There is something gratingly trite about the opening editorial of the first issue of So in which editor Kirsty Robinson writes, “So is for women who party, work to party and shop to party… Basically it’s like this, you can never have too many girl friends, pairs of shoes or tequila slammers. They’re the rules.”… Continue reading First Issue Review – So
Capital Radio has put its 13% stake in GWR up for sale. The placing will raise around £28m for the London radio group. The move coincides with GWR’s decision to move its national sales team to one central London site alongside the Classic FM sales operation (see today’s GWR Announces New Sales Operation).Capital Radio: 0171… Continue reading Capital Sells GWR Stake
Newsquest has announced details of its flotation plan which will see around £100m of extra funds being raised. The float, due to take place on October 23, would see the regional publisher valued at £540m, with shares being offered for between 250p and 290p.Newsquest is now thought to be on the look-out for acquisitions in… Continue reading Newsquest Raises £100m And Looks To Expand
Sunday Business advertisement director, Peter Gould, has announced that Vicki Beazley has joined the paper as advertisement manager. Beazley moves from the Evening Standard‘s ES Magazine and Hot Tickets where she held the same role.The new Sunday Business commercial team has been built from scratch following European Press Holdings’ take-over of the title on 26… Continue reading New Advertisement Manager Joins Sunday Business
Chief executive of ITV Richard Eyre, and director of programmes David Liddiment, have promised a new programming and scheduling strategy in an attempt to halt declining viewing figures.The announcement was made at the ITV 98 presentation for advertisers and agencies where Ricahrd Eyre asked for a hundred days to implement the strategy. A progress report… Continue reading ITV Heads Promise New Schedule
Cordiant today announced the demerger plans which will see it split into two separately listed companies – Saatchi & Saatchi plc and Cordiant Communications Group plc. The new shares will appear on the stock market on 15 December while Bob Seelert will become chief executive of the Saatchi & Saatchi group and Michael Bungey will… Continue reading Cordiant Confirms Demerger Plans
In order to fully implement digital terrestrial broadcasting (DTT) some television sets will have to be retuned to prevent clashes between the analogue and digital signals.British Digital Broadcasting, who were granted the contract to broadcast DTT from the ITC in June, will have to retune what they describe as a very small number of homes,… Continue reading BDB Will Have To Retune Television Sets
Maiden has announced its interim results for the six months to 30 June 1997. Pre-tax profits are up by 68% (£2.8m) to £4.8m and earnings per share are up by 37% (6p) to 8.2p. There is an interim dividend of 2p and operating margins before exceptional items rise from 15.5% to 16.9%.Maiden Group Plc: 0171… Continue reading Maiden Group Interim Report
Following a meeting of the various members of the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) trade consortium, which includes BSkyB, there has been an agreement on the standardisation of the set-boxes which will be required to receive digital television. This agreement by the consortium, including France’s Canal Plus and Kirch of Germany, will mean that the companies… Continue reading Members Of Digital Video Broadcasting Agree Set-Top Standard
Virgin Radio will begin a new schedule on Monday 29 September. The 105.8 FM London station will have dedicated programmes which are separate from the 1215AM national network. 105.8 FM will now focus on London news and events. Certain programmes will broadcast on both AM and FM; at other times the programming will diverge.Virgin Radio… Continue reading Virgin Radio Will Diversify Programming Between FM And AM
