Quality Amongst the daily broadsheets the Daily Telegraph remains out in front with a circulation of 1.093m for July 1997, up almost 4% year on year. Its sister paper, the Sunday Telegraph, showed one of the largest year on year increases in sales, which were up 23.7% to 856,598. Part of this growth appears to… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – July ABCs
EMAP announced today that it has acquired Mason Stewart Publishing and Bounty Services in Australia for a total of £5m. Both companies have had long relationships with EMAP as licensees of a number of titles including Smash Hits , Slimming and Mother & Baby .Managing director of the new arm will be Marcus Rich who… Continue reading EMAP Expands Down Under
Jonathan Young is to become editor-in-chief of IPC Magazines’ Field , Shooting Times and Sporting Gun .… IPC has promoted Marion Jones and Kate Burt to the positions of deputy editor and senior features writer on 19 magazine.IPC: 0171 261 6575
The Radio Authority has published details of its Quarterly Bulletin for the second quarter of 1997.Four commercial radio stations were fined following complaints received by the Authority during April and June of 1997. The stations fined were: LLeicester Sound 105.4 FM for repeated breaches of their ‘promise of performance’ (£5,000). Spectrum Radio (Greater London) for… Continue reading Radio Authority Fine Four Stations
This week’s top programme lists showed that there is still no change at the top of the overall top thirty programme list and Channel 4’s top ten list. Monday’s edition of Coronation Street, with the continuing storyline regarding the Fiona Middleton love triangle between Steve, Jim and Alan (or should that be love square), attracted… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – W/E 27/07/97
The main mover last week in the media industry was Pearson, which began the week on 692.5p and finished on 777.5p. This was as a result of the group’s better-than-expected interim results on Monday and chief executive Marjorie Scardino’s bullish statement that the company would double its value within five years.Telewest Communications benefited from confirmation… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 08/08/97
Tuesday The Retail Prices Index for July will be announced.Thursday MAID and WPP Group announce interim results while Media Business Group releases final figures. It is expected that WPP will see a rise in profits from £68m to around £78m, though the strength of sterling could leave revenue static. Media Business is expected to see… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Southern Newspapers has appointed Jonathan Shepherd Managing Director of SN Magazines, following the company’s decision to move into the magazine sector. His role, based in London, will be to build a strong portfolio of titles through launches and acquisition.Southern Newspapers already owns Southernprint (Web Offset) Ltd one of the UK’s main magazine printers and publishes… Continue reading Southern Newspapers Moves Into Magazine Market
According to a report carried out by BMRB on behalf of Mintel Marketing Intelligence around 86% of the people read a regional newspaper of some type. 60% of those questioned read weekly free newspapers, compared to only 25% for dailies.The research also found that single most important reason for buying regional newspapers was to obtain… Continue reading Future Looks Bright For Regional Papers
Chris Evans departure from the Breakfast Show continues to have a negative effect on Radio 1’s listening figures. The station lost one and a half million listeners according to year on year comparison figures for Rajar Quarter 2 1997. The number of people tuning in to listen to Radio 1 fell by 12.2% from 11.006… Continue reading BBC Sheds More Listeners
