The north London arm of Independent Newspapers will be buying the Kentish Times group of newspapers, it has been announced.Independent, which owns titles including the Camden & St Pancras Chronicle, the Chiswick & West London Guardian and the Ealing & London Recorder, is believed to be paying around £10m for the group which has seventeen… Continue reading Kentish Times Find Buyer
Scott Williams has been appointed programme controller at Invicta FM; he takes-over from Paul Jackson who is going to become programme controller at BRMB.Williams has worked across all areas of programming and has been programme controller at GWR Swindon for the past two years.In his new role, he will be responsible for overseeing the future… Continue reading New Programme Controller
impact FCA! and Kelly Weedon Shute have merged to create a new agency, FCA!, with capitalised billings of £90 million.It is hoped that the merger will exploit the strategic capabilities of Kelly Weedon Shute and the through-the-line network of impact FCA!Chris Parry, chairman of impact FCA! commented: “The new agency offers a depth of strategic… Continue reading £90 Million Agency Result Of Merger
The sales teams for Emap Metro’s Big and Smash Hits are reported to be moving over to Emap Elan’s young women’s glossies group. Editorial for the titles will remain under Emap Metro.The change is intended to allow the two sales teams to pool their resources and contacts and to provide a single point of contact… Continue reading Emap Restructures Its Sales Teams
Barker & Ralston will be merging with management consultancy firm PDP International to create a new company called Mountain View with a combined annual fee income of over £4 million.The main shareholders in the venture will be David Barker and Derek Ralston as well as Thomas Bayne, PDP’s chief executive. The move is a welcome… Continue reading Barker & Ralston Go For Mountain View
The banned Rover 600 ‘Hostage’ ad, which prompted 134 complaints to the ITC *Rover Gets A Telling Off, has generated more national press coverage than any other ad for a consumer product in the second quarter of 1997.The Propeller ‘Ads That Make News’ survey found that the Rover advert had 15 articles written about it,… Continue reading Rover Ad Generates Maximum Attention
Coronation Street takes an average audience figure of 14.13 million over its four episodes this week, with Eastenders watched by an average of 13.61 million. So, no real change in the top five week-on-week. Overall, the chart remains more or less unchanged with regards to its content. The only real difference being a slight overall… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 06/07/1997
GMTV’s Fun In The Sun Spanish road-show is being sponsored by Smith & Nephew’s Elastoplast brand. Elastoplast is returning to TV advertising after a break of eleven years.Sony Playstation has signed a three-year perimeter board sponsorship deal with the Premier League. The campaign will run in every Premier League football ground in the country. Meanwhile,… Continue reading Sponsorship News
Amirati Puris Lintas has taken-on Deborah Mills as a senior planner, she is currently freelancing and starts at APL in September.Nick Daly, media director at Initiative Media, is reported to be leaving to join Carat International.At Mellors Reay & Partners, Rachel Duckett has been promoted from senior planner to planning director. She replaces Justin Kent… Continue reading Movement In The Ranks
Candy, the white-electrical goods manufacturer, has signed a deal with Talk Radio to sponsor the Lorraine Kelly Show. Candy will sponsor a fifteen minute segment of the show focusing on consumer issues.Talk Radio: 0171 636 1089
