Today is to launch a Saturday review section in July called Weekend Today. The new 32 page supplement will cover leisure, food and drink, gardening and fashion. It will be slightly smaller than the main paper, printed on high quality newsprint and stitched.Today is the lowest selling of all the mid market newspapers but has… Continue reading Today Saturday Supplement
Newspaper Publishing is running a promotion this weekend offering readers the Independent on Sunday for 50p, if they buy a copy of tomorrow’s edition of the Independent.
Sales for the Lincolnshire Standard group of weekly newspapers have been moved from A Plus Media to Amra, after APM decided to move away from regional press and concentrate on consumer magazines. The Lincolnshire Standard’s titles include the Boston Standard and Gainsborough News.Amra: 071 820 1000CHESTERFIELD FREE LAUNCHNorth Derbyshire Newspapers has launched the Chesterfield Express,… Continue reading Lincolnshire Standard Moves To Amra
The Football Association has joined forces with Wembley Stadium to offer a sponsorship deal that aims to raise £25m over the next 4 years. The deal will include all internationals and other events staged at Wembley but the main attraction will be the FA Cup, which will account for at least 50% of the revenue.Interest… Continue reading FA Sponsorship Package
A new women’s monthly magazine called Leading Ladies is to launch on September 26, aimed at AB businesswomen. It will launch with a print run of 165,000 and a cover price of £1.95. The editorial will cover a mix of business, technology, fashion, beauty, health, motoring, travel and finance.The publisher, Cheltenham-based Leading Ladies Publications, is… Continue reading Leading Ladies Launch
The Department of Trade and Industry is expected to announce its decision on the future of the Time Exchange and Laser before the end of the month. The Office of Fair Trading this week passed on to the DTI its recommendations on Granada’s sales operation.
HTV chairman, Louis Sherwood, has attacked the Government and current broadcasting legislation for allowing ITV to fall into the “hands of a few would-be global media barons.” Sherwood denounced the idea that ITV needs to comprise of one or two large companies in order to export programmes successfully around the world and called for a… Continue reading HTV Attacks Broadcast Laws
CIA has reorganised its main media division and created a new unit called CIA MediaLab to act as an ideas hotshop for clients. The unit will be run by Marco Rimini and Graeme Hutton. Anthony Jones, currently a media research manager at BSB Dorland, has been appointed to manage MediaLab on a day-to-day basis. Jones… Continue reading CIA Restructure
Bill Patterson is to become chief executive of Lansdown Conquest in mid July, moving from O&M Media, where he is managing director. Patterson will be responsible for building a third international network for the WPP Group, alongside O&M and JWT.
National Magazines has revealed that its new women’s magazine is to be called Zest and that the first issue will appear in October with a print run of 300,000. It will be a health and beauty title aimed at ABC1 20-40 year olds.The new magazine is being launched off the back of Cosmopolitan, which has… Continue reading Nat Mags Launch Details
