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Garage & Bodyshop Products is to become a monthly title from March. Originally a bi-monthly, Crystal Publications is happy with its first year sales and hopes to continue the pattern when it is available on a monthly basis.

The Daily Telegraph is launching a business news section on Saturday February 27, in order to maintain its high position in the weekend market.The section is made up of 16 pages and will consist of general business news as well as city and financial features. Saturday advertising rates will apply throughout the section but there… Continue reading Business Section For Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph has sold its 13% stake in Trinity International, publisher of the Liverpool Echo and Post, for £26.8m. The share was not bought by one investor but split among a range of UK institutional shareholders.The Telegraph is now buying half of the 22.6% stake in Southam, the Canadian newspaper group, acquired recently by… Continue reading Telegraph Sells Trinity Stake

Imposing VAT on the cover prices of newspapers would force 20% of regional titles to close, according to an independent report commissioned by the Newspaper Society.The report, carried out on behalf of the Society’s members, concluded that 245 of the 1,265 regional newspapers would close. The total circulation of paid-for titles would be reduced by… Continue reading Vat Would Force Mass Regional Closures

The Daily Telegraph has sold its 13% stake in Trinity International, publisher of the Liverpool Echo and Post, for £26.8m. The share was not bought by one investor but split among a range of UK institutional shareholders.The Telegraph is now buying half of the 22.6% stake in Southam, the Canadian newspaper group, acquired recently by… Continue reading Telegraph Sells Trinity Stake

Imposing VAT on the cover prices of newspapers would force 20% of regional titles to close, according to an independent report commissioned by the Newspaper Society.The report, carried out on behalf of the Society’s members, concluded that 245 of the 1,265 regional newspapers would close. The total circulation of paid-for titles would be reduced by… Continue reading Vat Would Force Mass Regional Closures

IFE will begin transmission of its Family Channel UK in September. The channel, to be delivered on Astra will be based in Maidstone, following IFE’s recent acquisition of TVS for $85m.

The six-monthly NRS figures for July to December 1992 are the first to be collected using only the CAPI method. Direct comparisons with previous NRS figures are discouraged as the CAPI method varies greatly from the old Pen and Paper method.National NewspapersThe July to December ’92 NRS figures favoured the national newspapers with virtually all… Continue reading Jul-Dec NRS Commentary

Reed Business Publishing’s Personnel Today has been redesigned to aim for the managerial/director end of the market. Advertising rates to the fortnightly title have also increased.Reed Business Publishing: 081 652 8008

LWT and Carlton are considering setting up a 24-hour cable news service for London. The two ITV companies are holding talks with cable operator Videotron about developing their terrestrial news service London News Network.