Online information company, Dialog Corporation, has announced that it has exceeded $50 million in internet-based revenue for the first half of 1998. This does not include any revenue generated from advertising, says Dialog.The company, formed by a merger of MAID and Knight-Ridder in October last year (see Maid Acquisition To Go Ahead), says that it… Continue reading Dialog Corporation Gains $50m Internet Revenue For First Half Of 1998
IPC Magazines has appointed Isobel McKenzie-Price as editor-in-chief of Ideal Home, Homes & Ideas and Living etc. She is to assume day-to-day editorial control of Ideal Home, and will oversee Homes & Ideas and IPC’s recent launch Living etc, which recently received a new editor, Jane Bruton (see IPC Appoints New Editor For Living etc).McKenzie-Price… Continue reading IPC Appoints Editor-In-Chief
Managing director of Classic FM, Murray Dudgeon, is leaving the station to join McCann-Erickson Worldwide in New York as executive vice president – worldwide media operations director.This represents a return for Dudgeon who worked with McCann-Erickson Worldwide prior to joining the GWR-owned radio station. During his time at Classic, Dudgeon oversaw the launch of GWR’s… Continue reading Classic FM MD Leaves For Worldwide Agency Role
The Radio Authority (RA) is to change the way it awards restricted service licences (RSLs) during the run up to the millennium. Anticipating a particularly high demand in December 1999, the RA has decided that the fairest way to award licences is by setting up a selection process and making awards on merit. Normally, RSLs… Continue reading Millennium RSLs To Be Awarded On Merit
Total broadsheet circulation for this period was down 1.6% to 5.7 million copies – a loss of 94,000 copies for January-June 1998. The only paper to show a significant increase in this period was, once again, the Financial Times.In the mid market the Mail titles continue to prosper at the expense of the Express titles.The… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – June 1998
ITV franchise holder Border Television has announced annual pre-tax profits down 26.9% to £2.01 million (previously £2.74 million) for the year ended 30 April 1998. Turnover at the group stood at £15.81 million, up 17% year on year. Earnings per share were 12.5p, down 25.6% on the previous year.Border reports that its share of ITV… Continue reading Border Profits Down To £2m
Good Housekeeping magazine is drawing up plans to take its TV spin-off programme, the Good Housekeeping Show, to ITV next year.The programme currently broadcasts on the Granada Breeze cable and satellite channel. However, since the ITC removed the masthead programming restrictions from terrestrial television, magazine-based programmes can now be shown on the five terrestrial channels… Continue reading Good Housekeeping Show May Go To ITV
Conor Dignam, editor of Media Week, is to leave his post to become editor of Haymarket’s Marketing in October.Dignam was previously deputy editor at Marketing but left to join Media Week late last year. The editor’s role at Marketing is currently handled by Mike Hewitt, group editor/publisher.Media Week: 0171 505 8341 Haymarket Publishing: 0181 943… Continue reading Media Week Editor To Return To Marketing
BBC1’s coverage of the World Cup final last night was watched by an average of 15.5 million people (28.4 TVR); ITV gained an average of 6.6 million (12.1 TVR), according to unofficial overnight viewing figures.Audiences for France’s 3-0 victory over Brazil peaked at 16.3 million (29.8 TVR) individuals for BBC1, and 7.0 million (12.8 TVR)… Continue reading BBC Wins In World Cup Final Viewing
The Radio Authority (RA) has said that it is to attempt to increase the reach of digital radio licence areas within London following concerns by broadcasters such as Capital Radio that there would be a shortfall in the number of listeners it would reach (see Capital Radio Wants A Safer Digital Deal).Capital had expressed concern… Continue reading RA Attempts To Increase London Digital Coverage
