Emap Elan will be distributing mini-copies of its new magazine Red to various stores and newsagents as part of a £2 million promotional campaign for the title which launches on January 15.Kathryn Brown, editor of Red, says that the new glossy is for ‘modern women’ who have responsibilities but are are “still interested in style,… Continue reading Emap Launches ‘Red’ Sampler
The ITC today announced that Mr Vanni Treves has been appointed as the new chairman of Channel 4. He takes up the position today in succession to Sir Michael Bishop.Treves is a senior partner of City law firm Macfarlanes and is chairman of several public companies including the BBA group, McKechnie plc and the Dennis… Continue reading ITC Appoints C4 Chairman
The Sunday Telegraph again put in a strong performance with a July-December year on year increase of 14% to take its sales to 887,204 while the FT grew by an impressive 10.7% to 328,793 copies sold. Among the titles whose circulation fell, the People dropped 7.5% and the Sunday Mirror slipped 6.6%. The Daily Star… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – December
John Willis has joined the shareholder board of Channel 5 Broadcasting, replacing Clive Hollick as the United News & Media representative. Willis was formerly director of programmes at Channel 4 and has recently been appointed as managing director of United Film & TV Productions. He quit the post at Channel 4 in September last year… Continue reading Channel 5 Gets New Board Member
Katz has sub-contracted its TV sales operation to Laser due to its wish to concentrate on radio and international business (subscribers see Katz Restructures Away From TV) .Laser Satellite & Cable will now take on the national advertising and sponsorship sales for Channel One , the Performance Channel and Asianet , as well as the… Continue reading Laser Takes On Katz TV Business
Following the sale of a number of titles to CMP Media (subscribers see Emap Computing Sells Titles), Emap Computing is to redistribute its remaining computing and telecoms titles throughout a number of Emap divisions before Emap Computing closes in April.It is believed that a new Emap company will be set-up in order to take on… Continue reading Emap Reorganises Its Computing Titles
Channel 5 has signed a major multi-year movie deal with Buena Vista International.Following earlier deals with Fox and Warner Bros, the new partnership will secure key releases from Walt Disney, Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures from 1996, 1997 and 1998.Films which will see their terrestrial premieres on 5 will include Con-Air, The Rock and Phenomenon.The deal… Continue reading C5 Signs New Movie Deal
The long-planned national sports daily newspaper, Sport First, has taken a step closer to launch with the appointment of David Emery as its editor. Emery will leave his post at the Press Association, where he is editor of its page production unit, on 16 January. He also regularly writes sports features for the Mail On… Continue reading Sport First Appoints Editor
St Luke’s has won Campaign‘s 1997 Agency of the Year award, after seeing off competition from the likes of BMP DDB and Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe. According to the magazine the agency had put in an “outstanding all-round performance”.Elsewhere, Michaelides & Bednash won the Media Agency prize despite the fact that it does not buy… Continue reading St Luke’s Is ‘Agency Of The Year’
ITV Network Centre has announced that Nestlé has renewed its sponsorship of the children’s programme Potamus Park. This sees the association running for the third consecutive year. The food and drinks company is to cannily associate its Hippo Fromage Frais with the kids’ show which is shown twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.Andy Thompson,… Continue reading Nestlé Teams Up With A Hippo
