The Belfast Telegraph opens its new London sales operation in the heart of Mayfair on Monday 12 May. National accounts manager Andrew Harding will be heading the new division. The paper is also represented in Manchester through Media Sales Network.This move follows on from the re-organisation of the advertising sales operation at the paper. The… Continue reading Belfast Telegraph Opens In London
The demerger of Cordiant last Monday initially provoked a positive effect on the global advertising group’s share price, with a rise of 7p to 137p shortly after the move was announced. This was not sustained however and by Wednesday it had fallen to 131.5p, remaining at this price for the rest of the week. Press… Continue reading Sharewatch – W/E 25/04/97
Grampian TV releases its results today, and Cable & Wireless Communications’ shares begin trading today; both these stories are being followed by Newsline.Marketing Week is holding a conference on Wednesday looking at Marketing To The Pink Economy; a Newsline reporter will be covering the event.Pearson and Scottish TV’s AGMs are on Thursday and a television… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Financial Times has put its weight behind the Labour Party; the paper will be backing Blair from tomorrow. By endorsing Labour, the paper follows the example set by The News of the World, The Sun and The Independent on Sunday.The Mail and The Telegraph remain true blue, while The Times is said to be… Continue reading The Pink Paper Turns Red
Dealing in Cable & Wireless Communications began today. The share price opened at 299p in London.CWC, an amalgamation of Cable & Wireless’s Mercury subsidiary, Bell Cablemedia, Nynex and Videotron, represents the biggest threat yet to BT’s hold on the domestic telecommunications market.The new company is Britain’s second largest telephone company. C&W will hold a 52%… Continue reading Cable & Wireless Open At 299p
It was rumoured that Channel 4 would be announcing Grade’s replacement following today’s board meeting. The channel, however, said that it has still not reached a decision. This suggests that, despite earlier predictions, no obvious candidate has emerged *Latest On Race For C4 Job.Channel 4’s web site has a tongue in cheek feature on the… Continue reading Grade Announcement Delayed
MTV has signed three sponsorship deals worth over £2.5 million. The MTV Movie Awards are being sponsored by Pentax in a £500,000 deal. Durex is paying over £1 million to supportMTV Live, a new live music show. While, Suzuki and Fila are jointly-sponsoring MTV’s Top 100 Countdown Weekends in a deal worth over £500,000.MTV: 0171… Continue reading MTV Sponsorship Deals Worth Millions
BPA, the media auditing company, will be releasing an audited figure for the number of visitors to EMAP’s EMAP.com Internet site. A spokesman for BPA told Newsline that the audit was being printed at the moment and would probably be released on Monday. An audit for the Capital Radio website is also near to completion.BPA:… Continue reading EMAP Site Set For Audit
The latest JNLR/MRBI interim report published this week shows that more than half of Ireland’s listeners tune into an independent local radio station each weekday. It revelas that nationwide 52% of listeners tune into an independent station, compared to 36% for RTE Radio 1 and 30% for 2FM.…Nine 7 Eleven FM, the community radio station… Continue reading Irish Survey Reveals 52% Of Listeners Tune Into ILRs
The release date for March national newspaper NRS figures has been put back from April 22nd to April 28th. The delay is due to the continuing testing of the new supplements survey, and all subsequent NRS release dates are subject to revision. The new release dates will be publicised when the March NRS figures are… Continue reading NRS Release Date Put Back
