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Scottish Media is in negotiations to increase its stake in GMTV, the breakfast TV company. 03-Sep-1999 Scottish Media has acquired two magazine titles - Independent Electrical Retailer and Independent Community Pharmacist - from Newvault for £3m. 16-Jul-1999 Scottish Media is to relocate 16 senior staff from its Glasgow headquarters to a new office in London, in order to be closer to customers. 15-Jul-1999 Scottish Media is acquiring Pearl & Dean, the cinema advertising company, for £22m. 08-Jun-1999 Scottish Media Group has acquired Baillie, the outdoor advertising company, for undisclosed terms. 30-Mar-1999 Mirror Group has put its 18.6% stake in Scottish Media up for sale, and interest is expected from TV companies such as Carlton, Granada and United News & Media. 05-Mar-1999 Scottish Media is acquiring Primesight, the outdoor advertising agency, for £35m. 10-Feb-1999 Scottish Media and Guardian Media are planning to sell their combined 35% stake in GMTV, which could result in Carlton Communications and Granada taking full control of the breakfast TV station. 04-Feb-1999 Scottish Media Group is to launch a new Sunday newspaper in Scotland within the next few weeks, but has not yet announced the name. 26-Jan-1999 Scottish Media has sold its 26% stake in the VCI video publishing company to Kingfisher for £12m. 15-Oct-1998 Scottish Media Group is planning to launch a new Sunday newspaper for Scotland. 10-Oct-1998 Scottish Media Group is set to acquire VCI, the video publisher, for £31m, although a rival bidder may emerge. 09-Sep-1998 Scottish Media has acquired TAS Publishing, the trade journal publisher, for £3.1m. 29-Aug-1998 Mirror Group is considering plans to sell its 20% stake in Scottish Media Group for about £105m, which could result in a media company taking control of the ITV company. 19-Jun-1998 Scottish Media is to invest £6m in new facilities for its broadcasting business, but 53 jobs will be lost following the acquisition of Grampian Television. 01-May-1998 Scottish Media is in discussions with BSkyB about a plan for a joint bid to cover Scottish premier league football. 15-Apr-1998 Scottish Media Group is planning to close its Sky Scottish TV channel as it has failed to meet growth targets. 07-Apr-1998 Scottish Media has £300m available for acquisitions in England, but is limited to small in-fill acquisitions in Scotland. 11-Mar-1998 Scottish Media Group has sold its 18.2% stake in Ulster Television to CanWest of Canada for £24m, having failed to agree a deal to acquire the broadcaster. 24-Feb-1998 Scottish Media has announced its intention of retaining its 18% stake in Ulster Television and may launch a full bid next year. 09-Sep-1997 Scottish Media has increased its stake in Ulster Television to 14.99% at a cost of over £14m. 15-Aug-1997 Scottish Media, which is acquiring Grampian Television for £105m, wants to loosen its ties with ITV as Scottish devolution gathers pace, but would retain an affiliate status that enables it to select programmes that are most suitable for Scottish viewers. 11-Jun-1997 Scottish Media, the owner of Scottish Television, is to acquire Grampian, the other Scottish ITV company, for over £100m. 02-Jun-1997 Scottish Television is to change its name to Scottish Media Group following its move into newspaper publishing. 10-Apr-1997
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