Lionel Pickering, who sold his Trader Group of newspapers to TRN in 1989, and is now chairman of Derby County FC, has re-entered the newspaper world with the launch tomorrow of the Nottingham Topper – free circulation of 100,000,at least 42 pages promised.Articles from the Daily Post in Liverpool will be available via the national… Continue reading New Nottingham Free
London is the biggest winner in the new Establishment Data, delayed figures released today, showing an increase of 0.2 percentage points to 19.64%. The South and South East, which increased its share most in the June 1993 survey has slipped back from 9.58% to 9.44%. Granada which saw its share cut from 11.71% to 11.56%… Continue reading New Establishment Survey.
QualitiesThe Times continued to show the effects of its price cut in September with its monthly ABC rising above 600,000 for the first time to 607,143. This is an increase of 1.6% on August and an increase of 37.3% on September last year. The newspaper’s 6-monthly figure for April to September showed an increase of… Continue reading National Press Round Up – September
The BBC has won a further five years of Wimbledon coverage, beginning next year after BSkyB was effectively eliminated at the tender stage – the tender stipulated that rights must go a terrestrial broadcaster.Despite this, the BBC is heralding the victory as “a tremendous vote of confidence.” No details of the fee paid have been… Continue reading BBC Secures Wimbledon Rights
Key Note Publications has a new survey, “The Youth Market in the UK”, available for £350. The survey covers 12-21 year-olds, and includes:Education Lifestyle & BeliefsEmployment & IncomeSport & Social ActivitiesFinanceThe FuturePurchasing BehaviourConsumer ResearchHome EntertainmentTel: 081 783 0755
The Mail on Sunday yesterday launched its new look You magazine aimed primarily at women. Associated Newspapers hopes to increase the supplement’s already higher than average female readership by attracting new readers from women’s magazines such as Elle and Cosmopolitan.Yesterday’s issue comprised 84 pages, 34 of which were display advertising. The number of editorial pages… Continue reading You Magazine Revamp
News International yesterday halved the cover price of the Sunday Times to 50p. The newspaper claims that the price cut was a one-off timed to coincide with the serialisation of the Prince of Wales biography and that next weekend it will return to £1.The latest ABCs for September, released on Friday, show the Sunday Times… Continue reading Sunday Times Joins Price War
Business leaders are said to be at their most confident since before the recession, according to a survey of 1,600 directors by Dun & Bradstreet, conducted just after base rates were raised to 5.75%.Construction companies and exporters of manufactured goods are most optimistic about increasing sales in the last quarter of the year. Two-thirds of… Continue reading Business Surveys Reflect Greater Optimism
Hughes Communications, the main backer of the US satellite TV system, DirecTV, is said to have made preliminary approaches to Eutelsat and SES (which runs the Astra system). Both organisations are about to launch new satellites, but both are apparently fully occupied.It has been reported that Hughes is interested in launching satellite services to countries… Continue reading US Satellite Group Eyes European Market
The Independent has today launched its new weekly section Metro, which replaces the daily London section launched in May. Like the old section Metro is a tabloid carrying editorial and listings for the London region but comprises 32 pages compared to the Daily section’s 16 pages.Today’s issue is made up of 8 pages of editorial… Continue reading Metro Review
