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Should RTE sell the RTE Guide ?

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  • #32
    Fibromyalgia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭Fibromyalgia


    I wonder will the sale of the guide be announced as part of the cost-cutting plan by RTE next month?


  • #33
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,073 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    Will be interesting if sold will RTE be allowed to promote it on air.


  • #34
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Will be interesting if sold will RTE be allowed to promote it on air.

    AFAIK its considered advertising and RTÉ Guide has to pay (as such prob just book them) for ads on RTÉ, could be wrong vaguely remember someone saying this.


  • #35
    Doblin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 114 ✭✭Doblin


    Any idea what RTE would get for the guide? 5 million maybe?


  • #36
    Zird
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭Zird


    Confirmed tonight the guide is for sale


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  • #37
    Elmo
    Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Zird wrote: »
    Confirmed tonight the guide is for sale

    It’s for sale every Wednesday :/


  • #38
    JTMan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,535 ✭✭✭JTMan


    Zird wrote: »
    Confirmed tonight the guide is for sale

    Link?


  • #39
    duffman13
    Registered Users Posts: 8,945 ✭✭✭duffman13


    JTMan wrote: »
    Link?

    https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/1106/1089209-rte-cuts/

    Job losses
    Closing digital radio stations
    Selling the guide all part of a plan to reduce costs


  • #40
    gifted
    Registered Users Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭gifted


    15% cut for top contracted presenters......should make it a lot more.


  • #41
    Gekko
    Registered Users Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭Gekko


    Axing 200 staff is nowhere near enough

    They need to halve the workforce at least, or get it down to where the output is consistent with the number of staff because it sure doesn’t look like 1,800 odd people are doing their best work there

    They seem to have 19 press officers for example. A joke

    2FM and RTE2 are not sustainable

    Nor are all the regional studios


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  • #42
    L1011
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    Gekko wrote: »
    Nor are all the regional studios

    The running costs on those are going to be negligible or nil - they are nearly all various regional colleges media suites basically. The buildout is a sunk cost already.


  • #43
    Gekko
    Registered Users Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭Gekko


    L1011 wrote: »
    The running costs on those are going to be negligible or nil - they are nearly all various regional colleges media suites basically. The buildout is a sunk cost already.

    Didn’t realise that. That’s fair enough then


  • #44
    JTMan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,535 ✭✭✭JTMan


    RTE have abandoned the sale of the RTE Guide.

    The state continue to own this legacy TV listings print basketcase.


  • #45
    BarryD2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,732 ✭✭✭BarryD2


    JTMan wrote: »
    RTE have abandoned the sale of the RTE Guide.

    "It is understood the broadcaster received some expressions of interest, but none of them were high enough to make a sale financially worthwhile."

    In other words, it has little residual value and the taxpayer may pick up the tab!


  • #46
    Bee Free
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭Bee Free


    There must be more to this announcement than meets the eye, they only announced plans to sell it 3 or 4 weeks ago, so they couldn't possibly have had the time to explore any potential offers.


  • #47
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,303 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    From the article....
    Séamus Dooley, National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Irish Secretary said the union has welcomed the decision.

    He said: “The NUJ was opposed to the proposed sale of the RTÉ Guide.

    “We were concerned at the implications for employment but also believed that RTÉ should develop the RTÉ Guide rather than dispose of such a flagship publication,” he said.

    “The RTÉ Guide has a committed editor and staff who have always been willing to embrace change.

    And my bum's a cheesecake! :rolleyes:


  • #48
    Bee Free
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭Bee Free


    The nuj's argument that the guide shouldn't be sold because it's profitable is ridiculous, yes it's profitable now but what about 3 years time, 5 years time ? 10 years time ? Will the guide now inevitably the one day funded by the licence fee like happened to 2fm?


  • #49
    Gloomtastic!
    Registered Users Posts: 8,303 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Bee Free wrote: »
    The nuj's argument that the guide shouldn't be sold because it's profitable is ridiculous, yes it's profitable now but what about 3 years time, 5 years time ? 10 years time ? Will the guide now inevitably the one day funded by the licence fee like happened to 2fm?

    I was working on a b2b magazine and one of the sales guys got a job on the guide. Pension, company car, subsidised lunches, expenses account, a gazillion days holiday. We just drooled. :(


  • #50
    Jonny one
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭Jonny one


    My guess is that all potential buyers of the guide would have just wanted to buy the name RTE Guide and would not have wanted the staff as part of the package.


  • #51
    Danish Daddy
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Danish Daddy


    From today's Irish times. rte has begun its preparations for the festive season by inviting brands to take out advertising space in this year’s Christmas RTÉ Guide amid “challenging” market conditions for the magazine.

    The organisation, which remains under a political spotlight following its recent issues, is hoping to drum up advertiser interest in commercial offers including loose inserts placed within the title, sponsorships across its lifestyle section and an opening three-page gatefold.

    RTÉ will again work with an Irish illustrator for an original piece of cover art for the “iconic” bumper issue, which will go on sale on December 11th, the offer to advertisers states.

    RTÉ’s annual report for 2022, published last week, revealed that the circulation of the RTÉ Guide, Ireland’s top-selling magazine, fell 10 per cent last year in line with the estimated market contraction.



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