The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has put News International (NI) on notice after an investigation into recent ‘predatory pricing’ tactics. The OFT ruled that Rupert Murdoch’s group has used anti-competitive pricing tactics with its discounting of the Times newspaper.Between 1996 and 1998 the price of the Times was dropped to 10p on some issues… Continue reading OFT Puts News International On Notice Following Predatory Pricing
The Newspaper Publishers Association has elected Douglas Flynn, News International’s managing director, as its new chairman. He replaces Nicholas Rudd-Jones who recently transferred to United News & Media to head up its online operations (see Newsline). IPC Magazines launched a bi-annual title called Mountain Bike Buyer this week, which is aimed at first time and… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Emap Radio has made two key senior appointments. Adam Turner has been appointed to the newly created position of business director for music at Emap On Air, and Mark Hassall becomes commercial director for Magic FM and Kiss FM .Adam Turner was previously commercial director for Kiss, and Mark Hassall has worked with Emap On… Continue reading New Appointments At Emap Radio
With a great deal of hype surrounding the programme it should come as no surprise that Geri, the year long fly-on-the-wall documentary about former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, should end up being Channel 4’s number one rated programme. 4.37 million viewers tuned in to see ex-Ginger- now bland Spice – drone on about how miserable… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 09/05/99
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) enjoyed a rise in its share price yesterday, gaining 27˝p to 807˝p. On Wednesday, SRH gave issued a positive set of results (see Newsline).Emap climbed 43p to 1323p. Speculation over the possibility of publisher Wagadon going up for sale see (Newsline) today implicated Emap as an interested party .Flextech fell 50˝p… Continue reading Sharewatch
Speaking at yesterday’s PPA Magazines Conference ’99, Christine Miller from Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) stressed the increasing demand from advertisers for returns on their investments. With over 18,000 consumer magazines available in the USA, and about 6,000 new launches each year, Miller referred to the present climate as increasingly becoming an ‘age of accountability’.Miller… Continue reading ‘Advertisers Need More Proof Of Performance’ Say Panel At PPA
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) climbed an impressive 52˝p to 780p yesterday after reporting a 15% rise in turnover in its 6-monthly financial report (see Newsline). By 10am today, SRH had risen a further 25p to 805p.Johnston Press, which has agreed a takeover bid of £266 million for the newspaper group Portsmouth & Sunderland (PSN), remained… Continue reading Sharewatch
Total terrestrial revenue for April 1999 (including GMTV) according to agency estimates was £233.02 million. ITV’s total revenue was £161.5 million, a 2.4% drop since the same time last year. Channel 4’s revenue remained nearly stable at £50.77 million for April 1999 (April 1998: £50.79 million), and Channel 5’s total revenue grew by 22.6% year… Continue reading TV Revenue – April 1999
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has upheld a complaint against a programme on Sky One called Bloody Foreigners. In its Programme Complaints and Interventions Report for April this year, a complainant pointed out that in one scene, the programme, which was about Germans, caught sexual intercourse taking place in the background of an interview.The programme… Continue reading Sky In Trouble With ITC For Foreign Sex Blunder
Following the departure of chief executive Mark Booth and non-executive director (former chief executive) Sam Chisholm from BSkyB, director of promotions and publicity Raymond Jaffe is also leaving the broadcasting group. Jaffe is to launch his own agency called the Promotions Factory. The first ABC//electronic audit for www.Timeout.com for the period 1 February to 3… Continue reading Newsline Brief
