The Financial Times launched its new look today. The subtle changes include dividing the paper into six clearly-marked “blocks”: World News; National News; a new features section called Inside Track; Comment and Analysis; Companies and Finance and Stock Markets. There is an enhanced contents box on the back page and extra space for the Lex… Continue reading FT Launches New Look
A report conducted by National Economic Research Associates (NERA), on behalf of the Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA), has recommended that the current regulatory controls on the radio industry should be relaxed if the funding required for a successful launch of digital audio broadcasting (DAB) is to be achieved.The Report On UK Commercial Radio’s Future… Continue reading Radio Industry Regulations Should Be Relaxed Says NERA
United News and Media announced at the weekend that it had sold its remaining regional newspapers to venture capital group Candover for £360 million.The sale of the United Provincial Newspapers northern division includes flagship daily titles such as the Yorkshire Post , Yorkshire Evening Post and Lancashire Evening Post among its 44 titles.The titles were… Continue reading United Sells Northern Newspapers
The latest IKEA ad which features a “management consultant” illustrating how you can refurbish your office for around £8,000 has drawn a mass of complaints from viewers. The furniture retailer has now withdrawn the ad.In the ad the woman insinuates that if an office assistant is sacked then the refurbishment can be afforded. Almost 400… Continue reading IKEA Ad Offends Viewers
As the last RAB conference in 1996 was heralded as one of the most successful media events of that year, 1998’s had a lot to live up to. Peter Warren, director of Abbott Mead Vickers plc chaired the event and was asked to give a personal view of radio and the four things that had… Continue reading “Making Radio Work For Your Brands”- RAB ’98 Advertiser Conference
Former Westminster Press employee Eve Atkins is set to take on Johnston Press in the Hemel Hempstead area with the launch of a new free weekly newspaper called Dacorum Independent. Published by No Problem Publishing, the company set up by Atkins, the title will compete with Johnston’s paid-for title Hemel Hempstead Gazette, and its freeHemel… Continue reading Privately-Funded Local Paper Takes On Johnston
Public awareness of the proposals for digital TV has risen from four out of ten in 1995 to six out of ten in late 1997, according to CIA MediaLab’s latest Sensor survey.After an explanation of the new technology was provided, nine out of ten of the public currently felt they understood the merits of digital… Continue reading Digital TV Awareness Grows
The external appearance of Computeractive, VNU Business Communications’ ‘big’ computer launch, gives the impression of a down-market trader type rag which you would expect to contain reams of small print classified ads. Both the thin, half-glossy pages and the gaudy Exchange & Mart-esque cover design lend the magazine a throwaway feel. However, as the old… Continue reading First Issue Review – Computeractive
Two years after being suspended and awaiting relaunch, Northern & Shell’s Chic magazine is set to relaunch with only the editor Ruth Corbett remaining from the original editorial team.In June 1996 Northern & Shell suspended the title a year after buying it from Hamerville Magazines. The relaunched version is to be released today and will… Continue reading Chic To Relaunch After Two Years
