Titan Magazines is to launch a title dedicated to the extra-terrestrial beast in the Alien sequence of films. The magazine, Aliens Comic Magazine, will launch to coincide with the opening of the fourth film in the series, Alien: Resurrection. The first issue will feature a guide to all the Alien films as well as the… Continue reading An Alien Launch
Thursday Newsline interview with Capital Advertising’s group sales director, Fru Hazlett. Also, overnight viewing figures for Channel 4’s screening of Trainspotting.Friday Report from the Channel 5 And Other New Television Prospects Admap Conference. Perfect 10 magazine launches.Also this week: A TV round-up for October will appear on Newsline.
Abbott Mead Vickers (AMV) has announced the acquisition of The O’Connell Partnership for an initial cash payment of £700,000. The marketing company’s Ordinary share capital was bought by Momentum Integrated Communications Ltd., an AMV Group company. O’Connell provides marketing solutions to UK clients including Avon, Kerrygold and Next.AMV will make a series of three additional… Continue reading AMV Acquires O’Connell Partnership
A study published today by the independent Social Affairs Unit has denounced women’s magazines as all of the above. This damning indictment is the result of The British Woman Today: A Qualitative Survey of Images in Women’s Magazines. The survey was conducted by a panel of journalists and academics which came to the conclusion that… Continue reading Women’s Mags: Selfish, Superficial & Obsessed With Sex?
The Ministry of Sound website is now being represented by EMAP Internet Sales. The new signing will add to the sales house’s youth/style/entertainment portfolio.EMAP Internet Sales believes that by combining a range of websites in a specific category, advertisers will be able to achieve good reach without sacrificing targeting.EMAP Internet Sales: 0171 309 2715
The newly-staffed Sunday Business is geared up for a relaunch on 18 January, the day before editor-in-chief Andrew Neil is also set to relaunch The European in a magazine format. Neil and editor Jeff Randall have managed to recruit a substantial team in just three weeks.The staff roster now stands at: Frank Kane, who will… Continue reading Sunday Business Winding Up To Launch
According to the latest Establishment Survey, net homes have increased on a network basis by 213,000, with the main benefactors in terms of actual numbers being London and the Midlands. Looking at the overall spread of homes percentage wise there is no region showing any significant change. Jun-96 Jun-97 Jun-96 Jun-97 Area Net Homes (000s)… Continue reading Establishment Survey – June 97
The long-awaited teenage cable channel Rapture launches tomorrow. It will initially be shown on Telewest cable systems only, though the channel hopes more operators will take it up in the future. According to the latest ITC data Telewest is connected to just over half a million homes in areas throughout the country.Rapture will broadcast between… Continue reading Rapture Launches Tomorrow
Amongst the plethora of internet magazines currently available Internet Works is slightly different. It’s subtitled “making the internet work for your business”, and is biased towards the business user.This means you won’t get any of the “hidden camera” type reviews so common to other magazines, but instead articles on web statistics, banner advertising and the… Continue reading First Issue Review – Internet Works
