Communicorp

Pat Kenny is fuming – and it’s not because of his property dispute

Radio: Host tires of Charlie McConalogue’s vagueness as Ministers fudge pandemic plans

‘Ireland is a great country, but we can’t help ourselves being nasty to people sometimes’

Denis O’Brien says he is delighted with ‘very big offer’ Communicorp received

Denis O’Brien’s media departure: ‘No politician will shed any tears’

Politicians say O’Brien’s involvement in any issue tended to draw negative attention

Timeline: Denis O’Brien’s lengthy and costly career in Irish media

It started and ended with radio, but it was news publishing that cost the most

Denis O’Brien’s Communicorp agrees €100m-plus sale to Bauer Media Audio

Employees informed of deal as billionaire exits Irish media market

Several senior management staff leaving Joe.ie company

Staff at ex-Maximum Media websites Joe.ie and Her.ie told at weekend of CEO’s exit

BAI launches sustainability network for broadcasting sector

Broadcasters can help shape a greener and more inclusive future, regulator says

Covid-19 crisis prompted huge surge in radio listenership, first figures show

Morning Ireland, Liveline and Sunday with Miriam among shows securing massive gains

Communicorp appoints Simon Myciunka as new CEO

Radio group’s commercial director will succeed Adrian Serle

'Dermot and Dave's Dermot Whelan's meditation tool

Capering presenter discusses mindfulness as Andrea Gilligan hits a groove on her show

Elaine Geraghty appointed chief of Ardmore Studios and Troy Studios

Screen Producers Ireland chief has 30 years’ experience in audiovisual and media sector

Johnny Ronan drops Tara St hotel plan

Seen & Heard: Danske’s tracker challenge and Repak drops opposition to bottle return scheme

Fintan O’Toole: Newstalk’s Irish Times ban is a classic case of ‘cancel culture’

Cancel culture isn’t new, just a new term for an old concept of cynical hypocrisy

Denis O’Brien forced to lift hood on Digicel in debt restructuring

Companies linked to businessman received almost $134m in 3½ years

Irish Times cuts senior manager and editor pay by up to 30%

Temporary measures announced in response to Covid-19 crisis

Business Post cuts pay for staff by up to 15%

Newspaper group becomes latest media company to respond to Covid-19 crisis

Read all about it: young people are willing to pay for news online

Study shows that more people open to paying for news with the young especially keen

Media sector braces for further layoffs and cutbacks

Local newspapers heavily hit by crisis as advertising revenues ‘fall off cliff’

Coronavirus: Journal Media to cut pay by up to 20 per cent

Business website Fora.ie to be closed and sports site the42.ie to be scaled back

Communicorp cuts pay by up to 25% at its radio stations

Pay cuts due to Covid crisis but no plans for job cuts, Newstalk and Today FM owner says

Parties’ media policies a mixed bag of the ambitious and the stale

Some promises of licence fee reform have been more explicit than others

Marian Finucane added listeners in last months on air

Audience data shows late broadcaster helped RTÉ Radio 1 make gains in fourth quarter

2019 sees Belgians snap up INM as challenges persist for media industry

Across publishing and broadcasting, the industry is battling to adjust to the new screen order

NUJ criticises BAI’s decision not to investigate Communicorp

Regulator says matter is ‘now closed’ after radio group lifts ban on Currency journalists

Communicorp lifts ban on Currency journalists

Editor Ian Kehoe says Currency team will stay off air while Irish Times ban remains

Radio review of 2019: As RTÉ mourned Gaybo, it was tearing itself apart

The contrast between RTÉ’s obvious disdain for Lyric and indulgent attitude toward 2fm sent out a deeply negative signal

Failure of Denis O’Brien case ‘terrifically important’

Chair of the judging panel at the NewsBrands Journalism Awards calls for reform of laws

Morning Ireland extends lead in radio ratings

Radio 1’s Liveline reclaims second spot, while 2fm signals plans for more video streaming

Denis O’Brien closes online white goods retailer due to ‘market forces’

Appliancesdelivered.ie had accumulated losses of €5.5m and was ‘not sustainable’

NUJ urges BAI to investigate Communicorp’s ban on journalists

Union move follows Dáil letter to Denis O’Brien’s radio group

Hugh Linehan: ‘I wouldn’t go back to Communicorp even if they’d have me’

Radio bans of Irish Times and The Currency journalists show something is deeply amiss

Taoiseach to join call for Communicorp to reverse ban on journalists

Varadkar says no one should be banned from airwaves unless for reasons like hate speech

Dublin’s Q102 has rival in bid for licence renewal

Media matters: New contract for Wireless Group music station will not be fast-tracked

Mairéad Ronan is Today FM’s new lunchtime presenter

Ed Smith promoted to weekday evening slot, as two presenters depart station

Media industry waits for more than just online takedown notices

Regulation of the broadcasting sector has struggled to keep up with its realities

Communicorp and Wireless attack ‘time-warp’ media regulation

Radio groups object to BAI ownership and control policy, citing unfettered online sector

A decade of upheaval: INM from Sir Anthony’s departure to Mediahuis offer

A look back at some of the major events at the media group over the last decade

INM, too long a plaything for media-shy tycoons, is primed for takeover

Group may be natural candidate for media company that is further down digital path

Awkward times for INM as it plots digital future

Newspaper group has a plan, INM@21, but faces daunting hurdles before it reaches 2021

Ivan Yates and Ian Dempsey are the main winners in latest radio ratings

Newstalk’s market share reached a new record high, industry figures show

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