The Times newspaper circulation has risen 20% since the price cut on Monday of this week, an increase of 70,000 copies.(Times’ own figures).In a report in the Financial Times, research among newsagents shows sales for broadsheets to be up. Both The Guardian and Independent have increased their sales, with the Financial Times unaffected and the… Continue reading Times Sales Rise
Home Counties Newspapers returned to profit in the first half of the year, recovering from the effects of bad debt write-offs and depressed ad revenues.Profits for the six months to June 30 were £331,000, against a loss of £203,000 last year. Turnover was up 6.5% at £12.1m.The company said that although the national advertising had… Continue reading HCN Return To Profit
Home Counties Newspapers returned to profit in the first half of the year, recovering from the effects of bad debt write-offs and depressed ad revenues.Profits for the six months to June 30 were £331,000, against a loss of £203,000 last year. Turnover was up 6.5% at £12.1m.The company said that although the national advertising had… Continue reading HCN Return To Profit
The Radio Authority has received 17 applications for the Manchester FM & AM licences, including an application from the receivers handling Sunset Radio. Sunset, the current holder of the FM licence, ceased broadcasting at the end of August when the station’s electricity supply was cut off as a result of unpaid bills. The station has… Continue reading Sunset Recievers Apply For Licence
Cellnet announced yesterday that it is to take over the sponsorship of Capital Radio’s Flying Eye from the 27 September 1993, replacing current sponsors British Airways. Diamond White is to Sponsor Channel 4’s new Friday night youth programme Dial Midnight. Brewer Taunton is to spend a six-figure sum on the 17-week deal. The programme is… Continue reading C4 And Capital Radio Get New Sponsors
Adscene Group, the Canterbury based newspaper publisher, announced pre-tax profits of £2.1m, up 30% from £1.61m for the year ending May 31.The increase was aided by cost cutting and a steady improvement in the market.
The ITV companies’ plan to move News At Ten to an earlier slot is supported by a research study into viewers’ attention levels. The study from Carat Research shows that viewers pay much more attention to early evening news programmes. Less than half of News At Ten viewers say they pay full attention to the… Continue reading News At Ten Move Supported
Mirror Group Newspapers has provisionally agreed to settle a series of legal disputes with the private companies of the late Robert Maxwell; the deal has to be approved at an extraordinary general meeting on 23 Sep. The agreement removes the potential for long and uncertain court action. MGN will abandon potential net claims of at… Continue reading MGN SETTLES DISPUTES
The forecasts for advertising expenditure in the regional press are showing steady improvements for 1994, the Free Newspaper Conference was told on Friday.Mike Waterson, research adviser to the Advertising Association, told the conference that the next two years are expected to be good ones for both the advertising industry as a whole, and the free… Continue reading Free Newspapers’ Future
The ITV companies’ plan to move News At Ten to an earlier slot is supported by a research study into viewers’ attention levels. The study from Carat Research shows that viewers pay much more attention to early evening news programmes. Less than half of News At Ten viewers say they pay full attention to the… Continue reading News At Ten Move Supported
