… Southbank Publishing Group has announced the appointment of Anne-Marie Ffitch as ad manager for Homes and Gardens. Anne-Marie moves from Options where she was ad manager for three years, and replaces Jean Thorpe, who remains within the Home Interest Group as client sales manager.… Clare Rush, currently senior sales executive, will replace Anne-Marie as… Continue reading Magazine Ad Appointments
The Telegraph, publisher of the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph and Spectator, has sold its holding of 1.21m ordinary shares in Carlton Communications. The sale price was £10.9m, with the Telegraph making a pre-tax profit of £7.54m.The Telegraph acquired the stake in September 1994, when it exchanged its 5% holding in Carlton Television and outstanding loan… Continue reading Telegraph Sells Stake In Carlton
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television is suffering a split between top management and directors over differences in how the company should be run. John Fairley, managing director of Yorkshire TV has submitted his resignation. Fairley is believed to have submitted a proposal to the board calling for more executives to be directly involved with running the… Continue reading YTTV Row – MD To Leave
A row broke out yesterday between Sky Television and Channel 4 over funding of the British Film Industry. Speaking at the launch of a season of British films on the Movie Channel and Sky Movies, David Elstein, director of programming at Sky accused Michael Grade of an ‘abuse of public position’ after he said Channel… Continue reading Sky/Channel 4 Film Row
United Newspapers, owners of Express Newspapers, have this morning released results for the year to December 31. Pre-tax profits for the group were up by £0.28 million, to £138.023 million.Operating profit breakdown shows the regional papers and magazines reporting an increase in profits compared to last year; the national newspaper division however, reported a decrease.… Continue reading United Newspapers Profits Up Slightly
National Lottery scratch cards are now back on sale following the computer problems which followed their launch on Tuesday. Camelot were told by Oflot that they had to take out ads in today’s newspapers apologising and explaining to customers.
The European Commission yesterday tightened European broadcasting legislation to force television channels to broadcast more European programmes. The revised directive, which will be put to a council meeting early in April, would mean that European broadcasters, including privately-owned satellite channels, will have to ensure that at least 51% of their programmes are produced in the… Continue reading Tough New European Broadcasting Regulations
The latest Cinema and Video Industry Audience Research, CAVIAR 12, shows that 68% of the population aged 7 and over is now a cinemagoer, with 25% of all cinemagoers in the 25-34 age group. 61% of all cinemagoers are in the ABC1 social group, and split fairly evenly between the sexes; males 51% and women… Continue reading Caviar 12 Commentary
Philips is understood to be teaming up with Associated Newspapers and Virgin in a consortium to bid for the Channel 5 licence. Philips, a dutch-based company, will bring both technical expertise and a large volume of programming. PolyGram, a Philips subsidiary, recently bought the back catalogue of distributor ITC, which includes vintage shows such as… Continue reading Philips In C5 Bid
IPC Magazines’ Specialist Group has appointed Bruce Sandell as advertisement manager for its new music monthly title, Muzik. Sandell was previously senior sales executive with the IPC Music Press sales team for the titles Melody Maker, NME, Vox and Loaded.
