The launch of The Guardian ‘s extra Monday sports pages has been postponed until next Monday. The paper originally intended the new section to launch on Easter Monday *Guardian Makes A Sporting Gesture.The new broadsheet sports section will cover all the main sporting activities every Monday. It will include a comprehensive results section, reports and… Continue reading Better Late Than Never At The Guardian
The Radio Authority has awarded the new small-scale licence on the FM waveband for Wolverhampton to: 107.7 The Wolf . The Wolf, owned by Wolverhampton Area Radio Ltd, promises to provide a lively full service of local news, information, music and entertainment, dedicated to the specific needs of the community.The licence is being offered for… Continue reading Radio Goes To The Wolves
Nynex CableComms, one of the UK’s largest cable operators, has announced that it has started carrying Channel 5 to all of its franchise areas. This will enable those people who receive a poor terrestrial C5 signal to view the channel via their cable subscription without interference. Those people who are not cable subscribers will have… Continue reading Nynex To Carry C5 To All Franchises
Duncan Lustig-Prean has been appointed as the new deputy director general of the Advertising Standards Authority; he is also Assistant Secretary of the Committee of Advertising Practice. His responsibilities will include policy development and implementation, overseeing the day-to-day management of the the joint secretariat of the ASA and CAP and promoting advertising self-regulation in the… Continue reading New ASA Appointment
Just 17 relaunched yesterday as monthly J17. J17 has thrown out its old, school-girl comic image and has been made-over as a grown-up, glamorous glossy. Nevertheless, underneath all the modern make-up, J17 readers will find the traditional male pin-ups, celebrity gossip, features, fashion pages and advice that jostled for space in the old Just Seventeen.… Continue reading J-17 – The New Monthly Look
The Sunday Times is launching a 24 page magazine aimed at affluent young people living in London. New London launches with this Sunday’s issue of the paper and will be published monthly. The launch is backed by a campaign in the business press.News International: 0171 782 6000
The Sunday Telegraph unveils its long awaited health and fitness magazine this weekend *Sunday Telegraph Grows.The 40 page magazine, Rx, is aiming at young female readers and will have an advertising/editorial ratio of 25/75.*Subscribers only
Cordiant has announced the creation of a new joint venture advertising agency in Moscow called Bates Viag Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising.It will combine the resources of Bates Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi and the Video International Advertising Group based in Moscow, and have billings of over $60 million. Clients for the new agency will include Proctor… Continue reading Cordiant Sets Up Russian Venture
The Radio Authority has announced that, having received assurances from Border Television plc about its proposed acquisition of Sun City Radio Ltd, it has decided that the company’s ownership of this licence could not be expected to operate against the public interest. In particular, Border Television guaranteed that it would safe-guard the separate news operation… Continue reading The Radio Authority Rules
