It is rumoured that Media Ventures International (MVI) is about to sell its 46% stake in Talk Radio to CLT UK Radio which owns 49% of the national commercial radio station. MVI is said to be unhappy about the financial returns Talk is producing.The latest Rajar data for Quarter 3 showed that Talk’s weekly reach… Continue reading CLT UK Radio Set To Buy Talk Radio
Daily Mail and General Trust today reported financial results for the year ended September 29 which show pre-tax profits rising 28% to £85.5m on the back of turnover of just over £1bn.The national newspaper arm of DMGT, Associated Newspapers, enjoyed success with both The Daily Mail and Mail On Sunday increasing circulations by 13% and… Continue reading Daily Mail’s Profits Rise To £85.5m
The IPA Council has approved the nominations for its 1997 elections. The nomination for the office of President is Graham Hinton, chairman of Bates Dorland; nomination for the office of honorary secretary is Bruce Haines, managing director of Leagas Delaney; and the nomination for office of honorary treasurer is Chris Whitworth , group financial director… Continue reading IPA Announces Council Election Nominations
Haymarket will be launching a new television magazine aimed at men in the 25-44 year old ABC1 group. Called The Box it will be feature-driven, focusing on programmes rather than personalities and will not contain listings.The bi-monthly title is scheduled for a spring launch though a cover-price has not yet been decided. It is aiming… Continue reading New Magazine For Haymarket
According to Marketing Instant Access Publishing is planning to launch a new Internet magazine aimed at men. As well as the magazine there will also be a content-related Interactive CD-ROM.
The November Retail Price Index was announced this morning as 153.9, an increase of 2.7% on November last year and a rise of 0.1% on October this year.For RPI trends subscribers can access MediaTel’s Encyclomedia section in Talking Windows.
Capital Radio has signed a deal to sponsor the newly redeveloped Leicester Square underground station for an undisclosed sum.The five-year deal was negotiated by TDI Advertising which handles sponsorship for the London Underground and coincides with Capital moving its office to the Leicester Square area in the New Year.Capital Radio: 0171 608 6080
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint made against a Max Power ad which said “W..K MAG? You should see the kits in this!” The ad ran in an issue of Loaded and though the expletive was obscured the complainant thought the ad offensive. The complaint was upheld and the advertisers said the ad… Continue reading Loaded Ad Complaint Upheld
NRS has today announced that it is reissuing its data for the months of July, August, September and October.The reason for this is that since July NRS has been piloting a new questionnaire which included information on supplement readership which was used on half the sample size, while the original questionnaire was used for the… Continue reading NRS To Reissue Data
John Brown Publishing, publisher of Viz, will be launching a new men’s magazine which claims to be different from other titles in the sector.Bizarre will cover a range of offbeat subjects which could be described as “weird and wonderful”, including subjects such as voodoo, exorcism and extreme sports. Fiona Jerome, editor, said “We wanted info… Continue reading New Men’s Mag Aims To Be ‘Different’
