The current advertisement director of IPC’s Marie-Clare, Claire Portis, is to take up a new role as ad director across the SouthBank Publishing Group’s portfolio of fashion and beauty titles as from April. Scene has appointed a new editor in the form of Andy Pemberton, who was previously associate editor of Q. He is expected… Continue reading Appointment Brief
Stephen Byers, the new Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, is to face possibly his toughest decision yet when the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC) hands over its report on the BSkyB bid for Manchester United Football Club today. The MMC has been investigating the matter since October last year (see Newsline).BSkyB, 40% of… Continue reading MMC Submits Report On BSkyB Man Utd Bid To DTI
MediaTel will be donating £1 to Comic Relief for every individual user signing into the main MediaTel database, the JICRIT radio system, Media Village or MediaTel Newsline during the course of Friday March 12th. Get clicking…www.mediavillage.co.uk www.jicrit.co.uk
Carlton Communications has announced that it is establishing a one-stop-shop for retailers and publishers of home entertainment products that want to sell via the internet.DHE, a Carlton subsidiary, is offering retailers and mail order companies an opportunity to link their web sites to a dedicated DHE sales site which will handle orders, credit card payments,… Continue reading Carlton Launches Internet Transaction Service For Retailers
Disgusting, filthy, obscene. I don’t care if Channel 4 screened the programme late, this sort of filth has no place on British screens. But enough about that ‘flea joke’ on last week’s Ally McBeal. C4’s Queer As Folk bounds onto screens with a pretty impressive 2.37 million on its first showing and a further 1.15… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 28/02/98
The latest round of national newspaper circulation figures, released by the ABC this afternoon, shows that the Financial Times is still performing stronger than the rest of the market year on year. Between the six months to February this year and the same period last year, the FT gained 39,689 in sales. Most other papers… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – February 1999
Reed Elsevier’s profit warning, issued yesterday (see Reed Elsevier Warns Of No Growth In 1999), caused shares in the Anglo-Ductch publishing group’s two companies to plummet. Elsevier closed yesterday down by 73źp (7.9%) at 859p; Reed International fell by 32źp (5.7%) to close at 532˝p.Saatchi & Saatchi, which posted strong results and ambitious targets yesterday… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Radio Authority this week advertises the local digital radio multiplex licence for South Yorkshire. This is the fifth licence of its sort to be advertised by the RA which is releasing the ads at the rate of one per month. Licences for Birmingham, Manchester, Greater London and Glasgow have already by advertised (see RA… Continue reading Radio Authority Advertises South Yorkshire Digital Multiplex
The Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown are to give a joint live interview this morning on Talk Radio, from 9am onwards. This marks the first time in broadcast history that the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have shared a studio to take calls and questions direct from the public. BBC News Online… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Bob Seelert, chief executive of global ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi, today set the company a target of achieving a 25% earnings per share growth (EPS) during 1999. The agency also posted a 30.6% rise in pre tax profits and EPS up by 28.8% to 8.5p for the year ended 31 December 1998.So far this… Continue reading Saatchi & Saatchi Chief Sets 25% EPS Growth Target For 1999
