Tim Harris and Malcolm Poynton of M&C Saatchi have won the May Aerial Award for their work on the British Airways Shuttle Service campaign. The winning commercial, entitled Helium, has the traveller breathing in some helium instead of drinking coffee whilst on his way to catch the shuttle.The Aerial Awards honour excellence in radio advertising.The… Continue reading Award For M&C Saatchi
Following pressure from the ITC, *BSkyB Share Price Plummets, BSkyB is preparing to pull out of the British Digital Broadcasting consortium. The two other shareholders, Carlton Communications and Granada, are said to have agreed to buy BSkyB’s one-third stake for £75 million if the bid is successful. BSkyB will still continue to benefit in the… Continue reading BSkyB Leaves The Alliance
IPC Specialist Group has made two new publishing appointments:Evelyn Webster, currently associate publisher for the group’s photography and gardening titles, has been promoted to publisher for new developments for the Science and Special Interest Group. She will retain the publishing responsibility for Amateur Photographer, Photo Technique and What Camera.Fiona Dent, marketing manager for New Scientist,… Continue reading Special Publishers
ITV has beaten off opposition at the LA Screenings to secure Veronica’s Closet, a new half-hour comedy series from the writers and producers of Friends. The series stars Kirstie Alley as a romance and marriage counselor.ITV has bought the terrestrial first-run rights to the series, which is produced by Bright, Kauffman, Crane Productions in association… Continue reading ITV Snatches Friends Of Friends
The Newspaper Society has been awarded £70,000 in grants by the Department of Trade and Industry. This forms part of the DTI’s sector challenge programme to support new media and training activity.“This funding recognises the advances made by regional publishers in developing electronic and multimedia publishing services and products,” said Richard Beamish, the Society’s head… Continue reading £70,000 For The Regional Press
BSkyB’s shares suffered two severe blows last week. It lost both its chief executive, Sam Chisholm and its managing director, David Chance. To add to its difficulties news leaked out that the ITC had suggested that the broadcaster drops out of the British Digital Broadcasting consortium *BSkyB Share Price Plummets. Shares in BSkyB fell to… Continue reading Sharewatch – W/E 20/06/97
Capital 95.8 FM has won the Gold medal for the Best Top 40 Format at the New York Festival International Radio Awards. This is the second year running that Capital has picked up the trophy.Classic FM also won two Gold awards; one was for its 16 part documentary series Russian Revelation and, for the second… Continue reading Classic And Capital Take Gold
IPC today announces the launch of SouthBank Solutions, a new department that will focus on building long-term relationships with key clients and their agencies. It will be headed up by director Arabella Atlee and manager Hazel Barry.Primarily the consultancy will aim to develop new and existing magazine initiatives that help to fulfil the marketing objectives… Continue reading IPC Launch Magazine Consultancy
A new magazine called Golf International will launch on June 30. It will be published by Golf International Services which is a new company set up by the former editor of Golf World and his deputy. Robert Green and Richard Simmons hope that the Irish and British Opens this summer will give the fledgling title… Continue reading Golf Magazine To Launch
The Modern Review, the contemporary culture newspaper which closed in May 1995, is reported to be relaunching in the autumn as a glossy monthly magazine. Julie Burchill, one of the original founding partners is editor- in-chief of the new title and Joanne Mallabar, a former Big Issue editor, will be deputy editor. The anti-hype magazine… Continue reading The Return Of The Mod
