Lord Stevens, Chairman Of United Newspapers yesterday reiterated that the Express will not be joining the national newspaper cover price wars. Lord Stevens said, “Our policy is to maintain cover prices and enhance the value of our titles to readers.”United Newspapers announced results for the six months to June. Pre-tax profits were up 36% to… Continue reading Express Will Not Join Price Wars
The first phase of ISOP (the Newspaper Society’s ongoing 1993 multimedia research initiative) is published today in an 18 page report entitled The Multimedia Revolution. Conducted by Meta£Generics, the report describes a vision of the future in which new technologies – On-Line or CD-ROM/CD-i – will radically change regional publishing markets in terms of product… Continue reading Regionals Embrace Multimedia Revolution
The combined ITV/C4 revenue for August has been estimated at £127m, representing a year on year increase of 9.6%, and continues the upward trend which has been apparent since the beginning of the year.The individual ITV and C4 revenue figures of £100.56m and £26.44m both highlight year on year improvements with C4 up an incredible… Continue reading TV Shares And Revenues – August 1994
Janet Street Porter announced yesterday that she is leaving the BBC to become managing director of the Mirror Group’s new cable television channel, Live TV. Street-Porter, currently head of independent production for BBC TV’s entertainment group, said, “I wanted to start a channel from scratch editorially. What’s always driven me is writing new types of… Continue reading Janet Street Porter To Head Cable TV Channel
Channel 4 is claiming that its Big Breakfast show had a 300,000 peak time lead over GMTV on Monday of this week. GMTV has led consistently through the summer, but according to unofficial figures the C4 show had 1.8 million viewers at 8.00am on Monday, compared to 1.5 million for GMTV. This would be a… Continue reading Channel 4 Claims Big Breakfast Leads GMTV
Activity among the “target” TV companies’ shares today has slowed compared to the sharp increases yesterday, but prices have remained strong. Company Price 10.45 am Price 4.30 pm Change over day Scottish 500 498 -2 Yorkshire Tyne Tees 392 395 3 Grampian 354 356 2 Ulster 720 720 Mirror Group 139 137.5 -1.5
A new campaign for Reader’s Digest aims to communicate the magazine’s quality of writing and breadth of interest to a wider audience, and remind them that the magazine is widely available at news stands and newsagents.The campaign launches in October and November using six different treatments on 16-sheet, 6-sheet and 4-sheet sites at BR and… Continue reading Digest’s First Ever Poster Campaign
The Daily Telegraph’s new TV push will highlight the fact that it outsells The Times and The Guardian put together. The camapign will run throughout the South and Midlands from this week until the end of October.
Following its purchase of a 14.9% stake in STV yesterday, MGN has said it is interested in co-operation with STV, thus strengthening its media grip in Scotland – not acquisition. Current TV ownership rules prevent MGN owning more than 20% of STV, but the newspaper group was claiming last night that it was not looking… Continue reading MGN Interested in Co-Operation With STV, Not Acquisition
Financial Times Magazines is planning a January launch of a monthly free magazine aimed at the international expatriate in Britain. Called the International in Britain, it will focus on all the practical issues an international expatriate faces in Britain, together with leisure and cultural events. However, its main thrust will be to deliver expert financial… Continue reading FT Magazines Plan Financial Monthly Title
