The Sunday Telegraph has released more details about the launch of its Sunday Magazine. It is due to be launched in late September and will take the form of a glossy, colour lifestyle magazine. The target audience will be readers of other quality supplements as well as the current readership of the Sunday Telegraph.The advertising… Continue reading Sunday Telegraph Magazine Details
When Heart FM launches in September radio listeners in London will have 15 different local commercial stations to choose from. This year alone will have seen 4 new stations enter the London radio market; Virgin, Viva, Heart FM and Premier. Over the next 2 years the Radio Authority will be advertising 4 more licences for… Continue reading London Radio Market
The Central Statistical Office has published its 30th annual edition of Regional Trends. Cost is £34.95 from HMSO and booksellers.A flavour of the facts included this year:* Nearly two thirds of adults in Yorkshire & Humberside took a holiday in 1994, the highest proportion of any region in Great Britain.* People in East Anglia are… Continue reading CSO Publishes Regional Trends
The city had initially reacted calmly to John Major’s resignation, but trading became more nervous as the day went on and at 3pm the FTSE 100 was down 29 points and the pound unsettled, as home news was compounded by Germany appearing less likely to cut interest
Channel One is to broadcast two and a half hours of Wimbledon highlights at 9.30 every night, for the two weeks of the tournament. BSkyB has lost out in the deal which gives Channel One exclusive secondary rights for three years.
The Saga group has expressed an interest in moving into radio and is expected to apply for any new regional licences that are advertised. The group may also bid for one of the new London licences later this year. Like the holidays and magazines, Saga radio will be aimed at the over 50s.
The ISBA Media Issues conference was held yesterday at the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square.John Hooper, Conference Chairman began proceedings by welcoming delegates and gave a brief outline to the days speakers. Mr Hooper expressed how important creative media planning and buying was in a market that is increasingly fragmenting. He said that todays media was’mind… Continue reading ISBA Media Issues Conference
IPC has appointed Paul Williams as display advertisement controller for its Country Magazine group and Leisure Network. Williams, who has been group advertising manager of EMAP’s motoring titles for the past two years, joins IPC on June 27. He will be responsible for all the titles in the Country and Leisure groups including Country Life,… Continue reading IPC Appointments
In a deal announced this morning, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is to pay more than £360m over ten years for TV rights to a new Southern hemisphere Rugby Union competition featuring Australia, South Africa and New Zealand in home and away internationals, and leading club sides in a further league tournament.It is thought that the… Continue reading Murdoch Turns His Attention To Rugby Union Now
The Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, has announced that he is to retire from politics, and will remain in his post only until the next Cabinet re-shuffle.In a statement released a few minutes ago, he says that he informed the PM in the Spring of 1994, and re-affirmed earlier this year, that he intended to retire… Continue reading Douglas Hurd Announces Retirement
