Chief executive of Granada, Gerry Robinson, is reported to have given Carlton Television the go-ahead to bid for LWT if the ITV ownership rules are changed, claiming that Granada will sell its stake in the London station. If this should happen, Granada may resume its interest in Carlton’s stake in Central or the 14% stake… Continue reading Granada Gives LWT Blessing To Carlton
Unconfirmed reports in the weekend press suggest Pearson have made a £30m investment in Thames’ satellite channel for women ‘UK Living’. Other investors are said to be Cox Communications and Telecommunications Inc.
Free weekly paper, Stour Valley News, has been bought out by Southern Newspapers, it has been confirmed. The paper, with a current circulation of 28,371, joins the publishers other free titles including the Advertiser Series. Southern Newspapers also produces the Evening Echo, Bournemouth which has sales of 51,988 (Jul-Dec 92). The Stour Valley News will… Continue reading Southern Newspapers Buys Free Title
Rupert Murdoch’s top selling tabloid, The Sun, has begun a price war amongst its competitors by announcing a cut of 5p to 20p, the biggest drop ever by a British newspaper. The paper hopes to carry the cut throughout the summer. In retaliation the Daily Mirror has issued a one-day drastic price cut to 10p… Continue reading Sun Starts Price War
Popular Press With yesterday’s announcement of a summer-long price cut for The Sun and The Mirror’s knee-jerk reaction it is interesting to look first at the circulation plight of the populars with the latest January-June 1993 ABC figures.These latest six-monthly figures show a year on year fall for all the daily populars: Jan-Jun’92 Jan-Jun’93 %Ch… Continue reading NATIONAL PRESS ROUND-UP -JUNE
Popular Press With yesterday’s announcement of a summer-long price cut for The Sun and The Mirror’s knee-jerk reaction it is interesting to look first at the circulation plight of the populars with the latest January-June 1993 ABC figures.These latest six-monthly figures show a year on year fall for all the daily populars: Jan-Jun’92 Jan-Jun’93 %Ch… Continue reading NATIONAL PRESS ROUND-UP -JUNE
Latest satellite ownership figures issued by GfK estimate 2.2m homes had satellite dishes at the end of April – an increase of 48,000 on the previous month. (BARB figures for the beginning of June make the universe size 2.48m.) Gfk believe dish sales will slow down this autumn , as BSkyB move all its channels… Continue reading GfK Satellite Figures
Rugby News Limited confirmed to MediaTel this morning that it is in final discussions with Pyramid Publishing for the latter to buy monthly title Rugby News. The magazine needs the investment that Pyramid can give it, according to editor David Lawrenson. Rugby News claims sales of 25,000 but it is hoped that this can be… Continue reading Rugby News Up For Sale
Rupert Murdoch’s top selling tabloid, The Sun, has begun a price war amongst its competitors by announcing a cut of 5p to 20p, the biggest drop ever by a British newspaper. The paper hopes to carry the cut throughout the summer. In retaliation the Daily Mirror has issued a one-day drastic price cut to 10p… Continue reading Sun Starts Price War
Chief executive of Granada, Gerry Robinson, is reported to have given Carlton Television the go-ahead to bid for LWT if the ITV ownership rules are changed, claiming that Granada will sell its stake in the London station. If this should happen, Granada may resume its interest in Carlton’s stake in Central or the 14% stake… Continue reading Granada Gives LWT Blessing To Carlton
