Andrew Neil, editor of the Sunday Times, yesterday announced he is to leave Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation in January. Neil has been on secondment to Fox Television in America but decided to quit Murdoch’s media empire when Fox dropped the weekly prime-time news programme he was working on.Neil will still write the Sunday Times leader… Continue reading Neil Quits Sunday Times
BSkyB yesterday published its pathfinder prospectus for its proposed £4bn Global Offer. The offer is to comprise 343 million shares with the price expected to be between 233p and 268p per share. The offer will be split with 306.6 million shares subject to an International Offer and 36.4 million subject to a UK Retail Offer.BSkyB’s… Continue reading BSKYB Launches Global Offer
The Department of National Savings is to sponsor Central Television’s regional programme Millionaires, which covers the lifestyles of the rich and famous. The 5-part series begins on November 21 and will be followed by 6 more programmes in the Spring.
Weekend press articles report that Ward Thomas, Chairman of YTTV will have informal talks with Burce Gyngell, former TV-am chairman, about the possibility of Gyngell taking over at Yorkshire. Ward Thomas is expected to retire in 1996.
The latest round of National Newspaper ABCs show the price cut still having effects; the Times’ 6-monthly circulation is up 48% year on year to 576,586. The Times’ monthly figure for October, at 614,477 is up 1.2% on September.The Sunday Times, with a monthly increase of 16.7% on September fared well, up to 1,439,596. The… Continue reading Newspaper Circulations – October
Lord Wakeham, the former Conservative cabinet minister, is to be the new chairman of the Press Complaints Commission. The appointment will be announced formally next week after talks with Lord McGregor, the present chairman, on the timing of his retirement.
At the next MRG evening meeting, to be held on 21 November, Thomson Regional Newspapers will release results of its latest research into regional readership. The research has been regularly updated since 1980 but this year Thomson have introduced several new techniques.The research was carried out by RSGB Media, and includes quantitative and qualitative measurement,… Continue reading Thomson Regional Research
The latest round of National Newspaper ABCs show the price cut still having effects; the Times’ 6-monthly circulation is up 48% year on year to 576,586. The Times’ monthly figure for October, at 614,477 is up 1.2% on September.The Sunday Times, with a monthly increase of 16.7% on September fared well, up to 1,439,596. The… Continue reading Newspaper Circulations – October
On the first day of sales for the new National Lottery tickets, a high take-up has been reported so far. Sales had reached £3.5m by 2pm; tickets went on sale at 7am this morning, and some outlets claimed that over 100 £1 tickets went within half an hour of the launch. Other outlets complained however,… Continue reading High Sales For Lottery Tickets
