Contrary to recent press reports, The Independent currently has no plans to launch a new supplement dedicated to gay issues. A spokesperson for the paper stated plainly to Newsline that “it isn’t going to happen.”The creation of the supplement, which was reported to be called either Pink or Gay Thursday, was probably the talk of… Continue reading Independent Denies Launch Of Gay Supplement
WPP Group has announced the acquisition of Smith and Jones Communications Company Ltd., a UK-based agency specialising in high technology industries. Smith and Jones will join WPP’s Specialist Communications Group and front WPP’s planned formation of a worldwide network focusing on the field of high technology.Smith and Jones’ current clients include Hitachi, Motorola and Sony… Continue reading WPP Acquires Specialist High Technology Agency
The BBC has announced its schedule for the Spring and Summer season. Highlights include a new sci-fi thriller called Invasion: Earth; a biological series entitled The Human Body; a new comedy role for Caroline Quentin in Kiss Me Kate; World Cup sporting action; and new series for Ben Elton and Alexei Sayle.There will also be… Continue reading BBC Unveils £278 Million Spring And Summer Schedule
The Radio Authority (RA) has granted Emap Radio permission to split its GNR Radio licence into two new stations under the company’s Magic brand. Emap last week replaced AM-GNR with Magic 1170 which will transmit to Teesside, South Durham and North Yorkshire, and Magic 1152 which will serve Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and County Durham.These… Continue reading RA Allows Emap Radio To Split GNR Licence Into Two Magic Stations
http://www.rajar.co.ukA source of radio audience data for media planners, advertisers and agencies is now available on the internet, with the launch of the Electronic RAJAR site. The site contains both current and archived data and has been designed and developed by MediaTel Limited on behalf of the Radio Advertising Bureau.There are four main elements to… Continue reading Electronic RAJAR Is Launched On The Internet
Microsoft has announced that BT will be the internet service provider for the UK trials of WebTV, the service which will allow people to access the internet via their TV sets.The trial, to begin later this month, will involve a cross section of UK households and will aim to gain technical, marketing and operational knowledge… Continue reading Microsoft To Trial WebTV With BT
Not all regional free titles have reported VFD figures for the period Jul 97 – Dec 97; they have been discounted in this analysis. The London-based Informer Series has achieved the highest circulation of all the regional free titles in this period, recording a VFD figure of 484,131. However, this represents a fall of 2.6%… Continue reading Regional VFDs – Free Titles July – December 1997
Channel 4’s US comedy series Frasier is to be sponsored by Ericsson in a deal worth around £500,000. The deal represents Ericsson’s first sponsorship contract.The association begins on 27 March and will run until 19 June. The same sponsorship will then run on the repeat showing of the series which is to be broadcast this… Continue reading Ericsson To Sponsor Frasier
Claire Blizard, currently group advertisement manager for IPC Magazines’ photography and angling titles has been promoted to advertisement sales controller for the company’s angling, gardening and photography titles. She will report to head of sales Kevin Attridge.This move brings together all the joint display and classified teams and effects the following changes: Sam Finlay, currently… Continue reading Management Changes At IPC Magazines
The quality national newspaper market showed a small growth in circulation of 1.3% year on year to 5.87 million. While most titles showed increases on the previous year, the FT and the Sunday Telegraph were the only newspapers to show substantial rises for September-February, with sales increases of 12.2% and 5.4% respectively. The Independent and… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – February
