Live blog: Wednesday June 25 – Hacking trial | Women’s Weekly | Peter Greste | Steve Jones | DDB | Ratings | Specsavers | Family Feud | The Flash
Welcome to Mumbrella’s live blog, our daily roundup of what’s happening in media and marketing.
Top stories:
- UK hacking trial: Brooks cleared, Coulson guilty on one charge
- Opinion: End of an era for the British red tops
- DDB Australia CEO Chris Brown accepts CEO role of DDB New York
- Specsavers appoints Cummins & Partners to handle creative account
- Rabobank in hunt for new head of marketing
- First Dog on the Moon to contribute to The Monthly
- When Love Comes To Town finale drags down Nine’s Tuesday ratings
6.20pm – We wrap up tonight with a quick look at some of the media stocks on the ASX.
- Ten (ASX:TEN) finished up a fraction at 27c, valuing the company at $710m.
- Enero (ASX:EGG) was flat at 105c, putting the company market cap at $90m.
- STW (ASX:SGN) had a bit of a drop today down by about 3% to $1.29, valuing the company at $520m
- Salmat (ASX:SLM) drooped by 3.5% to $1.68, givign it a value of $266m.
- APN News & Media (ASX:APN) closed at 0.775, pricing it at $800m.
- Fairfax Media (ASX:FXJ) was also down a tad at 93c, valuing the company at $2.2bn.
- Seven West Media (ASX:SWM) was up a little to $1.86, giving it a market cap of $1.86bn.
- Southern Cross Media Group (ASX:SXL) fell by 2% to 1.05, pricing it at $740m.
- And Nine Entertainment Co had a steady day, finishing at $2.18, pricing it at $2.05bn.
6pm – Ten isn’t hanging about on Family Feud. It’ll be on air in a couple of weeks.
