The takeover of ITN by a Carlton-led consortium is still being stalled by a dispute over the news supplier’s base in Gray’s Inn Road. Carlton has made it clear that the deal will not go any further until it can buy the freehold of ITN’s headquarters but it looks unlikely that this will be resolved… Continue reading Carlton Dispute Over ITN HQ Continues
Manchester Evening News title, the Blackburn Express, has closed due to gloomy financial predictions made by the management for the paper’s future. All staff on the paper will be transferred to the group’s Rochdale Observer Group headquarters where the Rochdale Express, Middleton Trader and Heywood Advertiser are published.Rochdale Observer: 0706 354321
Argus Press has put all of its regional division up for sale, with the management forming a buyout team to make a bid for the newspapers involved. Papers in the division include the Reading Chronicle, Surrey Mirror, Sutton Herald, Newbury Journal and East Grinstead Observer.Argus Press: 0252 875075
The Radio Authority yesterday awarded the regional Independent Local Radio licence for the Severn Estuary area to Galaxy Radio, which currently holds a licence for Bristol. This is the first of five regional licences which the Authority intends to award this year and it will come into operation after September 1 1994. Other stations bidding… Continue reading Galaxy Radio Wins Regional Licence
According to estimates for January, Total ITV net revenue has come in at £127,445,540. The figure represents a substantial fall on the previous month – down 11.5%, but an increase of 8.5% on the same period last year. MediaTel now has separate breakdowns available for ITV and Channel 4 revenue; figures for January are £106,788,400… Continue reading TV Round-Up – January
The IPA has submitted its latest report on trends in TV viewing for the fourth quarter 1992.Following three quarters in which the overall level of television viewing has shown slight year on year increases, the fourth quarter is slightly down on the same period in 1991. ITV’s share of viewing has, however, increased.ITV’s audience bias… Continue reading IPA – Fourth Quarter TV Viewing Trends
The Radio Authority yesterday awarded the regional Independent Local Radio licence for the Severn Estuary area to Galaxy Radio, which currently holds a licence for Bristol. This is the first of five regional licences which the Authority intends to award this year and it will come into operation after September 1 1994. Other stations bidding… Continue reading Galaxy Radio Wins Regional Licence
One hundred and forty magazines have been shortlisted for the Magazines ’93 awards and final judging is due to take place on March 30. Winners of the awards will be announced on May 4 at the Periodical Publishers Association gala dinner. Nominees include Cosmopolitan for International Magazine of the Year (consumer) and newcomer BBC Music… Continue reading Shortlist For Magazines ’93 Awards
The Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) has called on the ban of sex-line ads which appear in national newspapers such as the Daily Star and the Sport, which makes an average of £2.5m a year from sex advertising.The proposal suggests that such ads should be limited to top… Continue reading Sport & Star Threatened By Sex Ad Row
The Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) has called on the ban of sex-line ads which appear in national newspapers such as the Daily Star and the Sport, which makes an average of £2.5m a year from sex advertising.The proposal suggests that such ads should be limited to top… Continue reading Sport & Star Threatened By Sex Ad Row
