John Ruddy has resigned as Checkout editor and is set to join Dublin solicitors firm Matheson Ormsby Prentice (MOP) as communications manager. Ruddy joined the magazine four years ago from PR firm Gibney Communications. In a final editorial, he wrote that for close to 40 years, Checkout has been “the key publication for the Irish grocery […]
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News of the World readers relaxed about hacking allegations
News of the World readers in the UK feel least strongly about the phone-hacking allegations made against the newspaper, raising questions about how toxic the brand was in the eyes of its 7.4 million readership, a OnePoll survey by the UK Marketing magazine reports. In interviews with 1,000 people, just 34 per cent of readers […]
Image wins Cara contract
Image Publications has won the contract to publish the Aer Lingus in-flight magazine Cara. The contract was previously with Dalkey-based publisher Maxmedia. The magazine was at the centre of a legal battle three years ago when Harmonia, the publishing house run by Norah Casey, sued Aer Lingus over the loss of a new three-year contract […]
Herald drops cover price to €1
Independent News & Media (INM) is to cut the price of the Evening Herald by 20 per cent from €1.20 to €1 from tomorrow, following the government Vat rate reduction. Herald editor Stephen Rae said the Vat drop would have knocked five per cent off the cover price, but they decided to go the extra […]
ESB wins NNI for March
Irish International won the NNI Press Ad of the Month for March for its ESB Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil classical music festival. Art directed by Paddy Geraghty, the ad features an upturned three-pronged plug in the shape of a grand piano, while the copy by Bernie Martin highlights the “power of classical music”. The ad […]
TV3 rejects RTE news plan
TV3 has joined independent radio broadcasters in giving the RTE plan to provide national newspaper groups with free TV news clips the thumbs down. David McRedmond (pictured), chief executive, TV3, said the proposal was “reckless” as it would have the effect of undermining the viability of the wider online industry. “RTE should concentrate on getting […]
Make-a-Wish first on NNI list
Ogilvy’s Make-a-Wish ‘Josh’ has been named the winner of the NNI Press Ad of the Month award for January. Devised by a team comprising creative director Colin Nimick and copywriter/art director Laurence O’Byrne, the ad’s typography was by Andy Breese and MEC handled the media. The winner was selected by judges Shireen McDonagh of Kick […]
RTE to offer newspapers news
RTE is planning to offer Ireland’s biggest newspaper publishers a chance to host free clips from its TV news bulletins on their websites, The Irish Times reports today. The move is seen as an effort to defuse a row over claims of the national broadcaster’s dominance in the provision of online news services. The report […]
INM to back Tribune action
Independent News & Media (INM) is to indemnify the receiver of the Sunday Tribune over costs of court proceedings brought by him against the Irish Mail on Sunday, the Commercial Court heard yesterday. The action by receiver Jim Luby is over publication by the Mail on Sunday in February of an alleged fake Tribune cover […]
TG4 tops at press awards
A series of press ads for a documentary about the Easter Rising on TG4 has been chosen as the NNI Press Ad of the Year at an industry dinner in the Four Seasons hotel. ‘Seven Signatures’ by Publicis QMP shows the seven ‘ordinary’ rebels who were executed by the British for signing the 1916 Proclamation. […]
Metro Herald backs Dublin Simon
Readers of the Metro Herald have voted Dublin Simon Community as charity of the year for 2011. The homeless charity will be gifted €80,000 worth of advertising in the Dublin freesheet to publicise their awareness and fundraising campaigns after being selected by the paper’s Urban Life panel. Dublin Simon’s Sam McGuinness and Kieran Forde, marketing […]
Sunday Tribune to close
The Sunday Tribune is to close after the receiver failed to find a buyer for the newspaper. Publication of the loss-making paper was suspended at the start of the month and receiver McStay Luby had four weeks to try and find a buyer after Independent News & Media (INM) withdrew its support. Initially, INM intended […]
Actions possible over Tribune stunt
Independent News & Media (INM) and the National Consumer Agency (NCA) may sue Associated Newspapers Ireland over its Irish Mail on Sunday special edition at the weekend when it ran with a pretend Sunday Tribune masthead and front page design without permission in an effort to increase sales. The Irish Mail on Sunday with a […]
