According to a report in the Financial Times, United News and Media has no intention to sell the group’s national newspapers; the Daily Express, the Sunday Express and the Daily Star.United News and Media has received no formal offers of any kind for Express Newspapers, according to the article, with the only circumstance in which… Continue reading Doubts Over Express Sale
National Heritage Secretary Virgina Bottomley has confirmed that the Government is to take action against the pornographic satellite television service XXXTV (previously known as ‘TV Erotica’)An Order has been issued which will proscribe the service in this country, making the supply of dedicated equipment (eg smartcards) and programme material, advertising for or on XXTV, and… Continue reading Bottomley Limits Porn Channel’s Exposure
The latest confirmed revenue from the Radio Authority shows commercial radio’s advertising revenue is continuing to rise, up to £69.7 million for the period July to September, up 22.7% on 1994. This puts the moving annual total at £259.6 million, with three year growth at 88%.More than half of this is made up of national… Continue reading Commercial Radio Revenue Continues To Climb
Johnston Press has announced it has acquired the newspaper interests of W&J Linney Limited for £20 million cash. The deal, which is subject to approval by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, covers 11 local newspaper titles which circulate in and around the Mansfield and Worksop areas.Two of the titles, the Mansfield Chronicle… Continue reading Johnston Press Acquires 11 Mansfield Titles
The Audit Bureau of Circulations, ABC, has announced that its proposed plans for introducing ABC staff auditors for consumer press audits have been postponed, from 1 January 1996 to 1 January 1997 at the earliest.In what the ABC calls the most fundamental of all changes in recent years to the system for auditing consumer circulation… Continue reading ABC Auditors Postponed Until 1997
Last night saw yet another national newspaper lose its editor; Ian Hargreaves, editor of the Independent resigned yesterday. He has been editor of the Independent since August last year, when circulation was at 289,000. During Hargreave’s editorship circulation peaked at over 303,000, in June this year, but the latest circulation figures, for October, show the… Continue reading Independent Editor Resigns
Virgin TV, one of the unsuccessful applicants for the Channel 5 licence has confirmed that it is to mount a legal challenge over the award of the licence. The group issued the following short statement: “On the basis of robust legal advice from Anthony Scrivener QC, the directors of Virgin Television have decided to move… Continue reading Virgin TV Confirms Legal Action
Today saw the launch of the ITV 1996 Winter Schedule which aims to keep the pressure on to maintain their high viewing share against the BBC and also to maintain ITV’s position as the most successful commercial channel in the wake of the Channel 5 announcement.Highlights include comedy from Jack Dee, Paul Merton and Freddie… Continue reading ITV Winter Schedule
This was the first MRG conference I have attended where you could state with any confidence that the industry is satisfied with the research it pays for.No BARB-bashing or NRS-knocking this time. The industry contracts are all likely to be extended (for slightly different reasons). Only sections readership in the national press has drummed up… Continue reading MRG Conference 1995 – Barcelona – Round-Up
Details of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s plans for the Express Newspapers are given in this week’s Sunday Times. It is reported that the composer is prepared to invest up to £100m in a consortium bid for all the newspaper interests of United News and Media.It is believed Lloyd Webber is looking for print partners in his… Continue reading Lloyd Webber Plans Independent Express
