It was a disappointing period for the broadsheets, with sales dropping 0.6% year on year to 5.77 million according to ABC figures for October-March. The Independent and Observer suffered the most, with falls of 9.9% and 8.7% respectively while the only quality title which showed any significant increase was the FT, where sales increased 12.8%.The… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – March
A report from the Internet Marketing and Development Agency shows that, despite the attention being given to the internet in the media, British businesses believe that it is something that still doesn’t seem to affect them.While 98% of those surveyed had “heard of the internet”, only 12% believed that it had any bearing on their… Continue reading UK Businesses “Confused By Internet”, Report Claims
Chris O’Shea, creative partner of Banks Hoggins O’Shea, is to be the chairman of the 1998 Aerial Awards, which recognise creative talent in the radio advertising industry. He takes over the role from Robert Campbell.O’Shea will be selecting the 12 nomination judges for preliminary voting in August. The closing date for entries is 10 July… Continue reading Aerial Awards Chairman Announced
The FA Premier League has outlined plans to attract five major sponsors to all football matches in an attempt to reduce the ‘clutter’ of sponsors and brands currently seen on broadcast matches and on stadium perimeter boards.The advertisers will pay £2 million each to secure their brands on perimeter boards in the same position each… Continue reading Premier League To Clear The ‘Clutter’ Of Advertisers
Two new non-executive directors have been appointed to the board of Channel 4, the ITC has announced. Andrew Graham, acting master of Balliol College, Oxford, and Joe Sinyor, previously managing director of Dillons bookstores, will take a place on the board for a period of three years.ITC: 0171 255 3000
IPC Magazines is introducing a new look for its 40 year-old women’s weekly title Woman’s Realm in a bid to halt its falling circulation. Since 1986 the magazine has seen its sales fall from 613,000 to just over 230,000.The redesign, aimed at differentiating the magazine from its competitors, includes a new logo and cover design… Continue reading New Look For Woman’s Realm
ABC //electronic has issued the LOOT website with its first certificate, it has been announced. From 2 February-4 March 1998 the site received 2.496 million page impressions.http://www.loot.com/ offers classifieds which reach a variety of buyers via 9 categories which range from property, cars and recruitment to general consumer items.The site with the largest number of… Continue reading LOOT Website Gets First ABC
Channel 5 has received a number of proposals from broadcasters wishing to buy the unused capacity on the channel’s digital terrestrial multiplex. Channel 5 will invest in one channel on the multiplex, leaving around two channels’ worth of frequency spare. It is preparing these proposals which will shortly be passed to the Independent Television Commission… Continue reading Channel 5 Receives Proposals For Spare Digital Capacity
The UK Digital Radio Forum has welcomed a report by the National Economic Research Associates (NERA) which concludes that digital transmission is essential for the long term health of the radio industry. It coincides with the news that the Forum is bidding to win funds from the Department of Trade and Industry in order to… Continue reading Digital Radio Forum Seeks DTI Funding
http://www.mcsaatchi.com/This is a classic exercise in design poncery. Objects fly around, links are unlabelled, it’s difficult to navigate and you need four different plug-ins to make everything work. In fact, this site is so design-laden that it crashes Netscape 4.0 as soon as you enter the URL. However, for all the complaints that websites like… Continue reading Website Of The Week – M&C Saatchi
