Peter Vandermeersch is to leave his post as chief executive of Mediahuis Ireland in October after three years in the role. He was publisher of the Belgian company’s Irish operations since the takeover of the former Independent News & Media (INM) in 2019. Vandermeersch’s replacement as CEO is the group’s chief content officer Sheena Pierse. […]
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Swedish group invests in Business Post
Sweden’s Bonnier News has taken a minority stake in the Business Post Group (BPG) for an undisclosed sum. Bonnier News will have two seats on the board, but CEO Enda O’Coineen (above) will remain chief shareholder in the company and day-to-day management will not change. BPG’s interests include the Business Post, Red C and events […]
Business Post acquires Red C Research
The Business Post group, controlled by Irish businessman and sailor Enda O’Coineen, has acquired research agency Red C for a sum estimated at around €7 million. The deal includes both the agency’s Irish and UK operation. Co-founded in 2003 by former Lansdowne executives Richard Colwell and Sinéad Mooney, the firm also operates overseas. In a […]
Webb takes legal action against Buckley
Former Independent News & Media (INM) executive Joe Webb has filed a lawsuit against the group’s former chairman Leslie Buckley. The action being taken by Webb, a former managing director of the news group’s Ireland division, who is now the COO at agency group Dentsu Aegis, relates to an alleged data breach six years ago, […]
Public House rolls out sub ads for Telegraph
The Public House creative agency has launched a brand campaign for the Belfast Telegraph, which is part of the Independent News & Media stable of press titles. The campaign support the roll out of a subscription service for the 150-year-old news organisation and marks a new extension to the independent agency’s links with the Mediahuis-owned […]
Mark Tighe named top journalist
News Ireland’s Mark Tighe was voted Ireland’s top journalist at the NewsBrands Ireland Journalism Awards. Tighe was also named top news reporter and saluted for scoop of the year for his Sunday Times reports into the FAI and its former CEO, John Delaney. Staff writers, reporters, columnists and freelancers were honoured in 25 categories. Reporter, […]
Dentsu Aegis starts new Irish Times series
Dentsu Aegis Network has launched a new series of podcasts and articles with The Irish Times exploring the issues and opportunities facing marketing and media. Called Inside Marketing, the first podcast gets underway with DAN’s group managing director Shenda Loughnane (above) and Brand Finance CEO David Haigh discussing brand investment. The podcasts, presented by Irish […]
Doorly quits as INM chief executive
As expected, Michael Doorly has resigned as chief executive officer of Independent News & Media (INM) following the group’s official takeover by Belgian publisher Mediahuis. Doorly, who was appointed as CEO in October 2017, following Leslie Buckley’s departure, had held a number of management roles at INM. He has also stepped down from the INM […]
Emmet Oliver new Sunday Business Post editor
The CEO of The Sunday Business Post, Siobhán Lennon, has confirmed the appointment of Emmet Oliver as interim editor of the paper and Susan Mitchell as deputy editor. Oliver has wide experience as a journalist. He began his career at The Irish Times, where he served in a number of roles, including education correspondent and business […]
Sun skit plays to England’s World Cup hopes
UK agencies Pulse Creative and The&Partnership have rolled out a new video to engage audiences and drive them to the Sun newspaper’s online World Cup hub. The fun video campaign dramatises the football frenzy hitting UK offices around England’s group games at the Fifa World Cup in Russia and is a loud, proud ode to the […]
Irish Times gets green light for Landmark deal
The purchase of the Irish Examiner and other Landmark Media Investments assets by The Irish Times has been approved by Minister for Communications Denis Naughten on media plurality grounds. The proposed deal was agreed back in December but it then required a number of regulatory clearances with the minister’s sanction being the final approval. A number of legal […]
NewBrands adds campaign category to awards
NewsBrands Ireland has added a campaign of the year category to its annual journalism awards presented in November and sponsored by the National Lottery. The new category has been added to the awards which will showcase the valuable role newspapers play in affecting positive change in society through the use of powerful words and reporting. The […]
Mediavest scores hat-trick in press spend
Mediavest was the biggest spender on press advertising in 2016 for the third year running. A report by NewsBrands Ireland – formerly the National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) – showed the Core Media group agency recorded a spend of €154.5 million. Sister agency, Mediaworks, had the highest increase. Sixty per cent of agencies upped their […]
