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John Major has won the leadership contest for the Conservative Party. The results of the ballot are as follows;Possible Votes – 329Votes Cast – 327John Major – 218John Redwood – 89Abstained – 8Spoilt – 12

IPC Magazines has announced the launch of a new monthly football magazine, Goal, on 15th September. With an initial print run of 100,000 it is aimed at 18-35 year old men who are likely to read Loaded and NME and who see football as another aspect of today’s pop culture. As yet there is no… Continue reading New Football Titles

Whilst Cordiant refuse to comment, today’s national press are full of speculation regarding the appointment of a new chairman for the group. The latest person to be offered the position, which has already been turned down by one prominent city executive, is Michael Miles, former chairman and chief executive of the Philip Morris tobacco group.… Continue reading New Chairman For Cordiant?

IDG Media is to launch yet another new PC title, which is aimed, this time at parents of children aged 3-11.Parents & Computers, initially a quarterly title, launches on 17th August with an initial print run of 75,000 and a cover price of £1.95. It will concentrate on guiding parents on PC buying decisions, with… Continue reading New PC Title For Parents

Waldman’s World of Net Ads provides a simple guide to advertisers, agencies and media owners currently hooked up to the Net, with comment as to the usefulness/look of each of the sites.Whilst by no means a comprehensive collection it does provide you with a starting point to get you into Net mode, with all sites… Continue reading Net Site Of The Week – Waldman’s World Of Net Ads http://www.hhcl.com/wwoa.html

The AGM luncheon of the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers was held today in London, with Michael Grade as guest speaker. He began by referring to the speech made by Stephen Dorrell last week about the future of broadcasting. However, he disagreed with Mr Dorrells vision of a future with hundreds of television channels, catering… Continue reading ISBA AGM Luncheon

Viva, the radio station which is backed by Golden Rose Communications, launched at 6:00 am this morning 3 July. The new radio station is aimed at women aged 24 to 44 in the Greater London area.Lynne Franks, the chairwoman who also has her own programme, said “The station will be contemporary and controversial, and with… Continue reading Viva Launches

The Independent remains at 30 pence today in the face of increases from both the Times and the Telegraph. The Times is up 5p to 25 pence and the Telegraph is also up 5p to 35p.Circulation Manager of the Independent, Nick Thompson, said that there were no immediate plans to increase the price of the… Continue reading Independent – No Price Change Yet

RevenueThe combined ITV/C4 revenue for May, based on agency estimates, came in at £183.115 million, an increase of 4.4% year on year. This is the smallest increase in revenue since December 1993. The ITV figure was £144.865 million, an increase of 2.2% year on year; C4’s figure was £38.25 million, an increase of 13.6% on… Continue reading Television Round-Up – May

It has been announced that John Aumonier, managing director of Talk Radio is to leave the station to pursue other interests in broadcasting. Peter Clark, Chief Executive of Media Ventures International (MVI), one of the main shareholders of Talk Radio UK will move into the station as acting managing director from today until a new… Continue reading Further Departures At Talk Radio