As many as 300 magazine titles could be under threat if Royal Mail goes ahead with plans to introduce size-based pricing, according to the Periodical Publishers Association. The Association has warned the chairman of Consignia that the possible loss of the titles would have financial implications for the postal service.The genre under threat- weekly A3… Continue reading Magazines Under Threat From Royal Mail Plan
Integrated marketing services company New Media Industries (NMI) has been awarded the £3.5m contract to handle advertising for car dealership network H R Owen.NMI, which secured the contract after a seven-way pitch, will be responsible for H R Owen’s entire advertising campaign including media planning, buying and strategy, print and poster activity, interactive projects and… Continue reading NMI Secures £3.5m Ad Contract With H R Owen
Future Publishing has announced a 35% increase in investment in its cycling titles, aimed at attracting new readers and widening the portfolio’s target audience.Future’s cycling titles include Mountain Biking UK (MBUK), What Mountain Bike and Cycling Plus. The promotional activities for the titles will include covermounting gifts on every issue, backing and promoting two mountain-biking… Continue reading Future Increases Biking Portofolio Spending
The marketing director Rivals Digital Media, Chris Reed, is to leave the sports website company to set up a sports and consumer marketing consultancy called Chris Reed Marketing (CRM). It is believed that Reed will not be replaced.As marketing director of Rivals Reed was responsible for launching the Rivals.net brand in 2000 and became the… Continue reading Rivals Marketing Chief Quits For New Venture
One of the best media share performers yesterday was radio group GWR which saw a 4.7% increase in share price to £2.45. Another good performer was Cable & Wireless, which, along with other telecoms shares, rose 7˝p to £1.79ź.Conversely, advertising giant WPP lost 27p or 4.86% to £5.28 following a downgrade. Negative movement was also… Continue reading Sharewatch
Capital Radio Group is to be the first group in the UK to use the Powergold music scheduling system, replacing its current DOS based selector software.Capital Radio Group programme director Keith Pringle, said: “Capital Radio was the first UK company to innovate music radio by using computer aided music scheduling. Now fifteen years later we’re… Continue reading Capital Adopts New Scheduling Technology
Recent weeks have seen much discussion of how the Communications Bill will affect TV- the licence fee, regulation and the digital switch over. However, the Bill will also have huge implications for radio, as Gareth Jones, assistant editor of MediaTel’s NewsLine, outlines here.Consolidation was the hot topic at last week’s Radio Festival in Cambridge, which… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Radio Looks At A Consolidated Future
After much speculation over its future, Attic Futura is set to be bought by the French media group, Hachette Filipacchi for around £40 million.The UK publisher was put up for sale last year by its Australian owners, PMP. However, the German company, H Bauer soon pulled out of the bidding and a proposed £55 million… Continue reading Attic Futura Set To Go Continental
Complaints about unwanted text messages have “soared” over the last year, according to The Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (Icstis).The industry regulator, which monitors premium rate calls and text messages, has received over 150 complaints in the last nine months about reverse billing, which occurs when users reply to… Continue reading Complaints About Unsolicited Text Messages Soar
Channel 4 is folding its film production arm FilmFour LTD back into its parent company with the loss of up to 60 jobs.The move will see the closure of FilmFour’s UK distribution and international sales arm and the reintegration of its production division back into the core Channel 4 business. Commenting on the decision, Channel… Continue reading Channel 4 Calls Time On Film Production Arm
