On Monday the Financial Times will increase its cover price by 5p to 70p. The FT had survived the price war among the broadsheets during ’93 and ’94 and the price increases which have seen the Daily Telegraph, The Times and the Independent increase their prices by 10p each since July ’95. This is the… Continue reading FT Price Increase
Granada has confirmed that it has bought over 3 million shares in Yorkshire- Tyne Tees Television, increasing its holding in the company to 20%. The shares were bought for £10 each, and represent over 6% of Yorkshire’s share capital.Granada have pointed out however that it has no intention of buying the broadcaster outright, though it… Continue reading Granada Raid Lifts Stake In YTTV To 20%
More ABCs have been released and The Readers Digest shows its worst figure since 1992, when it was at 1,521,437. Title Jl-Dec 94 Jl-Dec 95 % Ch Actual Change Readers Digest 1,673,306 1,631,688 -2.48 -41,618 Choice 126,799 118,093 -6.86 -8,706 Jan-Dec 95 You and Your Wedding – 56,299 –
Following the confirmation that Granada has bought a significant number of extra YTT-TV shares, their price has continued to soar. Though the rise of 6p to 1023p per Yorkshire share (at 3pm today) is not as dramatic as yesterday’s rise of 150p, the company has reached a new peak for the year today as it… Continue reading Yorkshire TV Shares Still Rising
QualitiesThe latest batch of national newspaper ABCs, for January, show the Times still creeping up towards the 700,000 mark, at 687,992 it is the Times best ever circulation, an increase of nearly 9% on last January’s figure. In a month when two potential rivals to the FT were revealed to be launching, (a weekly financial… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – January
At a conference yesterday ROaR presented its research results on youth culture. ROaR (Right Of Admission Reserved) is a media coalition made up of Cinema Media, M & A, BMP, Kiss FM, The Guardian, The Observer, Channel 4 and EMAP. All of these members have a vested interest in the youth market.The research is claimed… Continue reading ROaR Research Results
Guardian Media Group has bought 450,000 extra shares in Golden Rose Communications, the radio company that owns London Jazz Radio. Its stake in the company is now 2 million shares or 14.47%.Guardian Media Group: 0171 278 2332
The year on year rate of retail price inflation slowed last month. January’s index fell by 0.3% on December’s figure, to an annual rate of 2.9%. This is the lowest rate inflation has been at since 1994.
ITV is considering plans for an additional weekly episode of Emmerdale. A spokeswoman told MediaTel that ITV is discussing the idea with Yorkshire Television, which makes the soap, but stated that plans are far from definite.Emmerdale, currently transmitting two episodes a week on Tuesday and Thursday, has just achieved its biggest audience for two years,… Continue reading Emmerdale Considers Third Episode
Granada has refused to comment on market talk that it was behind a dawn raid on Yorkshire Tyne Tees TV. It has been rumoured that Granada is bidding £10 a share.At 11:00 this morning, YTT TV shares had soared 126p to 993p, and Granada rose 9p to 734p.
