The Johnston Press media group has sold its fourteen regional newspaper titles to Iconic Newspapers Limited, a company run by British advertising executive Malcolm Denmark.

A Galway-based animation company, Dancing Girl Productions, has announced that seven countries have bought their pre-school animation series for broadcast.

MEDIA tycoon Rupert Murdoch yesterday withdrew News Corporation’s £8 billion bid to take over satellite broadcaster BSkyB in a dramatic response to the “firestorm” of public and political anger over phone hacking at the News of the World.

IT’S not on the air yet. It’s not shot yet. There’s no pilot yet. There might not even be a script yet.

IT’S not on the air yet. It’s not shot yet. There’s no pilot yet. There might not even be a script yet.

MEDIA reports (March 8) which claimed large sums of money raised in the early 1980s by Bob Geldof’s Band Aid were siphoned off to buy weapons in Ethiopia have met with a furious response from the anti-poverty campaigner.

MEDIA reports may eventually paint Denis O’Brien as the main “loser” from Independent News & Media’s proposed debt- for-equity restructuring plan, should it formally go through in the coming weeks.

Damien Enright takes aim at Palin’s moose-killing boasts

MEDIA lawyers said yesterday Max Mosley’s victory against the News of the World would “chain” legitimate investigative journalism.

A 44-SECOND video clip of steamy sex scenes on the EU’s YouTube site has attracted more than 250,000 viewers, but has been condemned by the Polish media.

MEDIA frenzy surrounding extravagant celebrity weddings is putting pressure on Irish couples to compete, and can lead to debt.

MEDIA political pundits based in Dublin always patronisingly describe senior politicians’ visits to local cumainn as the ‘chicken and chips circuit’.

Online retailers enjoyed a bumper Christmas, with sales rising by around 50% on the previous year, research showed today.

MEDIA outlets Down Under were quick to criticise the actions of AFL player Chris Johnson of the Brisbane Lions in yesterday’s International Rules game.

Despite major gains for FBD Holdings and IAWS, the ISEQ dipped 2.93 points today to stand at 6722.34 by the end of the day's trading.

MEDIA group Ulster Television has recorded an 11% rise in profits helped by strong gains from its radio division.

MEDIA mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is understood to have held talks with internet telecom software company Skype.

A MEDIA law expert sees no “meaningful distinction” between GAA players drinking Club Energise during television interviews and sports people like Tiger Woods wearing sponsored clothing during interviews.

MEDIA group Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has rebuffed a takeover attempt by its 27% shareholder Emap.

INDEPENDENT NEWS & MEDIA has been given the go ahead by the Indian government to acquire a 26% stake in Hindi newspaper Jagran.

MEDIA coverage of the war in Iraq has soared in the final days of the British election campaign, according to researchers.

INDEPENDENT NEWS & MEDIA’S 39% owned Australian subsidiary, publishing and advertising business APN News and Media Ltd, will undertake an on-market share buyback on the back of a 10% nett profit growth in 2005.

THE HazMat suits on the gardaí were the puzzling bit. The guardians of the peace exiting a suburban bungalow clutching bags of money in their normal uniforms would have made great pictures.

PRESSURE is mounting on the Government to hold an investigation into the collapse of the Media Lab Europe (MLE) research venture.

OPPOSITION parties have called for urgent investigation into the collapse of the Government-backed research venture Media Lab Europe.

Online retailer ASOS moved into the black today as consumers displayed a growing appetite for celebrity fashion and internet shopping.

INDEPENDENT NEWS & MEDIA (INM) is set to relocate back-office jobs from Ireland to South Africa as part of the newspaper publisher's plans to cut costs and improve profits.

WOMEN should force credit card companies to stop supporting the porn industry by threatening to take their business elsewhere.

MEDIA group Setanta will find out later this week if it has won a contract exclusively to broadcast Scottish Premier League football (SPL).

The ISEQ opened in the black for the tenth session in a row with a firm gain of 20 points, or 0.41%, up to 4992.

IF you’re going to drop a crib figure onto a tiled floor the day before Christmas, you don’t choose the Baby Jesus. Trust me on this.

THE Irish market continued to lose ground yesterday as shares in Dublin slipped 16.01 to 4679.13.

WorldCup.ie, the online World Cup 2002 news website, was the number one website for Irish football fans during the World Cup.

Cian Smyth has replaced Heike Meyer-Doring as the new MEDIA Officer at the Northern Ireland Film Commission. Heike is now running the MEDIA desk in Dusseldorf.