On the back of strong six month financial results Reed Elsevier has announced that it has bought Tolley Publishing, a supplier of business information to UK tax and legal markets, from United News & Media for £100m. Pre-tax profits at Reed rose 12% to £416m, with turnover increasing by 7% to £1.7 billion.It was known… Continue reading Reed Buys United News Subsidiary
Channel 4’s controller of arts and entertainment Stuart Cosgrove has increased his team of commissioning editors to create a new Entertainment Group, with Graham K Smith joining C4 as a commissioning editor for the new set-up.Smith has previously worked as a producer for both C4 and BBC2 and has been a director of production company… Continue reading C4 Creates New Entertainment Team
IPC Magazines’ Weeklies has announced the appointment of David Greene as circulation director for all IPC magazines. Mr Greene’s former role covered Weeklies and Southbank Publishing Group but now includes the Specialist Group.Linda Lancaster-Gaye, managing director of the Specialist Group, recognises the importance of the role: “The circulation mix in the Specialist Group is a… Continue reading IPC Extend David Greene’s Role
ITV is claiming that its viewers remained loyal to the special schedule it produced during the Olympic Games.According to its research, ITV increased its lead over BBC1 during peaktime for both weeks compared with the spring/summer average. In the second week initial data indicates a strengthening of ITV’s peaktime lead to 8 share points over… Continue reading ITV Claims Loyal Viewers
Six month financial results released today by Nynex CableComms show that net loss for the period was £35.5 million compared to a loss last year of £43.2m. Total revenue increased by a massive 93%, from £35.3m to £68.1m.Good growth was recorded in the company’s cable television business: revenue increased 74% to £29.2m, with the number… Continue reading Nynex Losses Decrease
BBC1’s decision to add an extra episode of Eastenders during the Olympics, looks to have been a success. 11.02 million people tuned in to watch the episode shown on Friday night at 8.30pm, which is very good for the summer. The first Monday night episode of Eastenders shown on April 11th 1994 attracted 12.56 million… Continue reading 11.02 Million Watch Extra Episode Of Eastenders
http://www.nie.northcliffe.co.uk/Northcliffe NiE Project is designed to help newspapers within the Northcliffe Newspapers Group communicate with pupils, students, parents and teachers. The NiE website concentrates on areas within the newspaper industry where children can learn about the press by interacting with features on the site or with the help of teachers and parents.The Careers in the… Continue reading Website Of The Week: NiE News
The Guardian’s weekly summer sporting review, Sport ’96, will become a permanent feature every Monday. The comprehensive sports round-up features well written and interesting articles by top celebrities and journalists.Interestingly, in a review *(Review: Sport ’96 (The Guardian)) of the supplement when it was released, Newsline quoted: “The one negative point is being only limited… Continue reading Sport ’96 Becomes Permanent
The Haymarket weekly publication, Marketing, launched it’s website last week *(Website Of The Week: Marketing). The site complements the media weekly and features daily news, jobs and general media news. http://www.marketing.haynet.com/Following Pearson’s sale of Westminster Press *(Newsquest Buys Westminster Press For £305m) and the publication of their financial results *(Disappointing Results For Pearson), more information… Continue reading Web Round-Up
On Sunday August 18 the Observer will begin an autumn push with a major promotion for Scotland: all 30,000 copies of the Observer‘s Scottish run will be cover-mounted with a free cookery book by Nigel Slater. The promotion, a reaction to the continuing Sunday newspaper price war in Scotland, is also part of the Observer‘s… Continue reading Observer Begins Promotion In Scotland
