Emap Computing, a branch of Emap magazines, has joined forces with New York-based CMP Media Inc to launch Information Week.Information Week will be a fortnightly, information technology, news magazine. Launching in March, it is to be based on CMP’s successful US title of the same name. It will be targeted at IT decision makers whose… Continue reading Emap Looks Stateside
According to the trade press, Centaur Communications, the publishers of Money Marketing and Marketing Week, is to go to the stock market for a full listing in the Autumn. Centaur have an estimated market price of £150 million. Floatation will give the company funds to continue its proposed programme of magazine launches and moves into… Continue reading Centaur To Go Public
News International has declared a price war in Scotland by selling the Monday edition of the Sun for just 10p. This once weekly price drop of 12 pence is to continue for an indefinite period. Not to be outdone The Mirror cut its price on Monday and is threatening further price cuts.Meanwhile, the Daily Mail… Continue reading Paper Price War In Scotland
XFM, the indie rock station which has won the new FM licence for London, is set to Launch on 1 September. Its backers include CLT (owners of Atlantic 252 and London’s Country FM), which has a 20% stake, The Cure’s Robert Smith and Harvey Goldsmith, the concert promoter. The station told Newsline however that details… Continue reading Xfm To Launch In September
Taylor Nelson AGB now has an advertising tracking system that will enable the market research company to compete with Millward Brown, the field leader. Taylor Nelson’s new system, BrandVision tracks consumer commitment to a brand. It is also hoped that it will discover what makes a consumer switch brand and how likely this is to… Continue reading New Ad Tracking System Hits The Market
Jacqui Elliot, the advertisement director of Top Sante, the health and beauty magazine, has been promoted to publisher. Elliot has been with the magazine since the beginning and was previously a member of the team that launched the Independent.…Punch magazine has appointed John Trikett as advertising director. Trikett, a former deputy advertising sales director at… Continue reading Moves At The Top
IPC Magazines has published the results of a survey it commissioned into mobile phone ownership and usage. The survey, carried out late last year by BMRB International, involved both current and potential mobile phone users. It is an area that has previously been the subject of little research.A number of interesting statistics have been unearthed:… Continue reading Research Into Mobile Phone Habits
TMD Carat has set up a dedicated press unit to be responsible for all the agency’s press planning and buying.The unit will be headed by TMDC board director Nigel Breckon and have a team of 39 to handle the £200m press expenditure. Mark Craze, TMDC’s managing director, said: “We feel that with the increasing number… Continue reading TMD Carat Creates Press Unit
United News & Media is reported to be reconsidering the sale of the Yellow Advertiser and Informer groups of southern-based free weeklies.The expected bidders, thought to include Southnews, Trinity and Southern Publishing have now dropped out of the auction. United was rumoured to be looking for around £40 million for the sale, now the papers… Continue reading Free-Weeklies Sale On Hold
TheIndependent On Sunday is getting bigger on January 19. It is also going to get better and brighter if you believe the marketing hype.In terms of page space it is certainly expanding. The news section will have extra pages of comment and analysis and two, brand new, separate sections have been added. The first will… Continue reading Independent On Sunday Expands
