London Underground has decided to put its contract for selling advertising out for tender. All London Undergound’s 150,000 units are currently handled by London Transport Advertising.LTA has welcomed the opportunity to compete for the business and is confident it will retain it. The new contract is unlikely to be awarded until the beginning of 1994.
GfK has this week estimated the UK satellite dish universe to have reached 2.015 million – a lower figure than both BARB and Continental Research: Total 1992 GfK 2.015 BARB 2.297 C.R. 2.596 BSkyB 2.900 It should be noted, however, that the GfK survey does not cover either Northern Ireland, Channel Islands or The Isle… Continue reading Gfk Satellite Universe Estimates
The closure of London listings title City Limits, as predicted on NewsLine yesterday, has been confirmed. The magazine, founded as a co-operative 10 years ago, had been battling against falling sales and advertising revenue for some time.Last year the title was rescued by Terry Hornett and repositioned in the market as a young women’s weekly,… Continue reading City Limits Closes
The closure of London listings title City Limits, as predicted on NewsLine yesterday, has been confirmed. The magazine, founded as a co-operative 10 years ago, had been battling against falling sales and advertising revenue for some time.Last year the title was rescued by Terry Hornett and repositioned in the market as a young women’s weekly,… Continue reading City Limits Closes
Money Savers, the A4, full-colour shoppers’ coupon book, which is co-produced by the Mirror Group, Daily Telegraph and Express Newspapers, is due to launch on March 6th.The first will appear on Saturday 6th in the Daily Mirror and Telegraph magazine and the second on Sunday 7th in the People newspaper, Sunday Express magazine and Sunday… Continue reading Newspaper Coupon Books To Launch
IPC is believed to be launching its third TV listings magazine next week called Satellite And Cable Times, with a working title of Total TV.The magazine, thought to have a print run of between 40,000 to 50,000, would become one of the first weekly publications to serve the satellite market. IPC has made no comment… Continue reading TV Listings Magazine For IPC?
In a report released yesterday, accountants BDO Binder Hamlyn revealed how the addition of VAT to UK magazines could spell disaster for smaller publishers and have a knock-on effect on the industry as a whole.The report figures are based on a detailed survey of 20 of the UK’s largest magazine publishers. A further 48 companies… Continue reading BDO Outlines Effects Of VAT On Mags
Following the announcement that Martin Cox is to leave his post as business development controller at Meridian Television, Tim Brady, formerly sponsorship controller at Thames, has been named as his replacement. Brady, whose successful sponsorship deals in the past have included Wish You Were Here? and Barclaycard, will take charge of all Meridian’s current deals… Continue reading Cox Leaves Post At Meridian
Midland Bank looks set to sponsor the £1,000 CashCall on Atlantic 252 to promote its Live Cash account.
UK Regional Press publisher , Thomson Corporation, has been severely hit by the recession and has announced that it may have to close or sell up to one fifth of its free titles to counteract the effects.Meetings are taking place today to decide on which titles will be shut down and plans to put the… Continue reading Thomson To Sell Free Titles
