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The Sunday People however, has today published a special Friday issue to promote a new Bingo game. The one-off edition has a slashed cover price of 10p from the usual 50p. It was heavily promoted through a tv campaign.

Michael Heseltine, the President of the Board of Trade has approved the £74.4 million takeover of Newspaper Publishing, by Mirror Group Newspapers.Michael Heseltine has agreed to the takeover without an inquiry by the Monopolies or Mergers Commission. He said that he was satisfied that The Independent and The Independent on Sunday were not economic as… Continue reading MGN Bid Given Go Ahead By Heseltine

James Walker, Associate Director of the Henley Centre, has expanded on comments in Media Week concerning newspaper cover prices. The Henley Centre, which has most of the newspapers as clients, has been advising them that cutting cover prices is false economy, despite all the favourable press the Times and Sun have recently received.James Walker pointed… Continue reading Henley Centre Warning – Increase Cover Prices

The combined TV Revenue for February, based on agency estimates, came in at £134.15m, an increase of 8.3% on the same month last year. The ITV share was £107.25m, with Channel 4 at £26.9m. This is an 80:20 split.The best performance among ITV contractors came from Central again, improving its share consistently; February’s share was… Continue reading TV Revenue Share – February 1994

Reed Elsevier yesterday announced results for the first year of its combined operations. Pre-tax profits were up 30% to £543m from £412m.However the results were not well received, and the City marked down the shares after warnings that price increases were more difficult to achieve in low inflation conditions and tht paper and print costs… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Results

With all the ABCs for male and female general interest magazines now in, the overall picture shows vey clearly that the male interest market has fared better than any other. Every title showed a year on year gain, ranging from Esquire, up 38% to 90,514 to Sky, up 7% to 147,073.Esquire and For Him both… Continue reading Male Interest ABC Round Up

LBC Radio, defeated in its attempts to take the INR3 station when it was outbid by three other groups, now finds itself without a chairman. Dame Shirley Porter left on Tuesday morning; there will not be a replacement before October, when LBC loses its licence to London News Radio. Dame Shirley’s departure is said to… Continue reading Dame Shirley Quits LBC

Gold Greenlees Trott has warned of a cut in its total dividend payment, due to a profits shortfall for the year. The group said it was unlikely to report more than £3m in pre-tax profits for the year to 30 April.The total dividend payment will be cut to 5.3p from 8.3p. The group expected a… Continue reading GGT Issue Warning

Shares in Maid were this week priced at 110p, valuing the group at £89.1m; this is well below the figure expected by the market. The company had previously suggested a price of 150p per share; however the contoversy surrounding the flotation has led to the company scaling down its expectations. (See Newsline 15/03)

At the Newspaper Society’s Awards for boosting circulation figures, the Wales on Sunday, through a strong increase of 18.4% won The Thomson Regional Newspapers Trophy for Sunday newspapers. The Northampton Chronicle and Echo won the Westminster Press Trophy for evening papers, improving circulation by 5.3%. The Westminster Press Trophy for mornings went to the The… Continue reading Wales On Sunday Rewarded For 18% Increase – Best Sellers