United News & Media has announced the appointment of Bernard Gray to the newly-created position of director of group strategy. Gray, a former Government advisor to George Robinson, defence secretary, will be responsible for group strategy, corporate development and communications. He will report directly to UNM’s chief executive, Clive Hollick.Commenting on the appointment, Hollick says:… Continue reading UNM Appoints Government Advisor As Director Of Strategy
Marketing and advertising giant WPP has unveiled plans to set up a new company to coordinate its internet and new media activities across all its subsidiary companies.The group said it would set up the new wpp.com business as a parent company to oversee the group’s new media activities at all its operations, which include advertising… Continue reading WPP To Open Umbrella Internet Company
The last six months have seen a significant decline in sales for most titles in this sector with 90% showing a decrease in circulation. Prima held its position as market leader in the sector despite its net sales falling by 46,098 (8.7%) to 485,580.Many titles suffered similar losses, Minx falling by 17.8%, Company and Bliss… Continue reading Women’s Monthlies Suffer Widespread Sales Decline
Satellite broadcaster, BSkyB, is reported to be in negotiations to acquire stakes in both Leeds and Chelsea football clubs.Under new FA guidelines, which limit media companies to less than a 10% stake in each club if they have interests in more than one club, Sky is expected to be negotiating for 9.9% in each. BSkyB… Continue reading BSkyB In Talks To Buy Football Stakes
ITV’s flagship current affairs programme Tonight was cleared by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) after fifteen viewers complained when it broadcast interviews with five suspects in the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry.The Commission decided that rather than providing a ‘platform’ for the men to defend themselves, as was claimed by the complainants, the robust questioning of… Continue reading ITV’s Tonight Cleared Over Lawrence Programme
After numerous successive increases year on year, FHM finally experienced a dent in sales figures for the first half of 1999. Still the 74,362 buyers who left the magazine were compensated for by FHM Collections‘ debut with over 80,000 sales. The loss only represented a 9.6% deficit, whilst Arena, Sky and Face experienced more substantial… Continue reading Bizarre For Him As FHM Finally Slides
Following the previous ABC audit, the food magazine market continues its downward spiral in circulation in the Jan – Jun 1999 figures. Only 3 magazines, Somerfield Magzine, Sainsbury’s-The Magazine and BBC Good Food, recorded any improvement in year-on-year comparisons. Six monthly comparisons paint an equally bleak picture with all but 2 magazines experiencing a drop… Continue reading Food Magazines’ Circulation Decline Continues
BSkyB has denied that it will withhold broadcasting rights to some sports events for OnDigital, like the Ryder Cup and UEFA Cup football, in response to being denied access to UEFA Champion’s League matches.When contacted by Newsline, a spokesperson reiterated a previous statement made by BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball stating it was ‘unfair that… Continue reading Sky Deny Threat To Withhold Sports Rights
Here is a full breakdown of each title’s performance in the latest ABC audit, by publisher. The titles lists are not entirely exhaustive as certain magazines may not have reported in the previous period or may not have been classed a consumer magazine. This list, therefore, is intended as a guide to the performance of… Continue reading January-June 1999 ABCs – Performance By Publisher
A full breakdown of each magazine’s performance in the latest ABC audit, by publisher, is available to subscribers in the Press features list.The titles lists are not entirely exhaustive as certain magazines may not have reported in this or the previous period or may not have been classed a consumer magazine. This list, therefore, is… Continue reading January-June 1999 ABCs – Performance By Publisher
