On the second day of the High Court hearing into an injunction which Saatchi & Saatchi is seeking against Maurice Saatchi, the court was told that Maurice is entitled to poach any staff from his former agency, and cause considerable damage to it, as long as he does not incite Saatchi employees to break their… Continue reading Maurice Allowed To Poach Saatchi Staff Court Is Told
Gramophone Publications Limited is to launch a new magazine on May 1st. International Classical Record Collector, a quarterly title with a cover price of £3.50 launches with an intial print run of 3,500.Editorially covering opinion and research relating to all aspects of classical recordings from the past, ICRC is expected to achieve most of its… Continue reading New Classical Magazine
National Daily NewspapersAmong the national daily newspapers, only the News International titles recorded year on year increases in their Average Issue Readership estimates for July to December 1994. The affects of the newspaper price war are again apparent, with the Times AIR increasing by 22.1% year on year to 1,558,000, and the Sun up by… Continue reading NRS Commentary Jul-Dec 94
At the debate yesterday by MPs on the Future of the BBC White Paper, Stephen Dorrell, national heritage secretary, strengthened the hopes of the BBC that the licence fee will remain its main source of finance for the foreseeable future.While under pressure from MPs calling for the ending of state funding he insisted that the… Continue reading BBC Licence Fee Backed
XL is a new monthly health, fitness and lifestyle magazine for men, launched on the 9th of February. A glossy, high profile feel, XL has 117 pages and a £2.95 cover price. It will, say the publishers, Stonehart, appeal to 25-45 year old men in the ABC1 socio economic group.Editorially, XL has a distinctly sporty… Continue reading XL First Issue Review
A trade press article claiming that the Granada Group is about to mount a joint bid for the Channel 5 licence with BSkyB has been denied by both companies.Chris Hopson, Head of Public Affairs at Granada said, “We are talking to a lot of people, including BSkyB. Our position remains the same – we have… Continue reading Granada Doubtful Re C5 Bid
Mark Palmer of Bates Dorland has won the IPA’s Grand Prix Trophy at the 1995 IPA Media Awards for his paper on the future of the media industry. The IPA awards aim “to encourage innovative thinking and excellence in media planning and to focus attention on the future direction of the industry”. Other category winners… Continue reading IPA Media Awards 1995
There was a record attendance at the ISBA policy conference which was held in London yesterday. The new Director General of ISBA and the conference chairman John Hooper said ” Many companies are keen to attend and discuss the real issues facing advertisers in the coming year.”The tone of the conference was marked by a… Continue reading ISBA Policy Conference ’95
This question, which was raised at the ISBA conference yesterday, provoked a spirited response from representatives of three major sectors of the advertising industry. Dominic Proctor, Chief Executive of JWT, believed he was airing a universal view when he commented that more and more agencies are worried about quality programming. The demand for ABC1s has… Continue reading Does ITV Serve Us Right?
Applicants Partners Estimated Cvge Date Bid CableTel NI Ltd Subsidiary of Int’l 428,000 2003 14,418,180 (01483 254000) CableTel Ltd Inc. CableComms Nynex/NI Electricity(JV) 382,000 2001 8,600,000 (0181 540 8833) NITEL Ltd Matav-Cable Systems Media 469,710 2006 6,202,000 (0171 570 6000) Ltd of Isreal/Cable Mgmt Ireland Ltd(Prospectively KPN Kabel BVio of Holland)(JV) TeleNorth Ltd Utd Int’l… Continue reading Cable Four Bid For Northern Ireland Franchise
