Underlying inflation (excluding mortage payments and interest rates) hit the Government’s 2.5% target for the third month in succession in October, according to official data released by the Office for National Statistics this morning.At the same time headline inflation – which includes mortgage interest repayments – rose 0.1% on the month, while the year-on-year rate… Continue reading Inflation Steady For Third Month
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is to meet later this week to determine the licence payments which the ITV franchises will have to pay the Treasury in order to retain their licences to broadcast. It is expected that the Commission will decide that, in light of increased competition from cable and satellite multichannel television, the… Continue reading ITV Companies May See Licence Payment Reductions From ITC
ABC //electronic has released the figures for the PA NewsCentre website for July 1998, during which period the site recorded an increase in traffic of 34% with 6,282,269 page impressions.The PA NewsCentre website provides news, sport, entertainment and technology updated throughout the day. Mark Hird, new media director at PA, said: “We are continually adding… Continue reading PA NewsCentre Website Shows Traffic Increase
Carlton Online launches Popcorn.co.uk today, which is a film website featuring searchable listings of what’s going on in the cinemas nationwide, as well as news and gossip from the movieworld. Film reviews, pictures and video trailers will also be showcased on the site.Popcorn.co.uk will be the first website to be advertised in cinemas nationwide, and… Continue reading Carlton Launches Second Website Of The Month
Quality Market The total circulation across the broadsheet market in October 1998 was down by 3.6% and only two of the quality titles increased their circulation, which were The Financial Times and The Sunday Times’. The Independent had the biggest fall in circulation, losing a considerable 16.3%.The Sunday Times has the highest overall circulation of… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – October 1998
Freeserve, the free internet service provider (ISP) launched by Dixons in September (see Dixons Launches Free Internet Service), is claiming a resounding success having attracted more than 475,000 accounts in the first two months.Unlike other ISPs, Freeserve does not charge its customers any monthly rental, nor is there an hourly usage charge. The Freeserve software… Continue reading Dixons Claims Record Breaking Growth For Freeserve
Regional newspaper and convenience store group Portsmouth & Sunderland has reported a 62% leap in pre-tax profits and said it was well placed to cope with an economic slowdown.The publisher of newspapers such as the Portsmouth News and the Sunderland Echo , said it relied less on recruitment advertising than many rivals, meaning it would… Continue reading Portsmouth & Sunderland Confident In Face Of Economic Downturn
IPC Magazines has today announced that it is closing its women’s weekly magazine, Eva after four years. The title was relaunched in March this year to ‘form a bridge’ between the young women’s market and the women’s weeklies sector (see Changes At Eva And IPC Yachting Portfolio).IPC’s managing director, Linda Lancaster-Gaye, said: “When we undertook… Continue reading IPC Closes Eva Following Unsuccessful Relaunch
The long-drawn-out saga over the future of the media buying agency Media Business Group has come nearer to a conclusion when a US company launched an agreed takeover bid worth nearly £28 million.Grey Advertising is set to buy the group – known as TMBG for short – which buys newspaper advertising space and TV airtime… Continue reading Media Business In £28 Million Takeover Deal
Quality MarketThe total circulation across the broadsheet market in October 1998 was down by 3.6%, currently standing at 5,635,335. Only two of the quality titles increased their circulation. The Financial Times showed a healthy rise of 11.8% in its circulation, taking it up to 361,699, and The Sunday Times’ circulation increased by 0.7%. The Independent… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – October 1998
