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Carlton Communications has taken a 24% stake in France Tele Films, a new station which will be launched on the French cable network.

Maximus Publishing is set to launch a new monthly title, aimed at single parents.Solo will be launched in October but will not be available on the newsstand immediately, instead targeting the members of the single parent charity Gingerbread. With an initial print run of around 10,000 and a cover price of £1.75, the editorial will… Continue reading New Title For Single Parents

Qualities Among the quality titles, the Times and the Independent both had a good June, with their monthly figures up both year on year and month on month. The Times increased its circulation by 30.16% year on year, fast approaching the 700,000 mark at 682,419; this is an increase of 2.7% on May’s figure. The… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – June

Portsmouth and Sunderland have moved the sales of their Croydon Advertiser Group and Northeast Press Division from Mediaforce to AMRA. The appointments follow months of discussions with management in each group.The Croydon Advertiser Group includes the Croydon Advertiser Series, the free weeklies, the Croydon Post and the Reigate and Banstead Independent. Titles in the Northeast… Continue reading Amra Wins Portsmouth & Sunderland

ITV has announced that it is to spend £10m revamping its night time schedules for 1996.Tenders are now being sought for new programmes. Independent production companies and ITV’s own in house departments are being asked to provide ideas for programmes.The initiative which doubles spending on night time output is being led by programming chiefs from… Continue reading ITV Revamps Night Time Television

XL, the monthly health and fitness magazine for men which launched on 9th February has recorded its first ABC; for the three months from February to April its circulation was 68,140. Maxim, the men’s monthly which launched on April 6 is claiming a circulation of around 75,000.That’s Life, the new weekly Bauer title which launched… Continue reading XL – First ABC Figure – New Mag Circ Estimates

Manchester’s Kiss 102 is one of an increasing number of radio stations putting up pages on the net.The Kiss site serves its purpose well – it is a reasonable size, well- maintained, and holds all of the information that this sort of site should hold. There is the obvious schedule listing. Then, for the fans,… Continue reading Internet Site Of the Week Http://Www.U-Net.Com/Kiss102/

Thursday night’s edition of Eastenders has knocked Coronation Street off the top spot on the top thirty programmes list. The episode, which was the last one in which Sharon Watts appeared, attracted 15.18 million; over 100,000 more people than watched Monday’s episode of Coronation Street.The BBC’s decision to switch the Wimbledon Men’s single final to… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 09/07/95 – Sharon Topples Corrie

Redwood Publishing is to launch Safeway’s new monthly consumer magazine, A Taste Of Safeway, which will be distributed free with the Mail on Sunday’s You magazine and the supermarket’s own customer loyalty card system.Launching on 27th August, A Taste Of Safeway will have features on in-store products, recipes, interviews and health and beauty tips, with… Continue reading New Superstore Magazine Launches

According to research carried out by the Direct Mail Information Service into business direct mail, conference organisers are the biggest users of business direct mail. They account for 12% of total business to business mailings, followed by consultancies/busine services, 10%, and magazines and single issue publications, both at 7%.