The Radio Authority (RA) has awarded small-scale local radio licences for Tayside to the following two groups: Discovery FM (Tony Dewhurst, 01942 777 666): a fluid mix of easy listening and soft adult contemporary artists together with locally focused speech content targeting the 35-64 year old market with a proposed music to speech ratio of… Continue reading Radio Authority Awards Local Licences
Channel 5 advertising revenue for the first six months of the year is below forecasts according to a trading statement issued by United News & Media (UNM), holders of a 29% stake in the channel.UNM’s channel 3 businesses, HTV, Anglia and Meridian, all showed revenues ahead of expectations. HTV revenue is predicted to rise by… Continue reading Channel 5 Ad Revenue Is Below Forecast
The Independent On Sunday is planning a redesign that will see the paper maintaining an identity of its own as well as sharing some similarities with its daily sibling.The IoS currently still has the design instigated by Andrew Marr in September last year (see Changes At The Independent). Since then the Independent daily has been… Continue reading Independent On Sunday Plans Another Redesign
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has asked News International to provide detailed information about its two newspapers, The Times and Sunday Times, as part an investigation into alleged predatory pricing.The Guardian, Independent and Daily Telegraph have all complained to the OFT that News International is acting anti-competitively by subsidising the prices of its papers… Continue reading OFT Requests Pricing Information From News International
The takeover of Review Free Newspapers by regional publisher Newsquest has been cleared by the DTI and will not be referred to the Monopolies & Mergers Commission.Newsquest announced the takeover of Review Free Newspapers for £6.07 million in May this year (see Newsquest Buys Heartbreak Newspaper Group).This week Newsquest is also launching two new titles,… Continue reading Newsquest Takeover Of Review Free Newspapers Cleared
As we all know the World Cup ended on Tuesday when, thanks to the actions of one silly little boy, England were knocked out in Round Two. The sad thing is that interest in the World Cup had steadily been growing during the opening matches, with games involving Scotland and Norway, Brazil and Morocco and… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 21/06/98
IPC Magazines has appointed Jane Bruton as editor of Living etc. Previously, Bruton was associate editor on Prima.Commenting on the appointment, Kathy Rudd, publishing director, said: “Jane’s creativity and drive together with her instinctive and clear understanding of the Living etc reader makes her the ideal choice.”Bruton will take over from launch editor Sarah Bravo… Continue reading IPC Appoints New Editor For Living etc
Southern Newspapers has launched into the magazine market by buying a specialist business publisher.The group, which owns papers including the Southern Daily Echo in Southampton, has paid an undisclosed sum for MSM Publishing, publishers of specialist financial services magazines including Insurance Times and Portfolio International.Subscribers can access the Press Planner by selecting “Press” from the… Continue reading Southern Buys Magazines Group
It has emerged that the management buyout bid for Talk Radio is being backed by both Guardian Media Group (GMG) and United News & Media (UNM).The bid for the 63% stake in Talk Radio was submitted to holders CLT-ufa last Friday. On Monday Kelvin MacKenzie’s consortium (see MacKenzie Leaves Mirror Group To Bid For Talk… Continue reading Talk Management Has Guardian And UNM Backing
The Newspaper Society (NS) and the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) have announced a strategic alliance across their two sectors which have a combined revenue of over £9 billion.The alliance is to initially focus on four initiatives: representation in Brussels, UK public affairs, the establishment of a National Training Organisation (NTO) for all print media and… Continue reading NS And PPA Form Strategic Alliance
