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ABC is to hold its annual conference on November 15, at the London Metropole Hotel, Paddington.The title this year is “Circulation in Focus”.Contact Sheila GoddenABC Tel 0442 870 800Fax 0442 877 407

Engineering News and Professional Engineering, the two monthly titles published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, have been merged to cut costs.The two titles which are sent to the Institution’s members, will merge in January to become a new fortnightly Professional Engineering incorporating Engineering News.Mechanical Engineering Publications071 973 1259

Ford Motability is to sponsor Link, the programme for the disabled. The deal is the first sponsorship on the ITV network of a social and community programme.Ford Motability will start its 16 week association with Link on Sunday 16 October. The 15 minute programme is shown at 10.15am on Sunday mornings.David Prosser, Sponsorship Director of… Continue reading Ford To Sponsor Link

This weekend three national papers added new sections; the Saturday Express, the Mail on Sunday and the Independent on Sunday.The Saturday Express has introduced a weekly listings guide, just one week before the Saturday Mail launches theirs. The Saturday Review is a colour tabloid of 40 pages. The centre pages contain a 7-day TV viewing… Continue reading Newspaper New Sections – Review

Lopex has folded Alliance London into Laing Henry. The deal will create a £35m agency headed by Jennifer Laing, the Laing Henry chairman. There is no money involved in the deal; Laing Henry takes over Alliance Advertising (London) and in return, Lopex gets a minority shareholding in Laing Henry, with an option to review the… Continue reading Alliance London Folds Into Laing Henry

US and UK satellite broadcasters are joining forces to produce a draft directive they wish the EEC to adopt, which would outlaw satellite piracy throughout the Community. Currently manufacture of unauthorised decoders is only illegal in the UK and France.The decoders which pose a severe threat to BSkyB, who introduced their subscription based Sky Multi-Channels… Continue reading BSkyB Suffer At The Hands Of Pirates

Sky Sites, who are launching Airport TV early next year have released the results of research into the airport advertising medium.Awareness of sites was surveyed among 2,480 passengers at Heathrow and Gatwick, by Nielsen Consumer Research. Prompted recall awareness was tested across a range of sites.It was shown that ads designed specifically for the airport… Continue reading Airport Ads Awareness Research

Southern Newspapers has acquired seven titles from Star Newspapers, a subsidiary of Duncan Holdings.The publications are:* The West Dorset Star* The Somerset Star* The Taunton Star* The Bridgwater Star* The Mid-Devon Star* The Taunton Deane Property Scene* Admart(paid for)The newspapers, with a combined circulation of 180,000 will come under the control of the company’s Western… Continue reading Press Acquisitions

Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television has abandoned its support for a change in ITV ownership rules, and is now calling for the moratorium on takeovers to be extended to 1996. In its submission to the Select Committee on National Heritage on the 1990 Broadcasting Act, the group calls for the extension, with a review in 3 years… Continue reading Y-TTV Alters Stance On ITV Ownership

Yet more additional supplements are being planned by the nationals. News International is to add both a daily tabloid section and a Saturday listings guide to The Times.Details for the daily tabloid are still being decided but it will mean the Times will carry three sections every day. The Saturday section will be a full… Continue reading Latest National Newspaper Additions