Rosie Boycott has been announced as the new editor of the Independent On Sunday. She replaces Peter Wilby who left the paper last week *Appointments.It is believed that Mr Wilby was asked to leave the paper by David Montgomery, the Mirror Group’s chief executive, due to poor sales. The latest ABC figure for the title,… Continue reading Independent On Sunday Gets New Editor
According to recent reports, Carlton Television is planning the launch of a subscription based movie channel on digital terrestrial television. A spokesperson from Carlton could not comment on the issue but it is believed the company will apply for a licence to the ITC for one of the 20 channels available when digital television is… Continue reading Movie Channel For Carlton
Qualities September ABCs released on Friday show that among the daily quality newspapers the Times has performed the best, further narrowing the gap between itself and the Daily Telegraph. The News International title increased its circulation by 18.9% to 810,493 copies in comparison to the Telegraph which grew 1.25% to just over 1 million copies.… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – September
There was little excitement in the media markets last week with most companies experiencing only normal fluctuations in share prices.At the start of the week there was disappointment with United News & Media’s failure to make a move on HTV, resulting in a 10p drop in HTV’s price to 374.5p. United fell 5.5p to 659.5p.Pearson… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 11/10/96
http://www.erack.com/FHM/Web sites are funny places, often when you open a Web site for the first time it’s a bit like going to one of those established chain restaurants where everything is very plastic, it takes ages for you to wade through the menu and actually find something both appealing and satisfying. Things can go either… Continue reading Website Of The Week: For Him Magazine
OKTV, a new interactive television service on cable, was successfully launched in Scotland last Saturday. The station believes itself to be the first of its kind in the UK. A spokesperson from the channel said: “OKTV carries soaps, quiz shows, Oprah Winfrey style programmes, etc. It is similar to Channel 4 and ITV.” OKTV also… Continue reading Successful Launch For OKTV
LWT has signed a deal with MTV Europe to screen highlights of the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards. The awards will be broadcast live on MTV at 20.00 to 22.00 CET on Thursday November 14 and the edited highlights will be shown on LWT at 23.00 GMT on Saturday November 16.The event takes place at… Continue reading LWT Signs Agreement With MTV
Granada has denied any interests in a possible take over of Manchester United Football Club. A spokesperson told Newsline that “certain articles in today’s press are just speculation.”Last month a similar move by Michael Grade, head of Channel 4, was turned down by the club *(ITV Abandons Euro Rugby Cup). Links with the club were… Continue reading Granada Denies Man United Link
Over fifteen million people tuned into London’s Burning on 29th September to see firefighter John Hallam plummet to a fiery grave. An audience of 15.72 million viewers and a consolidated share of 64%, helped to make the show the second most watched programme of the week behind Monday’s edition of Coronation Street.The new series of… Continue reading 15 Million See Hallam’s Flame Extinguish
Independence Day took £25 million during August helping box offices to have their busiest month this decade. The Hollywood blockbuster achieved 4.93 million admissions during the first week of release (w/c 9/8) and broke UK box office records by grossing £6.9 million in the first 3 days.Average weekly admissions for August were 3.69 million and… Continue reading August Cinema Admissions – Independence Day Breaks All Records
