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
The Disney Channel will be available to Sky and to cable operators as a separate premium service from 2 March after an ITC investigation (subscribers see ITC Extends Bundling Review).The decision is the result of detailed discussions between the Disney Channel, BSkyB and the ITC after complaints about the practice of requiring cable viewers to… Continue reading Disney Channel Goes “A La Carte”
The Sun will be launching a new sports supplement on Saturday. Sportsweek will be a 24-page section covering a variety of sports every Saturday. It will also contain an eight-page guide to the weekend’s horse racing.News International: 0171 782 7514
Johnston Press and Home Counties Newspapers must submit their arguments for a takeover to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission by March 9.The Government blocked the £52 million agreed takeover of Home Counties Newspapers by Johnston Press two weeks ago (subscribers see Johnston’s Agreed Newspaper Takeover Blocked). The MMC will report back to the Department of… Continue reading HCN And Johnston To Submit Plans To MMC
CMP Media is to merge Network World into its Network Week title to avoid an overlap in the two titles’ readerships.From the 25 March edition Network Week will be redesigned and augmented to take on some of the topics and materiel featured in Network World. The editor of the merged title, John Dunn, will be… Continue reading Network World To Fold Into Network Week
Emap has just confirmed that, as widely expected, it will be buying Melody Radio for £25 million. The London station was put up for sale by its owners, construction group Hanson, at the end of last year (subscribers see Interest Builds In Melody).More details will appear on Newsline as they are released.Emap Radio: 0171 504… Continue reading Emap Buys Melody Radio
KFC is sponsoring the Cartoon Network’s A-Z of Tom and Jerry. The partnership, which also includes off-air promotions and competitions, began last weekend.Subscribers can access the Sponsorship database by selecting “Sponsorship” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.Cartoon Network: 0171 478 1000
Future Publishing is committing more money to support its film title Total Film following what it called an “encouraging” ABC debut (52,904 copies sold).The April issue is covermounted with the complete screenplay of Pulp Fiction and will be supported by a week long advertising campaign on Atlantic 252. The 30 second ads will be going… Continue reading Future To Invest In Total Film
One of the most surprising things in this week’s chart is that the Brit Awards failed to reach the top thirty. Despite the massive hype involved in the build up, the show was watched by a rather small 7 million. I guess it’s now become one of those events where the tabloid coverage supersedes the… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 15/02/98
