000]
RMR, the provider of internet-based virtual conferences, is planning to raise £10m in a flotation on Aim next month, in order to fund research and development. [15-Mar-2000]
Enic is planning to float Paradigm Media on Aim in order to raise £20m and finance the expansion of its sports and media investment business. [14-Mar-2000]
MORI, the polling organisation, has undergone a £32m management buy-out with the backing of 3i, and is planning to grow internationally. [13-Mar-2000]
Chelsea, Aston Villa and Southampton are planning to launch their own digital radio stations in partnership with Radio First. [13-Mar-2000]
Stratus Holdings, the book publisher, is planning to raise £5m in a flotation on Aim, in order to expand its printing capacity and set up a London sales office. [13-Mar-2000]
Taylor Nelson Sofres is to acquire Competitive Media Reporting, the US advertising tracking service, for £56m. [13-Mar-2000]
Pearson has sold its 50% stake in the AFX news service to Agence France Presse for a small consideration. [10-Mar-2000]
Cordiant Communications is looking to make another major acquisition in the healthcare marketing sector in the next few months, and has also announced plans to launch an e-business consultancy. [09-Mar-2000]
British Telecom is forming an alliance with Yes Television to trial an interactive TV service in London, using ADSL technology. [08-Mar-2000]
Aegis is forming a £62m joint venture with Warburg Pincus to provide equity funding to e-marketing companies, and has also announced the acquisition of Asia Market Intelligence for an initial £15m. [08-Mar-2000]
Highland Council is to consider plans from Robertson Group of Elgin for the construction of a £10m movie studio in Inverness, as part of a £100m project that would also include housing and a hotel. [08-Mar-2000]
NTL is to create 500 new jobs at its call centres in south Wales, following the announcement of plans to launch a new service providing free internet access. [08-Mar-2000]
Pearson is forming an alliance with AOL to develop an internet-based education network, and has also announced the acquisition of minority stakes in a number of online educational companies. [07-Mar-2000]
Parallel Pictures is raising £3m in a share placing in order to fund its transformation into a supplier of internet-based business-to-business services. [07-Mar-2000]
Whereonearth.com, the Ipswich-based digital mapping company, is considering plans for a £250m flotation in order to fund the development of its database of world place names. [06-Mar-2000]
Carlton Communications is to expand its Technicolor division through the £31m acquisition of Consolidated Film Industries, the US processor of large film formats for the movie industry. [06-Mar-2000]
BSkyB has acquired a 9.9% stake in Chelsea, in a £40m deal that will also see the development of a joint venture internet portal for the football club. [06-Mar-2000]
Emap has invested £4m in two web-based businesses, gaining an 18% stake in Alloutdoors.com of the US and a 13.5% stake in the Thematis entertainment site in France. [06-Mar-2000]
Telewest is forming an alliance with Andersen Consulting to develop new technology for video-on-demand and interactive TV. [06-Mar-2000]
BSkyB has agreed a £2m deal to operate Tottenham Hotspur's web site, prompting speculation that another media agency agreement could follow. [03-Mar-2000]
News International has sold its Bun.com internet service provider to World Online for undisclosed terms, in order to focus its internet operations on e-commerce and online content. [03-Mar-2000]
BSkyB is forming an alliance with TiVo of the US to launch a personal video recorder in the UK that enables viewers to personalise their TV viewing. [29-Feb-2000]
United News & Media is to sell its Visual Communications stock photography business to Getty Images of the US for £137m. [29-Feb-2000]
The BBC is in discussions with a number of potential partners for its Beeb.com internet service, in order to exploit new commercial opportunities. [28-Feb-2000]
United News & Media has announced plans to invest £370m in the internet over the next three years, and will bring its European internet operations together into a single new division. [25-Feb-2000]
Southnews is acquiring Adscene, the regional publisher of free newspapers, for £52m. [25-Feb-2000]
Reed Elsevier is planning to invest £750m in its online businesses over the next three years, and is also launching a £250m cost-cutting campaign. [24-Feb-2000]
Gameplay.com is to acquire Computec Media, the German publisher of computer magazines, for £48m. [24-Feb-2000]
Rank has sold Pinewood Studios to a consortium backed by 3i for £62m, which could be followed by the sale of its remaining film-related activities. [23-Feb-2000]
Rank has acquired a digital disk duplication business from Pioneer North America for £11m, and will spend £6m expanding the facility. [23-Feb-2000]
Scottish Media Group is planning to spend £10m on its internet business over the next 18 months, including online recruitment, radio stations, auto trading and house buying. [23-Feb-2000]
Teamtalk.com is planning to raise £60m in a share placing, in order to improve the content of its football web sites and establish offices in continental Europe and the US. [22-Feb-2000]
