Mohamed Al Fayed’s latest offer for the Observer was rejected yesterday by the Scott Trust, owners of the Guardian Media Group. The Trust met to discuss the second offer by Mr Al Fayed, this time up by £10m to £25m.Guardian Media Group issued a statement saying that the company secretary had been instructed to write… Continue reading Observer Not For Sale
Amra, the largest single buying unit for the regional press, has radically expanded its structure by appointing three new board directors and two new associate directors in a drive for new business for the medium.With immediate effect Karen Atkinson, Lisa Bourne and Jeff Lawrenson will join the board of Amra, taking the total to seven.… Continue reading New Appointments And Restructure For Amra
ITV’s new programme schedule for the spring and summer will consist of new dramas, entertainment specials, youth shows, major factual ‘event’ programming and a new look to daytime afternoons.Three ‘event’ dramas are the highlights of ITV’s drama portfolio: Poldark, a two-hour costume drama set in Cornwall; The English Wife, a murder mystery set in France;… Continue reading ITV Announces New Programme Schedule
Some more July-December ABC figures have been released. Total ABCs Jl-Dec 95 HomeStyle 83,396 Jane Asher’s Cookery & Craft 128,127 Zeina 40,905 Windows User 33,078 Play 25,424 Net User 18,369 Improve Your Sea Fishing 22,463 Geographical Magazine 20,007 Encounters 29,622
Hard-rock magazine Raw folded last week, five months after it was relaunched as a new-look fortnightly. The title, which had a core readership of young males, had been steadily losing circulation: its last ABC was 25,431, J-Jun 95, compared to 27,594 for the same period in 1994.Rumours that EMAP Metro, which published Raw, is planning… Continue reading Raw Magazine Closes
Presenting the ITV Network Centre’s Review of 1995 Leslie Hill, Chairman of the ITV Association, said: “Last year ITV celebrated its 40th anniversary by being confirmed as the UK’s most popular television channel.” This is confirmed by ITV ending the year with an 11% lead over BBC1.During the year ITV’s top ten programmes all attracted… Continue reading ITV Claims Top Spots For ’95
The latest CAA Advertising Admissions Monitor figures show that January’s average weekly admissions rose by 29.2% compared to January 1995, with a figure of 2.83 million.January’s total monthly admission figure stands at over 12 million, far outreaching January 1995’s figure of 9 million.The impressive January figures were undoubtedly helped by a batch of very popular… Continue reading January Cinema Admisssions Soar
An article in today’s Independent reveals that Granada is to rebrand its television section and focus on developing broadcasting interests abroad.Granada Broadcasting System is one possible name for the new television subsidiary. A new chief executive of the television business is expected to be named within a few weeks and Duncan Lewis, former chief executive… Continue reading Granada To Focus On TV
Quarter 4 Rajar figures show that people are listening to Capital Radio for less time: while the station’s weekly reach increased slightly from 37% (3,604,000) to 39% (3,885,000), the share of listening dropped from 25.9% in Q4 1994 to 22.8% in Q4 1995. Capital FM had an 18.6% share of listening in quarter 4 last… Continue reading London Radio Listening
Al-Fayed’s Liberty Media has increased its bid for the Observer newspaper by £10m to £25m.An earlier bid from Liberty had been rejected by the Scott Trust which owns the paper. Although the new bid puts the Observer under more pressure to sell, Editor-in-Chief Peter Preston continues to maintain that the paper is not for sale.The… Continue reading Al-Fayed Increases Bid For Observer
