Comcast Corporation has announced that its Comcast UK division is to be bought by UK telecommunications company NTL for $600 million (£363 million). Comcast UK shareholders are to receive 0.3745 shares of NTL common stock for each share of Comcast UK common stock held.Comcast has stipulated that if the average closing price of the NTL… Continue reading NTL Buys Comcast UK For £363m
Regional dailies publisher Northcliffe Newspapers Group has announced that Steve Batch, managing director of Northcliffe Electronic Publishing, has joined the board of directors. The appointment represents Northcliffe’s desire to develop a stronger presence in the field of electronic publishing.Batch has been responsible for the implementation of Northcliffe’s move into electronic publishing which sees the launch… Continue reading Northcliffe Appoints Board Director
The UK national newspaper market suffered drops in both sales and readership during 1997, despite a short-lived resurgence during September as the public sought information in the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana.January to December 1997 ABC figures for all the nationals reveal that there was a 1.4% year on year drop in sales… Continue reading National Press Market Round-Up – 1997
30 Beautiful Homes, the title piloted by IPC Magazines in September last year (subscribers see Pilot Issue Review – 30 Beautiful Homes), is to launch on 18 February, priced £2.40. Along the way it has shed five of its homes to become 25 Beautiful Homes.According to publisher Yvonne Ramsden sales of the pilot issue exceeded… Continue reading More Home Titles To Launch
Mobile phone company One 2 One has secured a one year deal with Virgin Radio to sponsor the Virgin 1215AM ‘Traffic and Travel’ bulletins. The sponsorship is worth in the region of £750,000 and begins on 9 March.The deal was negotiated by Dan Levitt at Motive, on behalf of One 2 One, and by Virgin… Continue reading One 2 One Association With Virgin
Gaylord Entertainment has announced that it will be closing its CMT Europe cable network on 31 March 1998. The US company said that the 24-hour cable country music channel was “unprofitable.”Carl Kornmeyer, president of Gaylord’s Communications Group, said: “CMT’s format of providing country music videos via satellite 24-hours-per-day has resulted in losses of about $10… Continue reading CMT Europe To Close
Eastenders has now been driven to try and match the depth of trauma that the residents of Weatherfield have been wallowing in for the past couple of weeks. Sanjay is the first victim, having seemingly ‘disposed’ of his pint-sized peril of a wife Gita. The police in Eastenders are pathetically unrealistic, all with the very… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 25/01/98
VNU Business Communications’ break into the consumer computer magazine market is set begin on 26 February when Computeractive hits the newsstands. The £4 million launch which was announced last month (subscribers see VNU Spends £4m On New Title) is intended to “radically change the nature of the computer magazine market,” says VNU.Computeractive will have a… Continue reading VNU’s Computeractive Readies For Launch
The Daily Mail is running a direct marketing campaign alongside its current TV promotion in order to attract ABC1 women to the newspaper.The below-the-line campaign offers vouchers and an edition of the Diana: The Untold Story partwork currently being included with the main paper. The promotion is targeting nearly 500,000 women earning more than £30,000… Continue reading Daily Mail Push To Attract ABC1 Women
Electronic publishers and creative designers On Demand Information (ODI) suspended trading in its shares on Monday 2 February as the group was unable to publish its annual financial results due to discussions with potential buyers.ODI announced on 29 August 1997 that its was seeking offers for the group and had intended to sell the company… Continue reading On Demand Information Suspends Shares Awaiting Sale
