Monthly Archives: June 2008

Vineet Jain on Virgin acquisition

11Jun

“In the first acquisition of a British media outlet by an Indian company, the Times of India Group has bought Virgin Radio for 53.2 million pounds.”  Read the full article and watch the film at timesnow.tv.

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Posted by Clive on June 11, 2008

The Research tale

11Jun

  All decisions have an element of risk, getting a better feel for that risk is key to our decision making. I often get asked about the radio relationship with Research. Here are re-occurring comments How can you research emotion – music! Clips of songs down the phone! The world is run by b****y focus [...]

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Posted by Clive on June 11, 2008

Is Bebo really worth eight Virgin Radios?

10Jun

“As Drama 2.0 pointed out recently, AOL is starting to think it may have paid too much for Bebo. The recent sale of Virgin Radio for ‘just’ £53m seems to confirm that.” Read the full article on the e-consultancy News & Blog.  

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Posted by Clive on June 10, 2008

What others are saying

09Jun

“A major change that is about to occur on the Infinite Dial was announced late on Friday. Virgin Radio, one of the UK’s few national commercial radio brands and one of the most streamed radio stations in the world, was sold to a combination of the Times of India company and Absolute Radio….” Read the [...]

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Posted by Clive on June 9, 2008

The sound in the crowd

09Jun

Everyone focuses on the power of the image especially the moving image. But we are all in the AUDIO business and for me the Sonic indentity rules every day. Who can forget the Intel sonic or even the Mcdonalds ‘Justin’ sonic. Both of these are quite new arrivals on the scene. For me one of [...]

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Posted by Clive on June 9, 2008