A secret new project at IPC Media has lured Tessa Hilton from her position as editor-at-large at Women & Home. The only detail revealed about the launch so far is that it will be aimed at the “older” women, an increasingly crowded market (see Feature: Middle Youth Sector Strains As Two More Titles Plan To… Continue reading Appointments Brief
The fashion press may create its own self-regulatory body to monitor images of thin women in magazines and newspapers and even stop advertisers placing copy which shows “unnatural” body shapes. The proposal came out of yesterday’s “Body Image Summit”, organised by Minister for Women Tessa Jowell. The Broadcasting Standards Commission has also offered to play… Continue reading Fash Mags To Ban Waifs Following Body Image Summit
England’s defeat at the hands of Romania was watched by a peak audience of 19.3m when the BBC broadcast it on Tuesday night. Unofficial overnight figures put the average total of individuals watching at 17.5m. Of these 8.7m were adult men and 6.7m adult women.Despite Tuesday’s being the match that decided whether England would make… Continue reading UK TV Audiences Top 17m During England Defeat
A year on from its stock market flotation, Future Network was in positive mood for its AGM yesterday, celebrating growth and unveiling coming launches (see Future Looks Bright A Year On From Float). The market seemed less convinced, however, and share prices fell 17½p to £7.85.The deadline for ITV to submit its proposals to the… Continue reading Sharewatch
The BBC has been criticised by its Board of Governors for not producing a consistent level of quality of programming on its flagship channel, BBC One. The governors voiced their opinion in the corporation’s annual report, released today.While the board said that BBC One had “scaled new heights” with programmes such as Walking with Dinosaurs… Continue reading BBC Criticised By Governors In Annual Report
Saatchi & Saatchi did not reach its 500p merger price yesterday (see Publicis Buys Saatchi & Saatchi For £1.24bn), because a fall in the value of Publicis shares reduced the value of the offer, which was all-stock. Shares in Saatchi & Saatchi ended down 1½p at £4.19½.Daily Mail group, which recently offloaded its DMG radio… Continue reading Sharewatch
Future Network today announced strong growth in its net-based activities and unveiled a series of launches for the coming year. At its inaugural Annual General Meeting, chief executive Greg Ingham said the group, which floated on the London Stock Exchange a year ago today (see Price Set For Stake In Future), was on track to… Continue reading Future Looks Bright A Year On From Float
Adfast, the new net-based artwork delivery system funded by the regional press, will be demonstrated to industry figures at an exhibition this week. Over 7,000 delegates at the Total Publishing exhibition will be able to view the system, which currently holds more than 1,000 registered regional newspapers.The system was developed by the Newspaper Society to… Continue reading Adfast Rolls Out Across The UK
One of the world’s largest media-buying operations looks set to be created following yesterday’s deal between Publicis and Saatchi & Saatchi (see Publicis Buys Saatchi & Saatchi For £1.24bn). Publicis-owned Optimedia and Zenith, which is 50%-owned by Saatchi, are expected to begin merger talks on the possibility of combining their operations on completion of the… Continue reading Zenith And Optimedia Look Set To Merge On Completion Of Saatchi Deal
ITV has until tomorrow to give the Independent Television Commission (ITC) its final proposal for tackling the decline in audience figures its news output has suffered (see ITV Must Address News Audience Decline, Says ITC). It is thought that the broadcaster is hoping to appease the regulator by promising to pour more money into news… Continue reading Time Is Almost Up For ITV News Proposal
