BBC Radio 4 today announced a major shake-up in its schedule which will come into effect next April under new controller James Boyle.Programmes to be dropped include Afternoon Shift, Kaleidoscope, Sport On 4 and Mediumwave. In place of these there will be extra editions of The Archers, PM and You and Yours. There will also… Continue reading Shake-Up At Radio 4
Rosie Faulkner has been appointed as marketing and client sales director at TSMS. She was previously a board director of TMD Carat. It is expected that she will join the ITV sales house in October.…Don Thomson has been promoted to the position of group sales director at Chrysalis Radio while marketing manager Miriam Nevill is… Continue reading TSMS Appoints New Director
Ikea will be launching a customer magazine to be distributed through its UK stores from October. The homestyle magazine will be published by John Brown Contract Publishing and will also cover food, travel and health interests. A print-run of around 500,000 is planned.John Brown Contract Publishing: 0171 470 2400
It is expected today that United News & Media will officially accept Granada’s £11.75 offer price for its 14% stake in Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television. Granada, which launched its takeover bid for YTTV in June (subscribers see Granada Confirms YTTV Interest), now needs to acquire the shares held by the remaining minority shareholders. There had been… Continue reading UNM To Accept Granada Offer
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has begun a fundamental review of all aspects of its expenditure, along with all other Government Departments, to ensure that taxpayers’ money is “being spent effectively and to fulfil manifesto commitments.”Departmental reviews will feed into the Comprehensive Spending Review announced by the Chief Secretary on 11 June… Continue reading Spending Review For DCMS
EMAP has sold fourteen of its business publications to Quantum Publishing for £14.1m. Titles which will be moving to Quantum include Media Week, Press Gazette, British Baker and Laboratory News.It has been known for some time that EMAP was considering a number of offers regarding the sale of some titles (subscribers see Interest Grows In… Continue reading Quantum Buys EMAP Titles
Emap On Air, the sales house for Emap’s radio and TV stations, has made three appointments as part of its continuing development since launching in May (subscribers see EMAP Radio Launches Sales House). Susan Todd has been appointed as research and marketing manager with a brief to develop strong associations with London-based agencies. Todd was… Continue reading Key Appointments At Emap Sales House
IPC has this morning announced that Nigel Davidson, group managing director of the Weeklies and SouthBank Groups, has resigned. He has “decided that the time is right to move on.” He will continue as managing director of the Weeklies Group until early to mid 1998.As a result of this, there will be a number of… Continue reading Davidson Quits IPC
National Press NRS figures for the period January-June show that among the national newspapers the Sunday Telegraph had the largest year on year increase, with readership growing 28% to 2.404 million. Its sister paper, the Daily Telegraph, also performed well, increasing its readership by almost 16% to 2.813 million. The Times and Daily Mail were… Continue reading National Newspaper And Consumer Magazine NRS – June
More Group has launched a new subsidiary called MoreSports which will specialise in selling ads in sports grounds.At the moment MoreSports has signed deals with the major English and Welsh rugby union clubs as well as the Irish and Scottish unions. The latter contracts will mean ads being sold for Lansdowne Road in Dublin and… Continue reading More Launches Sport Arm
