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This is an archive of news about Empire. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

OFT says radio empire can stay
From The Scotsman. Posted August 9 2008, 12.00am
GLOBAL Radio will not be forced to sell any of its London radio stations following a ruling yesterday from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). (more)

Cable girl: Lucy Mangan on Empire, a six-part mini-series
From Media Guardian. Posted July 1 2008, 1.25am
Lucy Mangan on Empire, a six-part mini-series (more)

Murdoch US empire to expand yet further with purchase of Newsday
From Press Gazette. Posted April 23 2008, 12.00am
Rupert Murdoch is on the eve of expanding his American news empire. A deal is about to be done for him to purchase the New York suburban daily Newsday. (more)

Video: Murdoch's printing empire
From Media Guardian. Posted March 17 2008, 11.47am
A look inside News International's new £650m print plant (more)

The demise of Emap: The empire strikes out
From Press Gazette. Posted January 18 2008, 12.00am
As an upstart provincial publisher, Emap built an empire based on creativity. But, as the magazine company grew, so did market pressure. (more)

Emap sells its last outpost of media empire for £1bn
From Media Guardian. Posted December 21 2007, 11.47pm
· Guardian owner and Apax seal deal with raised offer · Business-to-business unit is seen as jewel in crown (more)

Changing Times for Murdoch’s empire
From Press Gazette. Posted December 16 2007, 12.00am
Rupert Murdoch has unveiled a widespread shake-up of his empire in which his son James takes more control, two key News International colleagues move to New York and The Times gets its youngest-ever editor. Sarah Lagan profiles the characters... (more)

Murdoch dubs son James his successor in dramatic shake-up of global media empire
From Media Guardian. Posted December 7 2007, 12.48am
· Times editor takes control of Wall Street Journal · Dow Jones role for former Sun reporter Hinton (more)

Murdoch dubs son James his successor in dramatic shakeup of global media empire
From Media Guardian. Posted December 7 2007, 12.48am
BSkyB chief James Murdoch is to take charge of News Corp on two continents, while Times editor Robert Thomson and NI boss Les Hinton are moving to oversee the Wall Street Journal. By Owen Gibson and Andrew Clark (more)

Murdoch shakes up empire before succession
From Daily Telegraph. Posted December 7 2007, 12.01am
Rupert Murdoch instigated a series of moves to shake up his media empire which will see James Murdoch move from BSkyB to News Corp. (more)

Peer's publishing empire turns 50
From Daily Telegraph. Posted October 25 2007, 12.01am
Lord Heseltine, the Conservative peer and former deputy prime minister, clocks up a half century in business today as Haymarket, his magazine publishing empire, turns 50. (more)

Simon Jenkins: The BBC empire has grown too big. Ahead must lie much more slimming
From Media Guardian. Posted October 19 2007, 1.00am
Simon Jenkins: The cuts are painful, but after years of licence fee funded fattening, the corporation needs to focus on its core purpose. (more)

Burger empire of the sun
From Daily Telegraph. Posted August 30 2007, 12.01am
McDonald’s spread the golden arches over Japan’s cutthroat coffeehouse market yesterday. (more)

Vultures circle as Emap empire begins to decompose
From The Scotsman. Posted July 28 2007, 11.18pm
THE disintegration of Emap's media empire has been swift but not surprising after it began selling off assets and was left leaderless after the departure of chief executive Tom Moloney. (more)

C4 grabs 50% stake in Emap's music TV empire
From Media Guardian. Posted July 23 2007, 1.00am
8.15am: Channel 4 is pay around £28m for 50% of Emap's music TV business. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Inquiry to look at Murdoch empire
From Media Guardian. Posted July 10 2007, 1.00am
The inquiry into BSkyB's ITV shares will include an investigation of the link between the satellite broadcaster and the rest of Rupert Murdoch's media empire. By Richard Wray. (more)

Birthday makeover for Total Film while Emap's Empire honours Star Wars
From Press Gazette. Posted May 29 2007, 12.00am
Future’s monthly movie title, Total Film, is next month relaunching with a new look as it celebrates its 10th birthday. (more)

