Eastern Daily Press will be launching its Weekend Magazine next month. The 48-page section will contain TV-listings as well as articles focusing on local matters of interest. It is set to launch on September 27.Eastern Daily Press: 01603 628311
The Advertising Standards Authority is launching a new advertising campaign to coincide with its 35th anniversary. The adverts will feature the ASA tick logo replaced with a cross highlighting the fact that an advertisement has been withdrawn because it is misleading. The campaign will see the ASA advertising in cinema for the first time in… Continue reading ASA Stamps Out Misleading Adverts
The BBC today denied weekend press reports that it was planning to start running advertisements on the BBC World Service. The Corporation is currently talking with advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi about devising a way of claiming a proportion of the money made by commercial radio stations that feature World Service programmes and it was… Continue reading BBC Deny World Service Adverts Rumour
Reed Elsevier is rumoured to be thinking of offloading its consumer magazine business IPC as part of a planned withdrawal away from the sector, according to a press report. The company is said to have contacted a leading City merchant banker to assess the feasibility of selling IPC.A spokeswoman for Reed would not make any… Continue reading Reed Planning To Sell IPC
The Evening Standard is planning a new Monday lifestyle section which will be aimed at 20 to 35-year-old women. The as-yet unnamed pull-out will be launched on 8 September in addition to a new jobs section.Evening Standard: 0171 938 6000
United Provincial Newspapers has sold Ashton Weekly Newspapers, the Manchester-based regional newspaper publishers, to a management buy-in team. This will create a new publisher called Reporter & Chronicle Newspapers.The main title involved in the sale is The Ashton Reporter, a paid-for title with nine local editions covering Tameside to the east of Manchester. It currently… Continue reading UPN Sells Ashton Title
MAID is in takeover talks with rival information provider Knight-Ridder, it has emerged. It is thought that MAID would have to pay around £300m for the American company.MAID: 0171 930 6900
Jewson, the builders merchants, will be sponsoring the old Rugby Union leagues 3 and 4, which will now become Jewson National League 1 and 2, North and South. Allied Dunbar has replaced Courage as sponsor of the old Divisions 1 and 2, which now become the Allied Dunbar Premiership First and Second Divisions.…Sky One’s sports… Continue reading Sports Sponsorship News
Sky television is to broadcast the Montserrat Benefit Concert as a pay-per-view event. Sky is charging £4.95 or £6.95 if purchased after midnight on Monday 15 September, with all proceeds going to victims of the Soufriere Volcano. Artists appearing on the bill include Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John and Mick Hucknall.This is the latest in… Continue reading Sky Make Montserrat Benefit Concert PPV
IPC is rumoured to be planning a new homes magazine, with a pilot issue ready to launch next month. According to Press Gazette the project has a working title of 20 Beautiful Homes and is aimed at attracting middle to upper-market readers.
