Hollinger International, the group that owns the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, is said to be considering expanding into the regional press. Midland Independent Newspapers is known to have attracted the group’s attention.Hollinger bid £105 million for Midland in 1991. It was beaten by a management buy-out group that paid £125 million. Midland, which publishes The… Continue reading Telegraph To Take A Stake In The Provinces
Nynex CableComms this afternoon released yearly financial figures which show that total revenue has increased by 78% year-on-year to £151 million.While cable penetration increased marginally from 19.8% to 20.6% and customers increased 36% to 268,519, the company is still in the red to the tune of £63.1m. This is an improvement however on 1995’s figure… Continue reading Increased Revenue For Nynex
Yesterday saw the launch of the new Independent On Sunday, with a new look broadsheet and Real Life section, a revamped business section which includes sport and a brand new section in the shape of Spending – the “practical guide to travel, property and personal finance.”The main broadsheet section now has a new masthead, taking… Continue reading Review – New Look IoS
Total terrestrial TV revenue for December reached £163.55 million, an increase of 4.88% year-on-year. Of this, ITV brought in £126.55m, up 6.15% year-on-year, and Channel 4 reached £37m, up slightly by 0.76%. This brings the revenue ratio between ITV and Channel 4 to 77:23.Among the ITV companies there was very little change year-on-year. Carlton experienced… Continue reading TV Revenue – December
The Guardian relaunched its Media Section today; it is now a stand-alone supplement.The ITC will be publishing the complaints report for December and MTV will announce details of new channels at some point this week. See today’s news story.Tuesday sees the launch of Cosmopolitan’s Internet site. Cosmo’ enthusiasts will find the site at www.designercity.com/cosmopolitan. This… Continue reading The Week Ahead
IPC magazine’s Marie Claire Health & Beauty is to increase from a quarterly to a bi-monthly from March 27.Marie Claire Health & Beauty launched in 1994 as a quarterly. Over the last three years it has seen a steady growth in circulation. The magazine is now acting on demands from readers and advertisers to increase… Continue reading Marie Claire Health & Beauty Goes Bi-Monthly
MTV will announce this week that it will be launching two new music channels, one of which being aimed specifically at the UK. They are expected to be called MTV in the UK and M2: Music Television.It has long been rumoured that MTV was considering some new channel launches *(MTV Planning New Channel) and the… Continue reading MTV To Announce New Channel Launch
The trade press report that the Mirror Group and Carlton Communications are discussing putting together a joint bid for digital terrestrial television licenses. Both companies have worked together before. Last June they submitted an unsuccessful joint bid for the UK live television rights to Premier League football. Carlton has also been linked with CableTel for… Continue reading Carlton Sees A Partner In The Mirror
Paragon Publishing is sending three new computing magazines to the printers. They will join their current computing magazines; CD-ROM Series, CD-ROM Games, PC Power Platinum, CD-ROM Games Gold, Internet Today, Windows Plus, II Shareware Gold, III Edutainment Gold, Net User and Iv PC Office.Nintendo 64 Magazine is the first of the new launches to go… Continue reading Paragon Launch 3 New Computing Titles
Press reports claim that a revaluation of ITV licences will lead to a reduction in the sums ITV companies pay to the government.The ITV companies in total pay an annual £400 million to the treasury. No mention has been made of how much this sum will be reduced by. Savings for the companies could be… Continue reading ITV Revenue To Treasury Is Set To Fall
