Total national newspaper circulation was down by 3.1% year on year for the ABC period November 1997-April 1998, from 28.3 million to 27.4 million. The Sunday People went down 11.2% year on year while the Independent continues its decline – down 12%. The only newspaper showing a significant increase in sales was the FT which… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – April
The European Newspaper Publishers Association (ENPA) has said it will use the European Court of Justice to challenge the legal basis on which the EU has banned tobacco advertising (see MEPs Vote For Tobacco Ad Ban).The World Federation of Advertisers has also called on the European Parliament to prevent the law being adopted in its… Continue reading EU Tobacco Ban To Face Challenge
Tuesday The PPA’s Magazines ’98 conference and exhibition starts at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster.The Retail Prices Index for April will be available at 9:30am.Newsquest Quarter 1 financial results are due to be released.Wednesday The second and final day of Magazines ’98 takes place.Carlton Communications will be releasing interim financial results.The Department for… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The long-running takeover bid for outdoor advertiser More Group by French rival JC Decaux may be complicated even further by a new acquisition announced by More today.More has bought the regional billboards business Town & City for £6.6 million. Town & City has outdoor advertising sites in the Granada, Tyne Tees and Central regions and… Continue reading More Complicates Decaux Merger With New Acquisition
The Internet Advertising Bureau reports that advertising spending on the Internet in the US rose to the equivalent of £214 million in the final three months of 1997, against £68.75 million for the same period in 1996. In the UK, Internet advertising expenditure is set to reach £60 million a year in 1999; in the… Continue reading US: Internet ad spend increasing
The EC is to refer Ireland to the European Court of Justice for its failure to communicate any national measures transposing Directive 92/100/EEC on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property. The Directive is regarded by the EC as a key measure for completion… Continue reading EU: Trouble for Irish copyright law
Media and music group Chrysalis today announced six month results which showed a drop in operating losses from £2 million to £1.2m while turnover rose from £59.3m to £61.3m. The group said that its radio division, which includes Galaxy and Heart , is moving towards profitability and the second half of the year has started… Continue reading Chrysalis Nearly In The Black
The Radio Authority is currently seeking a new head of programming and advertising to succeed David Lloyd, who leaves the post at the end of July after three years. The successful candidate will head the small team responsible for the regulation of over 200 independent radio licensees.…The RA is advertising a new FM Independent Local… Continue reading Radio Authority News
The Independent Television Commission, which regulates commercial television broadcasting in the UK, is to permit “masthead” programming on analogue terrestrial television, as a result of pressure from publishers and their representative organisations. Such broadcasting, which allows well-established media brands in publishing to extend their brands into the arena of TV, is already permitted in the… Continue reading UK: ITC permits masthead broadcasting
The 23 April Consumer Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg under the chairmanship of Nigel Griffiths, UK secretary of state for consumer affairs, reached agreement on a Common Position on the sale and guarantee of consumer goods. The Directive – which aims at ensuring that EU consumers have a uniform degree of protection when faulty goods… Continue reading EU: Majority support for Directive
