12.17pmRichard Branson officially launched Virgin 1215 minutes ago in Manchester saying that it was the radio station he always wanted to hear and hoped it would be the one listeners wanted also.The first record to be played on the Richard Skinner show was “Born to be Wild”, specially recorded for Virgin by INXS.The second was… Continue reading Virgin Radio Goes On The Air
12.17pmRichard Branson officially launched Virgin 1215 minutes ago in Manchester saying that it was the radio station he always wanted to hear and hoped it would be the one listeners wanted also.The first record to be played on the Richard Skinner show was “Born to be Wild”, specially recorded for Virgin by INXS.The second was… Continue reading Virgin Radio Goes On The Air
The ITV revenue figure for the month of March has come in at £139,870,000, representing an increase of 11.0% on the same period last year. The figure also shows an increase on February of 12.9%, breaking the downward spiral of recent months. Revenue for ITV only is up 10.4% on last month to £114,250,000. Channel… Continue reading TV Round-Up – March
Newspaper Publishing was looking rather vulnerable by the end of yesterday. Not only had its bid to protect its quality Sunday title by buying the Observer failed, but it had also announced a downturn in half year profits to £341,000 from £465,000.The company issued a statement regarding its dealings with the Observer claiming that it… Continue reading Independent Suffers Downturn
Mediaserve and Support to Sales have merged, in an attempt to win business from television for regional media.Managing director of Support to Sales, Mike Dinsdale says of the merger; “In the search for the perfect advertising solution more and more advertisers are realising that a media mix is the key rather than sticking to a… Continue reading Media Service Companies Merge
.. Publishers of Investor Relations, Corporate Finance Publishing has gone into receivership and is in talks with Nexus Media Communications amongst others, regarding a takeover of its titles…. Staff at the Observer were assured yesterday that the paper would keep its name if it merged with another title…. As predicted, Reed Business Publishing has sold… Continue reading Press News
.. Publishers of Investor Relations, Corporate Finance Publishing has gone into receivership and is in talks with Nexus Media Communications amongst others, regarding a takeover of its titles…. Staff at the Observer were assured yesterday that the paper would keep its name if it merged with another title…. As predicted, Reed Business Publishing has sold… Continue reading Press News
Following intensive meetings with the ITC regarding its franchise commitments, Yorkshire Tyne-Tees Television is planning to restructure its central services at the end of May as well as reorganising the programme-making divisions. A report will be delivered to the ITC board on May 20.
ITN’s news contract with Channel 4 has been extended to the end of 1996. The deal is worth £15.5m a year to the news organisation.
As speculation over the Observer’s future intensifies, the possibility of further change in the national quality Sunday newspaper market increases.Within the past 5 years there have been 2 new entrants into the Sunday quality market. The ill-fated Sunday Correspondent launched in September’89; a year later as part of a radical attempt to save the newspaper… Continue reading Sunday Quality Market Review
