In the wake of having announced 17 redundancies last week (see Newsline), The Observer’s editor Roger Alton has announced that the paper is to take on Andy Malone as home editor.Roger Alton said of the appointment:”Andy is an extremely talented journalist with a high level of experience both as a reporter and as an editor.… Continue reading More Internal Changes At The Observer
ONdigital announced that it is to launch its digital service on 15 November at a press conference this morning, and also unveiled the package deals for its new service.Spokespeople for ONdigital stressed the element of choice characteristic of the packages on offer, with any six primary channels, chosen by the subscriber, for £7.99 a month… Continue reading ONdigital Announces Channel Packages And Launch Date
IPC Magazine’s chief executive Mike Mathews announced today that Chris Boyd, managing director of IPC Southbank Publishing Group, has resigned.Appointed to the position in 1995 (see Newsline), Boyd has resigned for personal reasons and will be succeeded for an interim of a few months by Colin-Reeves Smith who will be acting managing director of Southbank… Continue reading Managing Director At IPC Southbank Publishing Resigns
IPC Magazines Women’s Weeklies publishing director Jackie Newcombe announces some new appointments at IPC this week.Helen Stables is promoted to publisher of Woman, Woman’s Own, Now and Eva, and Gwenan Davies moves up to associate publisher on the same four titles.Amanda Furman is made group marketing and promotions manager, and Helen Maxfield moves up to… Continue reading IPC Appointments
ITV today confirmed that it has boosted its programming budget to above the rate of inflation. Most likely an attempt to counter competition created by cable and satellite television, ITV also recently announced that it is to unveil a new look and logo (see Newsline).Another reason for the development is probably also due to ITV’s… Continue reading ITV Boosts Programme Budget
The new editor of The Observer, Roger Alton (see Newsline), was responsible for 17 redundancies at the paper this week.Although four were voluntary resignations, the rest were compulsory redundancies and were described by a spokesperson for the title as ‘necessary cost cuts’. Apparently, there was a desperate need to get the paper’s losses more under… Continue reading Redundancies At The Observer
The Ginger Media Group has released its annual financial results, which show a turnover of £40.4 million, and operating profit of £10.5 million for the year ending 31 July 1998. Virgin Radio increased gross turnover by 38% and operating profit by 75%; Ginger Television increased gross turnover by 14% and operating profit by 35%. Last… Continue reading The Future Is Ginger
Sky News is to get a face-lift next month when a new logo (opposite) and a new set will be introduced to coincide with the launch of Sky Digital.The set will have a special glass background which can be either transparent, to reveal the newsroom, or have pictures displayed on it. The new designs are… Continue reading Sky News Gets New Look For Digital Launch
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has received a flood of complaints against the Commission For Racial Equality’s (CRE) latest advertising campaign.The three ads went up on poster sites around Britain last week. Each was deliberately racist and claimed to be for a non-existent company. One of the adverts can seen opposite; another shows a white… Continue reading ASA Assesses Racist Advertising
ITV’s high profile light entertainment series Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has proven to be fairly successful for the network. Whilst nobody actually managed to walk away with the million pound cash prize, viewers were still willing to follow the progress of the show until its conclusion on Sunday. Viewing figures ranged from 8.97… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 13/09/98
