Carat Interactive has parted company with its managing director; Garret O’Leary is said to have left the company abruptly.GWR Group has appointed Rosemary Kind as group sales project manager. She moves to GWR from the Leicester Mercury newspaper, where she was finance director.Simon Bullimore, managing director of Mars Confectionery, succeeds Ian Ramsey as president of… Continue reading Movement In The Ranks
The Quality PressThe Sunday Times achieved the highest readership figures in this market over the last six monthsreaching 3,764,000 people in this period; although the paper saw 1.98% change year-on-year. The Telegraph was the most popular daily, rising 13.64% year-on-year to 2,808,000. The Independent, meanwhile, is still struggling, the daily lost 7.07% falling to 775,000… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – May
Average weekly cinema admissions in May rose by 28.5% year-on-year to reach 2.2 million. Over the whole month, a total of 9,754,757 million people went to the cinema.Subscribers can access the cinema database by choosing Cinema from the pull down box in the red bar above.CAA: 0171 439 9531
Hair & Beauty, the publishers of Hairflair and Fresh magazines, has gone into liquidation. It is to be formally wound-up at a meeting of creditors on July 10.Publisher James Kimber, has rescued Hairflair from the ruins; it is now owned by a new company James Kimber Management. Fresh, which was suspended three weeks ago *Magazine… Continue reading Fresh Gone Off
The ITC has issued a consultation document which proposes an increase of sub-titling on ITV to take effect in 1999.The Broadcasting Act requires that ITV sub-title 50% of its programming by 1998, from 1999 the ITC can require a greater number of hours to be sub-titled.The Commission is proposing that 80% of programmes on Channel… Continue reading More Text On ITV?
Channel 5 has confirmed that Dawn Airey, director of programmes at the channel, is reviewing the schedule. The schedule is not, however, up for a radical overhaul, but will merely be evolved to strengthen 5’s strong points and remove irreparable failures.The stripped and stranded formula will remain, it may, however, be diluted so that popular… Continue reading Schedule Evolves At 5
The Radio Authority is advertising a new FM Independent Local Radio licence to serve a part of Essex. The coverage will be contained primarily within the local authority areas of Basildon, Brentwood, Chelmsford and Braintree. Although, it will not be possible, within the frequency resources available, for this licence to serve the entire area, applicants… Continue reading Essex Gets New Radio Station
Zenith Media has published its worldwide advertising expenditure forecast to 1999.According to the study, steady real adspend growth is forecast in the US, Europe and Japan; in central and south east Asia this figure is expected to grow by 34% in real terms by 1999.Global adspend in print, TV, radio, cinema and out-of-home is forecast… Continue reading Ad Spend Forecasts To 1999
EMAP Internet Sales will be representing advertising sales on Virgin Net’s Internet site.Virgin Net currently has over 50,000 subscribers. Carol Dukes, managing director of EMAP Internet Sales said: “Virgin is a tremendously powerful brand and they are delivering very impressive traffic levels. We are delighted to welcome them into our portfolio and we look forward… Continue reading EMAP Represent Virgin
Epsom & Ewell Herald has been turned from a paid-for weekly title to a free paper. Last week it was delivered to more than 27,000 homes in Surrey. The publishers, Trinity Newspapers, are confident that this strategy will be successful.Trinity Newspapers: 01737 732000
