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At its Council Meeting last week, the IPA elected Unity Three Ltd and Willoz Holmes & Law Ltd into membership. This brings the total number of agencies in the IPA to 211.IPA: 0171 235 7020

Both of the Telegraph titles again boosted their readership figures in the latest batch of NRS data to be released. The Sunday Telegraph grew by almost 24% year on year to 2.390 million while the Daily Telegraph increased by 10% to 2.713 million. The FT suffered a large loss in readership, which fell 12% to… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – July

Monday The Evening Standard today launches its new jobs and lifestyle sections with a cover-price of 10p. The Daily Telegraph has increased the price of its Monday edition by 5p to 45p, the price of the title for the other weekdays.Highbury House Communications, Home Counties Newspapers, Scottish Television and the Scottish Media Group all announce… Continue reading The Week Ahead

The ITC has announced that it is to join Digital TV Group (DTG), the coalition of broadcasters, manufacturers and network operators which will be in charge of launching digital television in the UK.Digital TV Group: 01730 821188

Business Age Magazines, the company formed by ex-Sunday Business editor Anil Bhoyrul, is rumoured to be planning a raft of new magazine launches for next year. They will all have “Age” in the title and there are plans for titles such as Net Age, Financial Age, Political Age and Hospitality Age.…Emap has confirmed that its… Continue reading Magazine Briefs

The Radio Authority has said that it will be investigating the recent bid by a Burton Daily Mail company to run the ILR licence for South-East Staffordshire. This is because the newspaper company publishes two local titles in this area: the Burton Daily Mail and the Burton Advertiser.Under the 1996 Broadcasting Act regional newspaper companies… Continue reading RA Examines Licence Bid

BARB estimates put the average audience for Princess Diana’s funeral at 31.3million, with a peak of 31.8m between 11:30am and 11:45am. This is the largest British television audience for a single event and represents 59% of the entire nation.According to figures from ITN, ITV’s coverage at 11:30am was watched by 11.7 million people compared to… Continue reading Record Viewers For Funeral

The inaugural MRG cricket fixture took place last week under blue skies and at a venue that even the locals standing outside had never heard of. The cricket was not quite of the calibre a full house will witness at Lords on Sunday, but skippers Poustie (BMRB) and Hiddleston (Universal McCann) ensured it was keenly… Continue reading Botten Tops And Blizzards Reign As Bowman Bows Out

Highbury House Communications, publisher of Baby Magazine and Your Health, has announced turnover of £10.314 million for the six months to June 30 compared to £4.724m for the previous year. Pre-tax profits grew from £1.848m to £3.756m.Highbury House: 0171 226 2222

Caledonian Publishing, the newspaper group which Scottish Media Group bought last October, boosted pre-tax profits at SMG by 80% to £18.5m. Turnover during the six months to 30 June increased 68% to 87.9m.Sales at Caledonian were increased by over 14% though there was a slight drop in circulation revenue, which reflected “the underlying trends in… Continue reading Caledonian Helps Scottish Media Achieve Record Growth