Director of programming, David Elstein, and deputy MD, David Chance, are being tipped as the leading contenders to fill the slot vacated at Sky News by Kelvin Mackenzie last week. An outsider for the role is Bruce Gyngell, former TV-am boss, and now working for Kerry Packer’s Channel 9.
The Newcastle Chronicle & Journal is launching The Journal Business Magazine on September 5th (circ 30,000, distributed with the City edition of the paper). York & County Press has launched Admart, a shopper-style free newspaper (circ 62,000 to homes and businesses in York and Wetherby.
National Heritage Sectretary Stephen Dorrell announced yesterday that Sir George Russell has been reappointed as chairman of the ITC for a further two years from 1 January 1995.
Morgan Grampian’s newspaper for family doctors, Pulse, is the best-read medical weekly in the latest JICMARS survey, with a total average issue readership of 74% of all GPs. Pulse has increased its lead over Haymarket’s General Practitioner (AIR down five percentage points at 68%) and Doctor (Reed) up one percentage point at 58%.The best-read monthly… Continue reading Pulse Is Best Read Medical Weekly
The BBC’s Autumn season, at a total cost of £165m, includes 82 hours of new drama and 25 fresh comeday and variety shows.The comedy season includes Dawn French as a vicar in The New Vicar, by the writer of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Timothy Spall is in a Nice Day At The Office with… Continue reading BBC Autumn Season
Arcbuild ’94, readership research of the building industry, has been released. Building, The Builder Group’s title, came out as the best read title out of all the building workers identified, with a total average issue readership of 38%. The survey covers architects, surveyors, engineers, contractors and housebuilders. Second in the survey was Building Design, with… Continue reading Arcbuild ’94 Results
Latest ITC statistics show a 22% increase between July 1994 and April 1994 for the total number of telephone lines installed by cable operators. The ITC can provide a full list of cable franchises now offering a telephone service. (071 306 7743). Franchises Residential Business Total Lines Providing Lines Lines Installed Telephony Jul-93 32 167,457… Continue reading Cable Telephone Figures Show Steady Increase
The future of the Media Partnership, the European advertising space buyer set up by WPP and Omnicom, looks uncertain according to a report in last weekend’s Independent on Sunday. The report suggests that Omnicom may pull out of the Partnership following a review of the venture.WPP is due to release its results on Wednesday with… Continue reading Omnicom May Pull Out Of Media Partnership
