The first trickle of July to December ABCs are now starting to come in. The Radio Times decreased 1.5% year on year, with a circulation of 1,463,942. This figure is up on the previous period however, which was 1,441,280.Conde Nast’s figures all recorded increases apart from Vanity Fair, which was down 1% to 78,121 and… Continue reading Radio Times/Conde Nast ABCs
Rupert Murdoch, speaking at the World Economic Forum has said that the rising cost of paper could spark an increase in the price of UK newspapers, marking an end to the long-running price war. He told the Forum that in the last three months the price of paper had gone up by 30-40%.
The latest Rajar results, for Q4 1994, show that commercial radio has increased its listeners by 316,000 over the last quarter, up 1.5m over the last year.Virgin and Atlantic have continued to draw in more listeners; Atlantic’s audience has increased from 3,882,000 last year Q4 (8%) to 4,571,000 this quarter (10%). Virgin’s audience has increased… Continue reading Commercial Radio Achieves 1.5m More Listeners
Adscene Group, the Kent based regional newspaper group has announced results today for the six months to November 26. Pre-tax profits are up 50.4% from £1.41m last year to £2.12m. Adscene said that advertising revenue is looking healthy, and during the period concerned it spent £5.6m on expansion.
The ITC has released the latest cable telephony figures; another 147,000 telephone lines were installed by the UK cable industry over the last quarter. The number of exchange lines grew from 314,000 to 717,000 during 1994. There are now 63 cable franchises which also provide telephony, compared to 43 in January 1994.
Saatchi & Saatchi has stepped up its search for a new chairman after one of the possibles, ex-Reed chief Peter Davis, let it be known he was not interested in the job. Publicity over the legal action and the departure of Maurice Saatchi is thought to have affected Davis’ decision.
The European is replacing its Elan section with a glossy full colour magazine called The European MagaAZine. Editorially it will be an A-Z of lifestyle and culture throughout Europe, so A one week will be architecture, another week it could be art. Some editorial will also be moving from the paper to the magazine, such… Continue reading New European Magazine To Replace Elan
British Telecommunications is the first company to use apples as an advertising medium this week. Promoting discounts in US and Canada calls, stickers on Cox’s apples being distributed at Heathrow and in US companies in the UK read “Core! 40p a minute to the Big Apple”.
David Gordon has resigned as chief executive of Independent Television News. Gordon, who joined in 1993 as a “change manager” said “having turned it around I came to the conclusion that I would like another challenge.” He will stay on until a successor is found. Favourite to succeed is Stewart Purvis, editor-in-chief.
QVC, the home shopping channel, has confirmed that it has no intentions of withdrawing from the Sky Multi-Channels package. This denial follows recent speculation that it would withdraw from the multi-channels package. There has been a lot of publicity regarding heavy UK losses for QVC.However, Mark Suckle, CEO of QVC said “We’re quite happy with… Continue reading QVC Will Remain In Multi-Channels Package
