The consortium headed by Kelvin MacKenzie, which is to propose a takeover bid for Talk Radio with a 20% backing from Rupert Murdoch’s News International, has come under attack from Tory MP, Nicholas Winterton.Winterton is concerned that the consortium (see Murdoch Backs MacKenzie’s Talk Project), should it succeed in buying Talk, would take control of… Continue reading Conservative MP Asks Parliament To Examine MacKenzie’s Talk Bid
At the Annual General Meeting of Saatchi & Saatchi yesterday, chairman Charlie Scott said that ‘truly great ideas’ have lead the agency to winning ‘numerous accolades’.Scott went on to say that the company previously had a mediocre reputation in the US and that morale was low. This has been turned around, he says, and now… Continue reading ‘Truly Great Ideas’ Lead To US Success For Saatchi & Saatchi
IPC Magazines is closing its product development division of the Southbank Publishing Group after less than a year since its launch.The department was set up last year, headed by Maureen Rice, to handle new products and magazine launches. The first of these was Made Up!, which launched in October 1997 but was suspended after only… Continue reading IPC Appoints Editor For Woman’s Weekly And Closes SouthBank Publishing Development Division
Media Week today launches its own website, at http://www.mediaweek.co.uk. The site has been designed by MediaTel and becomes a member of MediaTel’s Media Village (http://www.mediavillage.mediatel.co.uk/). The village is also host to the websites of the IPA, NRS and RAJAR, amongst many others.The Media Week site will initially draw content from the printed publication and will… Continue reading Media Week Website Goes Live
Culture Secretary Chris Smith has announced his approval of the establishment of a BBC Resources unit which will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of the BBC.The technicians’ union Bectu recently called a number of strikes protesting against this saying it was the thin end of the wedge of privatisation (see BBC Strikes Could Hit… Continue reading BBC Subsidiary Unit Created Despite Protest Strikes
IPC Magazines’ previous publishing director, Heather Love, is understood to be joining BBC Magazines to act as a consultant to a number of planned title launches.BBC Magazines is believed to be keen on expanding its portfolio into the women’s interest and lifestyle markets in which Love has a great deal of experience. At IPC she… Continue reading Love Goes To BBC Magazines
The chairman of ITV, Leslie Hill, is asking 300 MPs and Peers for their support in preventing BSkyB from “dominating the future of digital television”.Hill’s response stems from BSkyB’s attack on ITV after it decided not to allow its programmes to be carried on the satellite broadcaster’s digital service, launching this summer (see Sky’s Digital… Continue reading ‘BSkyB Is Trying To Dominate The Future Of Digital Television’, Says ITV Chairman
The overall drop in circulation for the quality market continues for this period with total broadsheet circulation down 1.6% to 5.7 million copies for December ’97 – May ’98. Again The Independent suffered the most severe fall year on year.In the mid market the Daily Mail and Mail On Sunday are fairing better than the… Continue reading National Newspapers Round-Up – May 1998
Local publisher and retailer, Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers (P&SN), cited favourable economic conditions and boosted ad revenue as reasons for a 47% increase in pre-tax profits to £11 million for the year ended 28 March 1998.The group also announced a turnover of £176.5 million, up 17% from 1997’s £151 million. Earnings per share stood at… Continue reading High Ad Revenue Boosts Portsmouth And Sunderland Newspapers
According to unofficial overnight figures, the BBC’s screening of England versus Tunisia on Monday gained an audience share of 79.6% (Individuals), the highest share of viewing so far in the competition. However, fewer people watched the England match, in-home, than the opening game between Brazil and Scotland: 10.8 million compared with 11.8 million.Once again BARB… Continue reading England v Tunisia Gains BBC 80% Audience Share
