This autumn BBC Magazines is to launch two new youth titles. Pingu is to be launched on 20th October and is aimed at pre-school children. It will follow the cartoon series of the same name, using original texts from Pingu the Penguin.The title will be out fortnightly, and will have a cover price of 70p.… Continue reading New BBC Youth Titles
The board of the National Readership Survey is keen to develop additional quality of reading questions, and is to hold discussions and interviews with users in media departments and in sales houses.The research will help in gauging reactions to questions and the use to which they are likely to be put, so enabling extra questions… Continue reading NRS Quality Discussions
Newspaper Publishing, publisher of the Independent, is planning to raise up to £20m in a financial restructuring this year.The amount of money is higher than expected because of competition from the cheaper Times. The performance of The Times, and whether or not the circulation of the Independent suffers, will affect the refinancing.Both the finances and… Continue reading Independent Financial Restructure
The Scotsman is to launch two new editions in Stirling and Perth to challenge The Herald in central Scotland.The Scotsman currently has three editions; in the north, the west and the lowland areas of Scotland. The two new editions launching on 13 September and will be the most closely targeted local editions and will look… Continue reading Scotsman To Expand
The Scotsman is to launch two new editions in Stirling and Perth to challenge The Herald in central Scotland.The Scotsman currently has three editions; in the north, the west and the lowland areas of Scotland. The two new editions launching on 13 September and will be the most closely targeted local editions and will look… Continue reading Scotsman To Expand
The board of the National Readership Survey is keen to develop additional quality of reading questions, and is to hold discussions and interviews with users in media departments and in sales houses.The research will help in gauging reactions to questions and the use to which they are likely to be put, so enabling extra questions… Continue reading NRS Quality Discussions
This autumn BBC Magazines is to launch two new youth titles. Pingu is to be launched on 20th October and is aimed at pre-school children. It will follow the cartoon series of the same name, using original texts from Pingu the Penguin.The title will be out fortnightly, and will have a cover price of 70p.… Continue reading New BBC Youth Titles
The Labour party has requested that the Office of Fair Trading should investigate the decision to cut the Times’ price from 45p to 30p.A letter sent by Robin Cook, Labour’s Trade and Industry spokesman, and signed by Ann Clwyd, Labour’s national heritage spokeswoman, asked the OFT to instigate monopoly reference to the MMC on “whether… Continue reading OFT To Investigate Times
The Daily Sport has increased its cover price today from 28p to 30p. The move is the second price increase for the tabloid since it launched two years ago.This means that the Sport is now the most expensive popular tabloid, compared to the Sun costing 20p, the Mirror costing 27p and the Star costing 25p.
