The Observer index, January-December 2001 ... - Microform

* Channel 4 will attempt to raise money in the City for fresh
investment 29/04/01 N 2 2>4 Photograph
* Critics accuse Channel 4 of dumbing down and the Tories aim
to privatise it - it's bullish boss says he'll go to the City to fund
his ambitions 29/04/01 N 6 3>8 Photograph
* How my office in Edinburgh was turned into a five-star
bedroom by Alan Ruddock, ex-editor of The Scotsman - see
Hotels 06/05/01
* Peter Preston comments on the newspaper tabloid, The Sun's
backing of Tony Blair - see Politics 06/05/01
* The savage world of women's magazines 06/05/01 N 6 1>6
Photographs
* The horse racing industry is dealing with the fallout of
allegations of corruption over a TV deal - see Sport: Horse
Racing 13/05/01
* Carlton believes its bid to televise horse racing failed after it
refused a racing official's 'request for a bung' 13/05/01 N 1 4>6
* Murdoch's empire is struggling on all fronts but the latest deal
could be make or break 13/05/01 N 4 1>5 Photograph
* Graham Norton is so Channel 4, but you can't say the same for
Richard and Judy - the station has provoked critics to ask if
ratings are now its only goal 13/05/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs
* Sex doesn't always sell, as the soft porn barons are beginning
to find out - fewer men are buying top shelf publications
13/05/01 N 7 3>8 Photograph
* As the spotlight turns once again on Express owner Richard
Desmond, a look at the press baron's controversial past - see
Desmond, Richard 20/05/01
* Geri Halliwell's story of how a pop icon can be endlessly
rebuilt, a masterclass in the marketing of a modern celebrity -
see Halliwell, Geri 20/05/01
* The Editor of the Sunday Express, Michael Pilgrim has
launched an attack on his proprietor, tycoon Richard Desmond
20/05/01 B 1>2 5>6
* PR company, Brunswick is a master of fixing the image of top
firms, now it must take a hard look at itself 20/05/01 N 5 1>6
Photographs
* Emap's costly move into the US magazine market has been a
salutary lesson in how not to do it 27/05/01 N 6 2>7
Photographs
* Publisher John Brown's sale of the adult magazine, Viz, was a
very difficult decision says chairman John Brown 27/05/01 N 6
>4 Photograph, cartoon
* PR giant Pat Kingsley wields enormous power on behalf of
star clients - her decision to merge with her main rival now
means publicists have an even tighter grip on the media
03/06/01 B 23 1>8 Photographs
* The owner of Express group, Richard Desmond, has big
ambitions, but can he launch a new Sunday into a red-top market
in decline? 03/06/01 N 7 1>6 Photograph
* The Government is looking at radical plans to raise billions of
pounds from the part-privatisation of the airwaves - see Politics
10/06/01
* They were the new chroniclers of the net age, but online
magazines like Inside.com are being spiked - see Internet
10/06/01
* All of Murdoch's papers backed Labour, now rules stopping
him adding terrestrial TV to his empire may be relaxed 10/06/01
N 7 1>6 Photograph
* British Horse Racing Board officials will decide at an
emergency meeting whether or not to torpedo Go Racing's
£307m broadcast deal - see Sport: Horse Racing 17/06/01
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* The battle to win the next contract to supply news to ITV
exploded when it emerged that one bidder, a media group backed
by BSkyB, is poised to undercut rival ITN's lowest tender
17/06/01 N 1 1>3
* Former car salesman Jim Pattison is causing alarm with his bid
for the leading UK news distributor 17/06/01 N 7 1>6
Photograph
* Aspiring partners Granada and Charlton are struggling as ad
revenues plummet 01/07/01 N 3 1>5 Photograph, graphs
* Does switch-off loom at Ondigital? 01/07/01 N 3 6>8
* Penthouse porn baron Bob Guccione is heading an empire in
crisis 01/07/01 N 7 1>6 Photograph
* Chris Smith, the former Cabinet Minister in charge of sport,
has called for an overhaul of the rules governing sport on TV -
see Sport 08/07/01
* Matthew Freud last week bought back Freud Communications,
the celebrity and consumer PR firm 08/07/01 N 6 1>6
Photographs
* The Mirror share-dealing affair was reignited last night after it
emerged the Department of Trade & Industry investigators had
opened up a new line of inquiry - see Business & Industry
15/07/01
* Publishers Tina Brown and Harold Evans are finding how love
can turn to loathing 15/07/01 B 17 1>6 Photographs
* AOL Time Warner, the American media firm's £1.1bn
takeover of IPC is a statement of intent in Europe 15/07/01 N 6
1>4 Photographs
* Celebrities have a new ally in their battles with the press on
privacy 15/07/01 N 6 2>5 Photographs
* The Press Complaints Commission got me banged to rights,
says Alex Renton 22/07/01 N 6 1>8 Photographs
* A consortium run by ITN will be a vital source of outside news
22/07/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph
* The full scale of the financial crisis facing new media
companies is revealed today with the publication of a report that
casts serious doubts on the long-term future… - see Business &
Industry 29/07/01
* The newspaper industry and England's league clubs are on
course for a battle over media rights and match reporting that
could result in journalists refused entry to stadiums - see Sport:
Football 29/07/01
* The runner-up in Big Brother lands more instant riches than
the winner… but TV and the tabloids gain the most - see
Television 29/07/01
* Sarah Ryle asks whether Michael Jackson's commercial nous
at Channel 4 will export to the US 29/07/01 N 6 2>7
Photographs
* The most expensive place to watch football this season is at
home - see Sport: Football 05/08/01
* A raft of takeovers has ceded 40 per cent of the UK media to
the US without a protest 05/08/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs
* The soaps are awash with brands amid anomalies over product
placement 12/08/01 N 5 1>5 Photograph
* ITV has snatched the Premiership football highlights for more
than £180m but how did the new prime time team perform? - see
Sport: Football 19/08/01
* Online software firm Autonomy is to spawn a new company
focused on the burgeoning interactive TV market - see Business
& Industry 19/08/01
* The buzz surrounding the band Radiohead in America, is the
biggest for any British act since The Beatles - see Music: Pop