More than 150 magazine publishers, advertisers and agency personnel and service providers attended the first PPA Magazines and New Media ’96 Conference and Awards held today at Cabot Hall, Canary Wharf, London.Delegates were urged by keynote speaker Dr Michael Chamberlain of United News and Media to act now to develop their products for the future.Speakers… Continue reading PPA New Media’96 Conference and Awards
Annual financial results released today by media group EMAP show that pre-tax profits have risen 35% to £86.5m and turnover has increased 29% from £547.1m to £705m. EMAP also announced the sale of its regional newspapers and printing businesses (see today’s Newsline).Amongst its consumer magazines operating profits rose 21% (to £39m) on revenues up 10%… Continue reading EMAP Profits Rise 35%
RevenueCombined ITV/C4 revenue for April was up 6.3% year on year to £189.949 million; this comprises of a 77% share for ITV, £145.9 million, and 23% for Channel 4, £44 million. ITV’s total is up by 3.9% on last year, whilst the C4 figure was up by 15.1% on last year. However, in terms of… Continue reading TV Round-Up – April
EMAP Nationals is to become the first UK publisher to launch an automotive title in Russia. A Russian-language version of CAR magazine will be launching there on June 8th.The launch will be supported by advertising on Ostankino, Russia’s main TV station, and on the national radio station Autoradio. A poster campaign will run in Moscow… Continue reading EMAP Goes To Russia
The Times has today fired what may be the first salvo of a summer price war amongst quality newspapers by cutting the price of its Monday issue to 10p for the summer sports season.The move was dismissed by The Independent however in a scathing Leader. It said that the price cut was a “bully’s reaction”… Continue reading The Times Cuts Price To 10p
Emap is expected to make an announcement tomorrow regarding the sale of its regional newspapers interests when it announces its final results. If confirmed, the deal is expected to raise £200 million for Emap.Potential purchasers are believed to include Johnston Press, Newsquest, the former Reed regional newspaper group, and Northcliffe, owned by the Daily Mail… Continue reading Emap Close To Regional Titles Sale
The Radio Advertising Bureau has published its latest Best Practice Guide on what constitutes an effective weight of radio advertising.The booklet, which is intended as a source of reference for advertisers and agencies offers ideas and guidance on past experience. The RAB says that with increasing amounts of advertising money being spent on radio, the… Continue reading RAB Produces Guide To Effective Radio Weights
The theme of last week’s Admap conference, ‘Bonfire of the “JICs”‘, was the question of whether media industry research could survive in the UK in the late 1990s. Chaired by James Best, chairman of BMP DDB Needham and held at the Café Royal, the conference examined the theory that JICs could be done away with,… Continue reading Conference Report: Admap’s ‘Bonfire Of The “JICs”‘
COI, Chiquita Bananas and Cable Communications have won awards in this month’s Aerial awards for radio advertising.It is COI who dominate the awards however since they won two awards for their Army ads entitled Anti-Tank and Think. They were made by Saatchi & Saatchi and push the total number of COI Aerial Awards to five… Continue reading COI Dominate Latest Radio Awards
