Chairman of United Newspapers, Lord Stevens, announced yesterday that he fully backs recent attempts by the Press Complaints Commission to improve press standards, believing that the media has overstepped the mark in recent years. In the company’s annual report Lord Stevens warned against statutory regulation of the press, feeling that it should be strongly resisted… Continue reading Express Chairman Voices Opinion
Today MediaTel re-introduces its month by month monitoring of commercial minutes sold, beginning with March (four weeks).The main interest is of course with the performance of C4: Daypart Comm.Mins Hours Index* 0600-0930 602 98 88 0930-1230 288.5 84 49 1230-1730 961.5 140 98 1730-2000 556 70 113 2000-2300 657 84 112 2300-0600 798.5 99.8 114… Continue reading Commercial Minutage For March 1993
One third of the BBC’s 24,500 staff will be asked to take part in a Corporation survey to find out what they think of the BBC as a whole, including an investigation into management structure. The completed 28-page questionnaires will be sent to independent consultants for analysis which will be published in due course. The… Continue reading BBC Staff To Take Part In Survey
The Independent Television Commission met at the end of last week to discuss Tyne Tees Television’s obligations to its North East licence. The Commission has indicated that it will meet senior executives from the television company this week to “receive further clarification on editorial responsibilities and staff structures”.
Pre-tax profits for Thames TV, due out on Wednesday, have been forecast at £45m before write-downs. It is also predicted that publisher of the Financial Times, the Pearson Group, will make a bid for Thames in the near future, estimated at £100m.
Rock Publishing has closed its cycle title, Mountain Bike Monthly, following recent revelations that the company was suffering financial problems. The March issue was the last to be released.
Although Northern & Shell has said that it is too early to reveal a first issue sales figure for its recently launched glossy, OK!, it is estimating the figure to be in the region of 400,000 on a print-run of 750,000.
According to an article in this week’s Sunday Times, United Newspapers has received an offer from the chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, Maurice Saatchi, to take over the Daily and Sunday Express, and the Star. The consortium believed to be interested in the takeover is said to include editor of the Sunday Express, Eve Pollard… Continue reading Saatchi’s Rumoured Takeover Of Express
According to an article in this week’s Sunday Times, United Newspapers has received an offer from the chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, Maurice Saatchi, to take over the Daily and Sunday Express, and the Star. The consortium believed to be interested in the takeover is said to include editor of the Sunday Express, Eve Pollard… Continue reading Saatchi’s Rumoured Takeover Of Express
Pre-tax profits for Thames TV, due out on Wednesday, have been forecast at £45m before write-downs. It is also predicted that publisher of the Financial Times, the Pearson Group, will make a bid for Thames in the near future, estimated at £100m.
