The newly-staffed Sunday Business is geared up for a relaunch on 18 January, the day before editor-in-chief Andrew Neil is also set to relaunch The European in a magazine format. Neil and editor Jeff Randall have managed to recruit a substantial team in just three weeks.The staff roster now stands at: Frank Kane, who will… Continue reading Sunday Business Winding Up To Launch
According to the latest Establishment Survey, net homes have increased on a network basis by 213,000, with the main benefactors in terms of actual numbers being London and the Midlands. Looking at the overall spread of homes percentage wise there is no region showing any significant change. Jun-96 Jun-97 Jun-96 Jun-97 Area Net Homes (000s)… Continue reading Establishment Survey – June 97
The long-awaited teenage cable channel Rapture launches tomorrow. It will initially be shown on Telewest cable systems only, though the channel hopes more operators will take it up in the future. According to the latest ITC data Telewest is connected to just over half a million homes in areas throughout the country.Rapture will broadcast between… Continue reading Rapture Launches Tomorrow
Amongst the plethora of internet magazines currently available Internet Works is slightly different. It’s subtitled “making the internet work for your business”, and is biased towards the business user.This means you won’t get any of the “hidden camera” type reviews so common to other magazines, but instead articles on web statistics, banner advertising and the… Continue reading First Issue Review – Internet Works
Tim McCabe is to join BBJ Media Services filling the role of head of radio left by the departure of Rupert Garrett (subscribers see Rupert Garrett To Join GWR). McCabe will leave his current post as press and radio buyer at The Network next month.…Stan Park has been appointed as Talk Radio’s commercial director, second… Continue reading Appointment Briefs
Upon writing, we are witnessing the aftermath, but the beginning of this TV week gave us a glimpse of the storm that was to rage through Weatherfield. Unusually, Monday’s episode of the Street proved to be the most popular, attracting 17.71 million viewers. By Friday Jim MacDonald had succumbed to the ‘green eyed monster’ and… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 09/11/97
http://www.revolution.haynet.com/The media planner’s new media reference guide is what Haymarket’s Revolution aims to be. As a natural extension from the printed title, the Revolution Website aims to provide services which it can’t do, or do as well, in the magazine. The result of this is essentially a number of databases. The site holds information on… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Revolution
Future will be publishing a new monthly customer magazine for Blockbuster, the video rental store, in February next year.The magazine will be edited by Dean Evans in addition to his duties as review editor of Future’s Total Film magazine. It will cover Blockbuster’s main product lines – movies, games and music – and will have… Continue reading Future To Produce Blockbuster Customer Mag
October saw a healthy rise in cinema audiences, with a year on year increase of 29% to a total figure of 13.225 million. Average audiences for the month were up to 2.99 million, one of the highest figures so far this year.Source: CAA/EDISubscribers can access the Cinema database by selecting “Cinema” from the drop-down box… Continue reading October Cinema Admissions Up 29%
