Your Garden, the monthly gardening magazine from IPC which launched in March, has just been issued with its first ABC figures.Your Garden launched with an initial print run of 160,000. The ABC figure for June to August 1993 is 132,424.ABC CIRCULATION FIGURES AND BASIC DATA TITLE CP FQ CIRC DATE (p) 000s BBC GARDNRS WLD… Continue reading Your Garden Circulation Figures
The BBC is considering creating a range of international satellite television channels using its archives.Following last week’s confirmation that the licence fee will be linked to inflation, the corporation is set to maximise its earnings. According to Bob Phillis, BBC deputy director-general, the main opportunities lie in creating thematic channels in areas such as entertainment… Continue reading BBC To Move Into Satellite
The Sunday Mirror has attracted wide-spread condemnation over publication of photographs of the Princess of Wales working out in a gymnasium. Further photographs appear in today’s Daily Mirror, which says it will not be “cowed by the hysterical accusations now being made against it”.Lord McGregor, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission has described the Mirror… Continue reading MIRROR CONDEMNED OVER PRINCESS PHOTOS
Initial reaction to the revamped European launched yesterday appears to be favourable.Mike Goodman, Media Research Manager at Abbott Mead Vickers, says that the European now feels more like a quality newspaper, likening it to an international version of the Independent. He thought that transforming Elan into a tabloid was an improvement, adding that being stapled… Continue reading Agency Reaction To European
Magazine publishers yesterday released research carried out by the Periodical Publishers Association, showing that a majority of UK publishers are considering ways of avoiding the impact of 17.5% VAT.Many publishers would move all or part of their operations outside the UK. The survey shows that specialist publications such as Nature, Choice and Middle East Economic… Continue reading VAT: Publishers Would Flee Abroad
Grampian Television is to become the first station in the ITV network to transmit advertisements for a firm of funeral directors. The ads will be shown in peak viewing hours and daytime television. Grampian has promised that care will be taken in the positioning of the ads. The ITC rules concerning ads from funeral directors… Continue reading FIRST FUNERAL SERVICES ADVERTISED
Peter Brooke announced yesterday that the TV licence fee will rise in line with inflation, until the BBC’s current charter expires on 31 December 1996. This means the fee will rise by £1.50 to £84.50 from April 1.Peter Brooke published results from the survey carried out by Touche Ross into efficiency of the BBC. He… Continue reading BBC Licence Fee To Increase
The Daily Telegraph has increased sales by 30,000 since it has been running its holiday promotion, according to its own circulation figures. This means that the average circulation since the promotion began on 23 October is about 1,037,687.The Independent, however has not faired so well since its revamp. The first estimated figures from the Independent… Continue reading Newspaper Circulations
Grampian Television is to become the first station in the ITV network to transmit advertisements for a firm of funeral directors. The ads will be shown in peak viewing hours and daytime television. Grampian has promised that care will be taken in the positioning of the ads. The ITC rules concerning ads from funeral directors… Continue reading FIRST FUNERAL SERVICES ADVERTISED
Peter Brooke announced yesterday that the TV licence fee will rise in line with inflation, until the BBC’s current charter expires on 31 December 1996. This means the fee will rise by £1.50 to £84.50 from April 1.Peter Brooke published results from the survey carried out by Touche Ross into efficiency of the BBC. He… Continue reading BBC Licence Fee To Increase
