Societe Europeene des Satellites, the Luxembourg company which operates the Astra satellite system has been split by boardroom difficulties and an attempt to oust the director general.An attempt was made last month to oust Pierre Meyrat, the director general, by a group of shareholdes. The main criticism against Meyrat was that he did not consult… Continue reading Board Split At Astra Operator
According to RAJAR figures leaked to the Sunday Times, Radio 1’s audience has slumped by almost 900,000 to less than 12.3m weekly listeners. Virgin 1215 has achieved its best performance yet with 3.4m weekly listeners, closing the gap with Classic FM at 4.6m listeners.The topline RAJAR data is embargoed until midnight tonight, and will be… Continue reading Radio 1’s Audience Drops Further
In October awards for 14 categories of advertising excellence in the regional press will be presented for the first time.Categories include Campaign of the Year, Advertisement of the Year, Media Planning Award of the Year and Colour Advertisement of the Year.Details from the Newspaper Society: 071 636 7014
Hugh Wright has been appointed database manager of the Newspaper Society’s Press-Ad database department.
A syndicate of 20 banks is planning to sell almost all its shares in WPP, the advertising group which includes JWT and O&M. The £200m placing is to be carried out this autumn.The banks received the shares as part of a £176m debt-for-equity swap two years ago when WPP ran into financial difficulties. The placing… Continue reading WPP Share Sale
Andrew Cole-Bulgin has left Faulds Advertising in Edinburgh. He was deputy to media director Christine Tulloch, and was formerly at DMB&B. He is replaced by Sara Maclean.
The ITV Network Centre has just announced that Dick Emery, Director of Market Strategy at the ITV Network Centre, is to become BBC Worldwide’s Director of Strategy and Marketing. He will take up the appointment shortly.Andrew Quinn, chief executive of the Centre, said, “Dick has done a first rate job for the Network Centre during… Continue reading Dick Emery Leaves ITV For BBC
Camelot has announced that the first draw in the National Lottery will be made on Saturday 19 November. The winning numbers will be revealed on a live TV show, likely to be broadcast on BBC1.A jackpot prize of around £1 million will be on offer in the first draw, dependent on ticket sales. It is… Continue reading Lottery Draw In November
The shareholders of the Independent have decided to cut the price of the paper; by how much will be decided at a meeting on Sunday. The price cutting decision is part of a number of editorial and business decisions that will form part of a formal agreement between MGN and Newspaper Publishing. No such formal… Continue reading Independent To Cut Price – Monday Likely
