Monday Pearson releases interim financial results today.Tuesday The relaunched NME site will be reviewed as this week’s Website Of The Week.Thursday Quarter 2 1998 RAJAR data is released. Telewest releases interim financial results.Friday MediaTel’s weekly media industry focus and analysis, mediawatch, will feature in The Times‘ media pages.
Myatt McFarlane has suspended publication of its Family Active title just days after BBC Magazines announced the closure of its parenting magazine, BBC Family Life (see Less Than A Year After Launch, BBC Family Life Magazine Folds).Family Active‘s editor, Liz Bestic, has left the magazine and it is understood that the remaining staff, most of… Continue reading Family Active Ceases Circulation Only Days After BBC Family Life Closes
The Sci-Fi Channel Europe has appointed Janet Goldsmith as its new managing director, effective from 10 August, 1998.…MTV Networks have named Karen Flischel managing director of Nickelodeon International.…Mirror Group managing director, Roger Eastoe, will be the interim chairman of the National Readership Survey (NRS) review committee, which has been set up to overhaul the methodology… Continue reading Appointment Briefs
Channel 4 is about to announce that it has secured distribution deals for its digital film service with both BSkyB and British Digital Broadcasting (BDB) – now operating under the name of ONDigital (see BDB Brands DTT Service As ON-digital).C4 has been in discussion with both groups for some time regarding its plans for a… Continue reading C4 Secures Digital Film Channel Distribution
Anna Gorman, managing partner at the Ammirati Puris Lintas (APL) agency, is to leave within a couple of weeks to pursue other options. She is also group account director for APL’s BBC and Burger King accounts.In a separate move, Paul Longhurst is parting company with APL after the agency lost the Compaq account and his… Continue reading Departures From APL
Kent-based regional newspaper publisher, Adscene, has reported pre-tax profits of £5.2 million for the year ended 31 May 1998; this is a rise of 8.6%. Operating profit at the group was up a record 10% to £6.6 million. Earnings per share were up 19% to 11.3p.Adscene’s non-executive chairman, Harry Lambert, said: “Publishing has achieved record… Continue reading Adscene Profits Up 8.6%
Katz Radio Sales has won the contract to sell airtime across all Essex Radio Group stations – Essex FM, Breeze, Ten 17 and Oasis. Katz will also handle sales for the new East Anglia station, Vibe FM.Katz officially takes over sales for the stations on 3 August. Katz managing director, David Foreman, said he was… Continue reading Katz Wins Essex Radio Group
http://www.eu.levi.com/menu/The website for Levi’s jeans, despite being not much more than a blatant promotion for what can be mediocre and ill-fitting jeans, is incredibly eye-catching.Its title page is dark and intriguing, and therefore serves its purpose in drawing you into the site. There is some interesting reading on the history of Levi’s, but the way… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Levi’s
A number of regional sales operations and media owners have joined forces for the first time to form the Regional Press Club (RPC) North.RPC will be used to promote regional marketing, initially through presentations to planners, buyers and advertisers and, ultimately, by collaborating to develop tailored packages that fully demonstrate the benefits and opportunities offered… Continue reading Publishers And Sales Houses Form Regional Marketing Alliance
BSkyB announced today that it will be launching its digital satellite service to new customers on 1 October. Sky hopes the October launch will make it the first company to fully launch digital television, and it is likely to benefit from the key Christmas selling season.The company also announced incentives today which might well advantage… Continue reading Countdown To BSkyB Digital Launch Begins
