The Irish Times Ltd records pretax profit of €5.4m for 2013Company’s advertising income to grow this year for first time since 2007Thu Oct 30 2014 - 01:00
UTV Ireland appoints Mick McCaffrey as news editor‘Sunday World’ journalist is the latest to join the television channel ahead of January launchMon Oct 27 2014 - 08:35
Royal Bank of Scotland to signal commitment to Ulster Bank‘We are seeing a path for Ireland and what we do with that business, which is positive,’ says CEOMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:00
Plenty of good ideas for TV shows a myth, IFTA lecture hearsFremantle Media’s Rob Clark says new formats must fight to compete with old hitsSat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00
Bonuses: the one incentive that dares not speak its nameIrish Water staff are flush with their ‘performance- related awards’, but the practice is quite commonFri Oct 24 2014 - 01:55
Planet BusinessThis week: Zuckerberg in Hawaii, the Hard Times Tavern and the ‘Glamburger’Fri Oct 17 2014 - 01:00
Bezos and O’Brien: a tale of two media mogulsFrom ‘genetic optimism’ to ‘cows on the line’, how do the newspaper-owning billionaires compare?Thu Oct 16 2014 - 02:00
‘Man vs machine’ TV3 game show hot pick at CannesDistributor All3Media has been pitching the format at the Mipcom television marketplaceThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:45
TG4 goes back to the farm with ‘Feirm’Series hosted by Olympic athlete Jamie Costin will explore science of agricultureThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:30
‘The Good Wife’ broadcaster makes good sense for MerrionCBS, King Digital Entertainment and Viacom make stockbroker’s fourth-quarter pick listThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:20
‘Bash’ magazine celebrates paper anniversaryThe Image Publications title has featured 83 happy couples in its first yearThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:10
Planet BusinessThis week: Robotics update, new jargon for firing people and the French state of mindFri Oct 10 2014 - 01:00
Obama strategist’s guide to turning a long-shot into a winnerRoger Fisk, veteran of three presidential campaigns, shares wisdom with Irish executivesFri Oct 10 2014 - 01:00
Black-eyed ghost children are the new grey aliens‘Daily Star’ front-page stars are just the latest iteration of media mumbo jumboThu Oct 09 2014 - 02:00
Mould-infested ads to be restored by Irish Film InstituteArchivists have received funds to clean and digitise a long-held collection of vintage commercialsThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:45
Energia stays plugged in to The Pat Kenny ShowThe energy supplier has renewed its deal to sponsor the presenter’s Newstalk radio showThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:30
RTÉ2 adds more viewers in 15- to 34-year-old category‘Damo & Ivor’, ‘Meet the McDonaghs’ and ‘Connected’ fit the bill for channel controllerThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:25
No, it’s probably not gangrene or ‘the rabies’, say pharmacistsIrish Pharmacy Union targets amateur health advice in advertising campaignThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:15
O'Brien's fantasy life of bling ends in custodyBackground: The judge’s decision could not have been a surpriseThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:00
Breifne O’Brien: A Ponzi schemer who deceived his friendsThe house has truly fallen down for the man whose lifestyle was financed by his victimsWed Oct 08 2014 - 15:04
Boylesports backs RTÉ horse racingThe bookmaker will sponsor its coverage in ‘seven-figure’ investment by the groupMon Oct 06 2014 - 15:54
Planet BusinessThis week: Zalando, Prada and the ‘Windows 9’ operating system that never wasFri Oct 03 2014 - 01:25
Sky Ireland makes management changes as it targets broadbandAnn-Marie MacKay and Neal O’Rourke join the company from O2 and Aer LingusThu Oct 02 2014 - 11:28
Advertisers spent total of €206m on TV last yearProportion of multi-set households rises for first time in more than two yearsThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:30
TV3 looks ahead to ‘Life’ in 2015Weeknight magazine show on prowl for interesting ideas ahead of January debutThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:25
Media industry searches for the right wordsNot everyone in the business is a fan of terms such as ‘content’, ‘product’ and the ominous ‘savings’Thu Oct 02 2014 - 01:15
Power and social media: it’s complicatedIrish politicians provide a lesson in how not to use Twitter and influence people, a new study showsWed Oct 01 2014 - 12:30
David McWilliams tops Twitter ‘power 100’Gerry Adams is the highest-ranked TD in a list of ‘influential users’ compiled by PR firmWed Oct 01 2014 - 11:05
Planet BusinessThis week: ‘Endies’, soft drinks calories and activists on stiltsFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:30
NUJ calls for commission on future of mediaMinister for Communications Alex White ‘looking very closely’ at public fundingThu Sept 25 2014 - 16:38
The ‘authentic’ romance of coffee advertising grinds onNo bed-haired, bedraggled addicts here: the marketing of caffeine fixes is as smooth as everThu Sept 25 2014 - 02:00
UTV Ireland counts down to launch as Docklands studio fit-out well under wayThe fitout of its studio in Dublin’s Docklands is due to be completed next monthThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:40
RTÉ wins grant for ‘big Saturday night entertainment show’The broadcaster is developing a new entertainment format called ‘Total Recallers’Thu Sept 25 2014 - 01:30
New releases will be key to success of Eircom’s on-demand film serviceThe company has priced the latest titles in its eVision library at a competitive €3.99Thu Sept 25 2014 - 01:25
Ad agency Rothco increases staff by 20Local messaging not always straightforward for global brands, says creative directorThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:20
Saorview yet to vote for Oireachtas TVCeann Comhairle Seán Barrett says carriage on the platform should be free-of-chargeThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:15
Aughinish Alumina plant records €12m pretax profitLimerick plant, owned by Russian aluminium giant Rusal, records turnaround from €8m loss in 2012Mon Sept 22 2014 - 11:01
This week: ‘Space taxis’, the cannabis job fair and the Samwer brothersImage of the week: Employment highFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:30
Harnessing creativity to deliver on ad agency’s bottom lineLeft-brain logic gels with right-brain creativity for DDFH&B agency chief Miriam HughesFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:02
‘Irish Times’ has daily readership of 388,000 according to JNRSThree-quarters of regular online readers also read print newspapersFri Aug 29 2014 - 01:00
Are you sitting comfortably for the TV season ahead?At the time of writing, nothing is confirmed except the couples dressed as giant animalsThu Aug 28 2014 - 01:45
UTV bids to lure big brands to Irish ad breaksITV’s commercial team will represent UTV Ireland in the UK marketThu Aug 28 2014 - 01:30
Setanta warms up for next McGregor fight3e has helped drum up Irish interest in mixed martial arts... but there’s a catchThu Aug 28 2014 - 01:15
RTÉ seeks sponsor for Gay ByrnePackage of stings on the veteran broadcaster’s Lyric FM show available for €12,000Thu Aug 28 2014 - 01:10
Ad parody helps LowLow gain traction with consumersNo ‘red dress perfectionism’ for the Kerry spread and cheese brandThu Aug 28 2014 - 01:00
Planet businessThis week: Satire on the internet, ‘dawn and dusk shoppers’ and the latest on lipstickFri Aug 22 2014 - 01:00
Newspaper sales continue to decline across the board‘Irish Times’ records smallest fall in the daily market and increases share, ABC figures showFri Aug 22 2014 - 01:00
Spotify is a hit – but it may be a disposable oneWhether it floats or is acquired, change lies ahead for the music streaming serviceThu Aug 21 2014 - 02:00
‘Tale of two extremes’ in e-commerce study as winning companies disrupt and growBusinesses with outdated online strategies are being left behind, Wolfgang Digital saysThu Aug 21 2014 - 01:45