ITN is to launch a 24-hour news channel later this year in partnership with NTL. [21-Feb-2000]
Wilmington is to raise £28m in a share placing in order to reduce debt and expand its specialist publishing business through acquisition. [18-Feb-2000]
Dorling Kindersley is to shed 40 jobs at its Covent Garden offices in London, as part of a cost-cutting campaign. [18-Feb-2000]
ITE Group is to acquire the E-Business exhibition from Redman Media for up to £10m. [17-Feb-2000]
GWR is to set up a £6m internet business called Ecast Ventures, which will include a network of local web sites and a radio entertainment portal. [17-Feb-2000]
Photobition is planning a US share listing, as part of a strategy to double its sales of display graphics in the US within a year. [15-Feb-2000]
Elmsdale Media is planning to float Yes Television, the supplier of video on demand services over the telephone network. [14-Feb-2000]
Rank is looking to sell Pinewood Studios for about £50m, in order to focus on holidays and restaurants. [14-Feb-2000]
Perth & Kinross Council is to consider plans from the Scottish Film Studio Partnership for the development of a £225m commercial film studio next to the Gleneagles golf course in Perthshire. [10-Feb-2000]
BSkyB has announced plans to invest £250m over the next 18 months on the development of its internet business, by putting more content on computers and mobile handsets. [10-Feb-2000]
BSkyB has paid £6m for a 14% stake in Streets Online, the internet-based seller of books, music, games and videos that is planning a £150m flotation. [10-Feb-2000]
NTL is to set up a customer management centre in Waterford with the creation of 250 jobs, having recently acquired Dublin cable provider Cablelink. [09-Feb-2000]
Granada has bought a 9.1% stake in Australia's Seven Network for £56m, and has also set up a joint venture TV production company with Seven. [09-Feb-2000]
WPP Group has acquired Rada Recruitment Communications through its J Walter Thompson Specialised Communications division, for undisclosed terms. [09-Feb-2000]
Reuters is planning to invest £500m in its internet operations over the next four years, and has announced a joint venture with Aether of the US to distribute its services to mobile handsets. [09-Feb-2000]
United News & Media and Carlton Communications have had their proposed merger referred to the Competition Commission, which is expected to lead to a major review of ownership of the ITV network. [09-Feb-2000]
Sports Internet has acquired a 49% stake in Sports e-tail from Hay & Robertson for £20m, in order to sell sports merchandise and tickets online. [09-Feb-2000]
Gameplay.com has reached agreement with NTL to provide games software for an interactive TV shopping channel run by NTL. [09-Feb-2000]
Chrysalis has bought a 65% stake in Ride the Tiger, an internet-based music and lifestyle company, for £4m. [09-Feb-2000]
Westminster Scaffolding is to acquire MotionPoster in a £15m reverse takeover, in order to market electronic moving-picture advertising space in train tunnels. [08-Feb-2000]
Independent News & Media is setting up a new office at the Lothbury Building in London's Docklands, in order to house 150 staff. [07-Feb-2000]
365 Corporation is acquiring Datanet Holdings, the developer of sports-based web sites, in a £31m deal. [04-Feb-2000]
Eurobell is to set up a new customer call centre for its cable TV business in Exeter in June, with the creation of 150 jobs. [04-Feb-2000]
BBC Worldwide is forming a £62m joint venture with merchant bank Veronis Suhler to build a new publishing-based consumer media company in the US. [04-Feb-2000]
Tarsus is acquiring internet portal Martex Communications for £16m, in order to gain access to a delivery system for its online magazines. [03-Feb-2000]
Turner Broadcasting has awarded a £4.5m contract to Ibex for the fitting out of offices at Great Marlborough Street in central London. [03-Feb-2000]
Highbury House Communications is acquiring Nexus Media Communications for £39m, in order to expand its database marketing, internet and event organising operations. [02-Feb-2000]
PPM Ventures has acquired Document Management Services, the former Stationery Office subsidiary, for £38m. [02-Feb-2000]
Sportal, the developer of sports-based internet sites, is receiving a 5.4% equity investment from BSkyB, thought to be worth about £10m. [02-Feb-2000]
Aberdeen Journals, the local newspaper publisher, is looking to shed up to 40 jobs following a fall in advertising revenue. [01-Feb-2000]
United News & Media is in discussions with a number of companies about the planned sale of 40% of its Miller Freeman business publishing interests for about £690m. [01-Feb-2000]
Britt Allcroft has received a £224m takeover approach from HIT Entertainment, the media group that specialises in cartoon characters. [01-Feb-2000]
QXL is forming strategic partnerships with four internet service providers in the Netherlands, in order to strengthen its position in the Dutch online auction sector. [01-Feb-2000]
Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council is considering plans from Avanti Television to set up a £1.3m TV recording studio and national media centre at the Welsh Hill Works at Porth. [31-Jan-2000]
