Don Sperring, former joint managing director of Young & Rubicam, has given up his position at Independent Media Sales, leaving it in the hands of the other founder, Zed Zawada. Sperring has not given a specific reason for his departure.
DHL will continue to sponsor the traffic plane on LBC, having renewed its contract this week for £400,000.
Following the recent merger between Eurosport and Screensport, the new channel, remaining as Eurosport, has revealed details of reshuffled programming schedules, incorporating areas from both the original channels. The new line-up will include Indycar racing, ice-hockey and, when the season starts, Superbowl. Eurosport will also screen the 120 qualifying matches for the World Cup in… Continue reading Eurosport Programming Additions
Pre-tax profits for Reed International were revealed today for the nine months ending December 30 1992, rising to £137.1m from last year’s £124.4m.Turn- over for the group stood at £1,196.6m and earnings per share increased to 17.2p from 15.7p. A final dividend of 7.25p was proposed, taking the total to 12.75p.
Grundig has signed a deal with MTV Europe to sponsor its Ski Weekend,due to be broadcast on the channel from 20-21 March
According to the Evening Standard’s recent Media Survey, three out of four London viewers taking part in the telephone poll believed Thames offered a better service than its successor, Carlton. 84% said that they preferred TV-am to the current breakfast channel, GMTV. The main gripe about Carlton seemed to be scheduling changes rather than actual… Continue reading Evening Standard Media Survey
Thomsons Free Newspapers has sold eight Herald & Post titles to Midland Independent Newspapers including the Hinckley, Loughborough, Nuneaton, Derby Burton and Leicester Herald & Post.
The winners of the IPA Business-to-Business Advertising Awards were announced today at a ceremony hosted by the President of the Association, Peter Mead.The category winners were:International Best Campaign Leopard Limited Corporate Jets Best One-Off Leopard Limited Advertisement Philips Components Trade & Technical Best Campaign WCRS Limited Bass Brewers for Carling Black Label Best One-Off McCann-Erickson(Bris)… Continue reading IPA Business-To-Business Awards
Company secretary of United Newspapers, John Burns, confirmed to MediaTel this morning that the group has taken over 10 Northern & Shell titles in a deal which will settle the recent distribution dispute between the two companies. The magazines include six music titles – Guitar, Rock CD, Soul CD, Hit CD, Metal CD and CD… Continue reading United Newspapers Buys N&S Titles
BBC Magazines’ latest addition to the children’s market, Toybox, is due to be released on March 31.This will be the third in the series, following Playdays and Noddy, which increases the opportunity for group advertising. The new 36 page title will be similar in size to Fast Forward, catering for the 2 to 7 age… Continue reading BBC Magazines To Launch Toybox
