Chelsea Football Club is reported to be negotiating a sponsorship deal with Epson, the printer company. If successful, the £7 million deal will begin next season. The current sponsor, Scottish Courage’s Coors Lager, has decided not to renew the contract.Chelsea Football Club: 0171 385 5545
GMTV and IPC Magazines have today announced that they are to launch a joint venture magazine at the end of April.GMTV Magazine will be a monthly glossy containing detailed information on programme items covered on GMTV as well as a strong mix of health, cooking and celebrity articles. Aimed at the station’s core audience, C2DE… Continue reading GMTV And IPC Join To Launch Magazine
Channel 4’s Spring schedule emerged into the media limelight yesterday; the mix of challenging documentaries, new comedy, in-depth dramas and soft-porn guarantees another provocative line-up.The new package demonstrates that 4 remains committed to new, quality drama. Alan Bleasdale brings his unique voice to the genre of the mystery detective story in a five-part series Melissa.… Continue reading Spring In At 4
Emap Consumer Magazines Ltd has acquired the entire issued share capital of Presse Publishing Ltd, publishers of the UK edition of Top Sante Health & Beauty .Top Sante was launched in the UK in March 1993 and is the leading title in the growing women’s health and beauty market; it has a circulation of 160,489.… Continue reading Emap Swallows Top Sante
Britain’s biggest ever bankrupt, Kevin Maxwell, is reported to have formed a television and media investment company, Telemonde Holdings.Maxwell was acquitted last September of fraud charges associated with the collapse of his late father’s business empire. He has now teamed-up with his brother Ian Maxwell and Anthony Kelly, former head of programme finance at British… Continue reading Maxwell Is Back
Tony Blair, leader of the Labour Party, yesterday met regional publishers and newspaper editors at a Newspaper Society lunch.In a move aimed at emphasising Labour’s view of the importance of the regional press, Mr Blair said: “We see communicating with the regional press as a very big part of the campaign indeed. We get a… Continue reading Blair Meets Regional Newspaper Publishers
Channel 5 is facing legal action from people whose equipment has been damaged by retuning engineers, according to press reports. Viewers are also claiming compensation for stress and time-wasting caused by engineers who have failed to keep appointments. Channel 5 was not available for comment.Channel 5: 0171 497 5225
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television published its final results today for the year ending 31 December 1996.1996 was a good year for the company; YTTV’s turnover was £270.8 million and profits, before tax, were up 40% year-on-year to £30.2 million. Earnings per share rose at almost the same rate to 39.7p, a 38% increase on the… Continue reading Profits Soar For Yorkshire Tyne Tees
The date for the FA Cup Semi Finals between Wimbledon and Chelsea and Middlesbrough and Chesterfield has been announced as Sunday April 13th.Wimbledon will play Chelsea at Highbury with a noon kick-off and television coverage will be by BBC1. Middlesbrough will play Chesterfield at Old Trafford with a 3pm kick-off covered by Sky Sports.The Saturday… Continue reading FA Cup Semi Final Fixtures
Both of the Telegraph titles showed good sales growth in February, with the Sunday Telegraph increasing its circulation by a spectacular 25.5% and the Daily Telegraph experiencing a growth of 5.56% to 1.106 million copies sold. Both Independent titles again showed declining circulations, with the Independent On Sunday falling 12.42% to 281,660 and its sister… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – February