Paradigm Corporate Communications has acquired KDA, the Bristol-based marketing communications agency, for undisclosed terms. [28-Jan-2000]
News International is buying a 25% stake in Scottish Knowledge, the supplier of distance learning courses on behalf of Scotland's 13 universities, in a £3.5m deal. [28-Jan-2000]
Pearson has raised £250m in a share placing, in order to fund the expansion of its internet operations over the next two years. [27-Jan-2000]
Dorling Kindersley, the multimedia publishing company, has expressed interest in giving up its independence and may consider possible takeover offers. [27-Jan-2000]
Capital Radio is to become a national broadcaster with the launch of Life, a new music station available on the Digital One network. [26-Jan-2000]
Newsquest is acquiring a 9.9% stake in Freeserve Auctions, the internet-based auctions division of Freeserve, in return for £10m of advertising support in its local newspapers plus £2m cash. [25-Jan-2000]
Sports & Outdoor Media, the sports marketing company, has received a preliminary takeover approach from an unnamed company. [25-Jan-2000]
EMI is planning a £12bn merger with Time Warner, in order to create the largest music group in the world. [24-Jan-2000]
Dennis Publishing is to relocate its London headquarters to a 38,000 sq ft facility in Cleveland Street. [24-Jan-2000]
Chrysalis is planning to build alliances with new media companies and internet start-ups, in order to develop new outlets for its radio and TV content. [22-Jan-2000]
Scottish Radio Holdings is raising £75m in a rights issue, in order to reduce debt and finance further acquisitions in its three divisions - radio, newspapers, and outdoor advertising. [21-Jan-2000]
Newsquest has linked up with Chrysalis to launch a temporary radio station in Oxford called More 106.8FM, with a view to obtaining a new licence from the Radio Authority. [19-Jan-2000]
Shandwick International, the public relations consultancy, has closed its Leeds office in order to consolidate its north of England base in Manchester. [19-Jan-2000]
Reuters is planning to float a 25% stake in its Greenhouse Fund of new media investments, as part of a revamp of its internet activities. [19-Jan-2000]
Virgin Cinemas is to sell its 25% stake in The Film Consortium to Whitecliff Film & Television, which will give Whitecliff access to £33m of Arts Council production funding. [19-Jan-2000]
Arthur Shaw is acquiring Belgravia Internet Productions for an initial £2.3m, in order to produce broadcasts for transmission over the internet. [19-Jan-2000]
William Reed has formed a joint venture with the Society of Licensed Victuallers to take over publication of the Morning Advertiser pub trade newspaper. [18-Jan-2000]
Scoot.com has secured £100m of new funding from Vivendi of France, in order to expand its telephone and internet directory service. [18-Jan-2000]
Scottish Media Group is to acquire Ginger Media Group for £225m, in order to build up its radio and TV activities. [14-Jan-2000]
Octopus, the book publisher, is spinning off its internet operations into a new company called digitaloctopus.com, in order to sell its media content to other web sites. [13-Jan-2000]
Independent News & Media is to acquire Internet Ireland, the internet service provider, for undisclosed terms. [13-Jan-2000]
Emap has acquired a 45% stake in Kick Media, the US developer of magazine web sites, for £4.8m. [13-Jan-2000]
QXL has acquired Jubii Auktion, the Danish online auction business, in a £6.6m deal. [13-Jan-2000]
BSkyB is to have its position in the pay TV market reviewed by the Office of Fair Trading, which could lead to restrictions being lifted on how the company supplies channels to cable operators. [12-Jan-2000]
Independent News & Media is planning to float a stake in iTouch International, the mobile information service that is valued at about £300m. [12-Jan-2000]
Talk Radio is to launch a new bid to win a digital radio licence in London, and has also announced plans to relaunch itself as a sports-focused radio station. [11-Jan-2000]
Geo Interactive Media is planning to raise £196m in a share issue, in order to fund the expansion of its international multimedia business through acquisition. [11-Jan-2000]
Future Network has acquired four music and home entertainment magazines from Dennis Publishing for undisclosed terms. [10-Jan-2000]
Granada has expressed interest in bidding for either Carlton Communications or United News & Media, which is expected to increase the chances of the proposed merger between Carlton and United being referred to the Competition Commission. [08-Jan-2000]
United News & Media has offered to increase its stake in Channel 5 by 6% to 35%, and CLT-Ufa and Pearson are also expected to be interested in acquiring additional equity from Warburg Pincus. [06-Jan-2000]
IMS is looking to raise up to £70m from the flotation of Teamtalk.com, its internet and telephone-based football news service. [06-Jan-2000]
Guardian Media is selling its 15% stake in GMTV for £18m, with equal shares being acquired by Scottish Media, Granada and Carlton Communications. [05-Jan-2000]