Surrey-based Tindle Newspapers has made an offer to buy the Channel Islands radio station, Island FM. John Burley, chairman of Island FM, describes the undisclosed offer as ‘substantial’ and is writing to shareholders to recommend acceptance. The offer is subject to both regulatory and shareholder approval.Sir Ray Tindle, proprieter and chairman of Tindle Newspapers, said… Continue reading Regional Newspaper Group Bids For Island FM
Pearson announced its annual profits today and reported that pre-tax profits were up from £252 million to £286 million year on year. Operating profits for 1997 rose by 15% to £323 million; sales were up from £2.2 billion to £2.3 billion.Chief executive Marjorie Scardino has set the company the target of doubling the share price… Continue reading Pearson Profits Up Despite C5 Losses
In the light of a trend toward regulatory concentration, the Radio Authority (RA) has warned of the danger to commercial radio of having a single regulatory body for both commercial television and radio.In a submission to the House of Commons committee for culture, media and sport the Authority says, “there are compelling reasons why the… Continue reading Radio Must Be Regulated Separately To TV Says RA
Quality Market 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.Quality Market… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – February
LineOne, the online service provider (OSP), has received a second ABC //electronic audit for the period 1 December to 31 December 1997. The site, at http://www.lineone.net/, recorded 5,207,463 page impressions; this is a 55% increase on its previous audit.LineOne is a joint venture between News International, United News & Media and BT.LineOne: 0171 371 2600… Continue reading LineOne Achieves Over Five Million Impressions
Future Publishing has appointed Simon Haisman as the new group publisher to its music division.He replaces Steve Carey who left the company at the end of 1997. He was formerly the publisher for Guitarist, Total Guitar and Guitar Techniques. He will now be responsible for all of Future’s music titles.Future: 01225 442244
The scale of the problems facing the new owners of the Independent titles is clearly evident from the large drop in sales both newspapers have faced during the 1990s. ABC figures from 1990 to 1998 for the Independent reveal a drop in sales from 411,378 for July-December 1990 to 255,324 for August-January 1998. The Independent… Continue reading Tough Test Ahead For Independent
Dennis Publishing has launched a website for its men’s title Maxim. The site, found at http://www.maxim-magazine.co.uk, features over 2,000 pages of content from the magazine plus interactive games and quizzes. A chatroom is also provided and there is a daily news and sports digest.As a promotion, users of the site will be able to order… Continue reading Dennis Launches Maxim Website
The director general of ISBA John Hooper, has written to the Chancellor Gordon Brown recommending that the BBC carries three minutes of advertising during peak time viewing.Hooper argues that the revenue gained from allowing this small amount of advertising on the public service channels would aid the Government’s plans to subsidise television licences for pensioners;… Continue reading ISBA For Peak Time Advertising On BBC
http://www.fhm.co.uk/fhmIn this day and age of JavaScript, Shockwave and RealAudio, you would expect the relaunch of a website to be driven by the desire to throw in bundles of special effects, whizzy pictures and, to quote from a early Syd Barrett song, ‘things that make it look good’. Now, to be fair, I haven’t actually… Continue reading Website Of The Week – FHM Relaunch