Empire celebrates 30 years of Star Wars
From Media Guardian. Posted May 24 2007, 1.00am
8am: Film magazine Empire is commemorating Star Wars' 30th anniversary with 30 themed covers. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

All eyes on Murdoch empire in wake of ITV shares buy-up
From Media Guardian. Posted May 24 2007, 1.00am
Rupert Murdoch's UK empire will be under scrutiny, as BSkyB's ITV stake is referred to the Competition Commission. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Prediction that Lachlan Murdoch will run US side of News Corp empire
From Press Gazette. Posted May 22 2007, 9.27am
If Rupert Murdoch wins his bid for the Wall Street Journal, it is expected he will offer his son Lachlan the job of running News Corp in the US. (more)

NBC Universal expands global pay-TV empire
From Media Guardian. Posted April 4 2007, 1.00am
12.30pm: Media giant NBC Universal to launch 20 new TV channels around the world. By Katie Allen. (more)

Ofcom looks at Murdoch empire
From Media Guardian. Posted February 27 2007, 12.00am
MPs have hailed the 'public interest' review of Sky's share buy-up in ITV as a pivotal moment in British broadcasting. By Owen Gibson. (more)

LA Times for sale as Tribune decides to break up the empire
From Media Guardian. Posted November 3 2006, 12.00am
US newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, are up for sale after indications from publisher Tribune Company that it is willing to break itself up. By Andrew Clark in New York. (more)

Tindle adds Wellington Weekly to his newspaper empire
From Press Gazette. Posted November 1 2006, 7.00am
8am: One of the oldest newspapers in the country, the paid-for Wellington Weekly News, has been bought by Tindle. (more)

Empire gets new editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted October 6 2006, 7.14pm
Emap bags editor of rival Total Film (more)

Total Film's Mark Dinning joins Empire as editor
From Press Gazette. Posted September 29 2006, 2.01pm
Total Film editor Mark Dinning has been announced as the new editor of Empire. (more)

Emap makes Empire editor its first digital director
From Press Gazette. Posted August 7 2006, 11.00am
Emap Performance has appointed Colin Kennedy as its first digital creative director. (more)

Associated ‘hyperlocal’ sites to broaden regional empire
From Press Gazette. Posted August 2 2006, 11.00pm
DMGT hopes to expand beyond its current regional newspaper markets by launching “hyperlocal” web sites. (more)

Ulster TV eyes SMG's Scottish media empire
From Media Guardian. Posted July 24 2006, 9.03am
Ulster TV is weighing an audacious £300m bid for SMG, owner of Grampian and Scottish TV, Virgin Radio and Pearl & Dean. By Richard Wachman. (more)

Media groups seek limits on BBC's expanding 'digital empire'
From Press Gazette. Posted May 18 2006, 2.04pm
Three newspaper groups and the Commercial Radio Companies Association have joined a campaign to restrict the BBC’s inroads into digital media. (more)

Empire pushes for web profits with Filmnight tie-in
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 19 2006, 9.15pm
Deal offers DVD rental and mobile gizmos for readers (more)

Empire pushes for web profits with Filmnight tie up
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 19 2006, 5.45pm
Deal offers DVD rental and mobile gizmos for readers (more)

Berlusconi's TV empire hangs in the balance as Italians vote
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 9 2006, 7.26pm
Italian broadcaster Mediaset's future hangs in the balance as it waits to see if its controlling shareholder Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wins or loses national general elections on Monday. Berlusconi's control of Italy's leading private television network has dominated the election campaign and the centre-left opposition, who are leading in latest opinion polls, has pledged to loosen (more)

Montgomery builds up German empire
From Media Guardian. Posted January 27 2006, 1.01pm
Former Mirror boss David Montgomery is understood to be in talks to buy another German newspaper group. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Montgomery eyes German empire
From Media Guardian. Posted January 27 2006, 11.35am
11.15am: Former Mirror boss David Montgomery is understood to be in talks to buy another German newspaper group. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)