Chief executive of Capital Radio, David Mansfield, has appointed Sally Oldham as Capital’s first managing director of group radio. She moves from the post of regional operations director where she was responsible for Capital’s stations in Hampshire, Sussex, Kent and Birmingham. Oldham will now also have responsibility for the London market as well as Capital’s… Continue reading Capital Appoints First Managing Director For Radio
Since the Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA) agreed to recommend that its members send admissions data to the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA), the industry and advertisers have started to reap the benefits of accurate audience share data.The first ever accurate quarterly cinema admissions figures have been published by the CAA. This report, covering the period July-September… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Data Benefits Advertisers
Reed Elsevier has just confirmed that it has put its IPC Magazines division up for sale. IPC publishes over 70 consumer titles, including Loaded , Womans Own and TV Times , and it had been rumoured for some time that Reed was looking to off-load the group so that it could concentrate on its professional… Continue reading Reed Confirms IPC Sell-Off
BBC Family Life is yet another magazine targeted at ABC1 women. However, it claims to be the first magazine to reflect all aspects of family life and is aimed towards the younger mother with primary school aged children. The magazine is broken into various different sections including the ‘usuals’ such as family health, food, education,… Continue reading First Issue Review – BBC Family Life
The Hong Kong stock market crisis last week hit Cable & Wireless hard as the telecommunications company has a substantial interest in the region. On Tuesday its price fell 16 to 517p, dropped 27p on Wednesday to reach 490p and then a further 17p on Thursday.The Mirror Group initially rose 5 to 219.5p on Tuesday… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 24/10/97
Monday Cable and satellite channel UK Living changes its name today to become simply Living as part of a general revamp.Reviews of BBC Family Life and Beautiful Living will appear on Newsline.Thursday Future publishing are expected to launch No Limits World, a 132-page sporting title.TeleWest announce third quarter financial results.Saturday The BBC/Flextech channels, under the… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Future Publishing’s T3: Tomorrow’s Technology Today magazine has teamed up with Dixons to produce a 24-page new technology guide. One million copies of the T3 guide will distributed over 330 Dixons stores where they are to be given away free. T3 will feature all the latest consumer technology, PC’s, digital video camcorders, hi-fis, and so… Continue reading T3 Magazine And Dixons’ Technology Guide
A quick flick through the pages of Beautiful Living reveals a world full of obscenely rich people who are unnaturally preoccupied with the decorative and aesthetic perfection of their homes ‘(not houses)’. An examination of the market position chart confirms that the Beautiful Living test issue readers are younger, richer and, presumably, more unbearable than… Continue reading First Issue Review – Beautiful Living
