Tag Archives: Desmond

I was wrong about The News on Sunday

By August 17 2012, 6:23 pm Comments Off

Will Richard Desmond be tempted to flog off the Daily Star Sunday to former Sunday Express editor Sue Douglas and former ITV commercial director Rupert Howell?

This might just happen, I reckon, contrary to a previous blog that Media Week ran rubbishing the idea as about as likely Desmond spending an evening of revelry with the Daily Mail’s Paul Dacre.

The reason for the change of mind: Dougals and Howell seem hell-bent on making this happen. Read more »

Not even Icarus would be foolish enough to launch a Sunday tabloid from scratch

By April 16 2012, 1:33 pm Comments Off

Who the hell would launch a Sunday national tabloid newspaper from scratch in a market which is chugging along like a battered old printer?

Well, step forward one Rupert Howell, the Hush Puppy wearing advertising veteran who nearly made it to the top of ITV and was last rumoured to be a candidate for the chief executive’s role at the RFU (rugby football union). Read more »

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