Newsline will be interviewing Martin Dunn, editor of Associated New Media, which has just launched thisislondon.com. The interview will appear later this week.The only media-related financial results scheduled this week are final year figures from Daily Mail & General Trust, which are out on Thursday. Website of the Week will be the WPP site and… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Capital Radio’s plans to take over Virgin Radio will have to wait a little longer after the Monopolies and Mergers Commission passed its confidential decision to the Department of Trade and Industry on Friday.The MMC had to consider the deal’s implications in terms of ownership and announcement of the decision now sits with the DTI… Continue reading Capital/Virgin Takeover Sits With DTI
The Independent Television Commission has announced the licence fee tariffs payable by its licensees in 1998. The Commission has set the total income required to meet its regulatory expenditure (the cost of licensing and regulating commercial television) at £16.65m. This represents an average increase of 6% and is the first time an increase above the… Continue reading ITC Announces 1998 Licence Fees
Dennis Publishing and Ministry of Sound dance club have teamed up to produce a magazine which is “intended to fill a gap in the lifestyle market” in the form of a ‘credible youth title’. The result is Ministry, a magazine which is dedicated to the world of clubbing and its many off-shoots. Whilst Ministry‘s focus… Continue reading First Issue Review – Ministry
Panasonic has signed a £500,000 deal with ITV to sponsor a number of programmes over the Christmas week. From 21-27 December Panasonic will be linked to three or four programmes per day.The deal was negotiated by Andy Thompson, deputy head of sponsorship at Carlton on behalf of ITV Sponsorship and Andy Jones, director of television… Continue reading Panasonic Signs ITV Christmas Deal
The Mediapolis/WCRS auction for the Pepper Foundation last night raised £27,000, up from £24,000 last year. Representatives from the charity, which cares for terminally ill children in their own home, were said to be “overwhelmed” by the level of support received.
Quality Market The quality market showed the largest year on year increase in circulations for June to November with an overall circulation of 2.957 million, up 5% year on year. Among these papers, the Sunday Telegraph and FT performed well with increases of 18% and 9.7% respectively. Papers such as the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – November
News Direct 97.3FM has secured a twelve month sponsorship deal with Yellow Pages worth £150,000. Yellow Pages is to be associated with the station’s entertainment news bulletins, Entertainment News Direct, of which there are 48 in 24 hours. Special scripts have been prepared by AMV to complement the different editorial content of the various bulletins.Entertainment… Continue reading Yellow Pages To Sponsor News Direct
The Internet arm of Associated Newspapers, Associated New Media (ANM), has just launched what editor Martin Dunn claims is the first totally comprehensive city guide to London. Dunn, former editor of the New York Daily News and Today, says that the This Is London (TIL) site (http://thisislondon.co.uk) is the result of the collation of material… Continue reading Interview – Martin Dunn, Associated New Media
Haymarket’s Campaign magazine will be launching a website next Spring. Campaignlive will be subscription-based and feature news, a diary of events and a debating forum. Readers of the magazine will be charged a subscription rate of £50 while for non-readers it will cost £60.Campaignlive: 0171 413 4297
