CBS Outdoor drops threat to terminate £1bn Tube ad contract
Transport for London has announced CBS Outdoor will continue to handle the ad sales for the London Underground, after the two parties resolved their differences over the contract.
FT lifts cover price for second time in three months
The Financial Times has quietly lifted the cover price of its weekday edition in the UK from £2.20 to £2.50, its second cover price rise within the past three months.
IPA calls for safeguards on media plurality
Media owners with share of a market in excess of 50% should automatically be "subject to undertakings which would prevent them from abusing their position", the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has told Ofcom.
Daily Star apes Daily Mirror with 5p cover price lift
Richard Desmond's Daily Star is copying Sly Bailey's Daily Mirror by upping the cover price of its Saturday edition by 5p, as the two papers continue to battle it out for readers.
Mail restructures agency sales print unit
Mail Newspapers has restructured its 80-strong commercial team in a move to forge closer relations with media agencies, and has chosen not to replace its head of agency trading.
Media roundup: CBS Outdoor, FT, IPA, Daily Star, Mail Newspapers
We bring you the buzz from the wider media sphere, across the world and across the web. This week: CBS Outdoor agrees terms after LU dispute; FT raises cover price; IPA demands safeguards against monopolistic media players; Daily Star price jumps 5p; Mail restructures sales print unit.
