The PPA hosted a meeting yesterday which brought together Tessa Jowell, minister of state for public health, and the magazine industry to discuss the Government’s proposed ban on tobacco advertising. The meeting was initiated by the PPA following the Government’s Dying For A Fag anti-smoking conference.PPA: 0171 404 4166
Reuters has reported a year on year drop of 3% in its actual rates revenue for Quarter 3, from £736 million to £713m, and blamed the fall on the strength of Sterling. Underlying revenue however grew 8%.Chief executive Peter Job said: “We continue to expect underlying revenue growth for 1997 to be around current levels.”Reuters:… Continue reading Strength Of Sterling Hits Reuters
http://interactive.mediatel.co.ukDisplaying a well-balanced mixture of art images and functional design, the MediaTel Interactive site represents a showcase for the services which the company offers. The Clients section also provides a list of completed projects along with summaries of the benefits which the MediaTel Interactive sites generate. A number of high-profile clients currently have sites created… Continue reading Website Of The Week – MediaTel Interactive
Cordiant has just announced that its shareholders have agreed to the demerger plans which will see the Saatchi & Saatchi and Bates businesses split into separate companies (subscribers see Cordiant Confirms Demerger Plans).At the Extraordinary General Meeting held earlier today it was also confirmed that dealings in shares for the two companies will commence at… Continue reading Cordiant Demerger Approved
Richard Sunderland is leaving his post as associate director at Universal McCann to join the relatively young agency, Branded. Branded is led by Philip Ley, formerly BSkyB’s marketing director. Currently, there is no definite start date for Sunderland at Branded.…Saul Walkinshaw joined MediaVest on 20 October as TV buying manager, leaving his post as TV… Continue reading Appointment Briefs
Television’s leading drama, Heartbeat has increased its audience yet again this week, (16.33 million compared to last week’s 15.29 million). Despite dropping from its previously well worn position of second place to third, the drama shows no signs of losing the momentum already gained. At the other end of the scale, the new Catherine Cookson… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 12/10/97
The Guardian and the Observer have made a series of commercial appointments. Joe Clark and Stuart Taylor, ad managers for the Guardian and Observer respectively, will swap roles from 1 November to develop their internal editorial contacts and broaden their newspaper experience. Simon Cooke has been promoted to newspaper business manager, reporting to Joe and… Continue reading Appointment Briefs
Despite an overall drop in radio listening, Rajar’s Q3 1997 results show that commercial radio has again achieved a higher audience share than the BBC – 58% compared to 55%. However, virtually all local commercial stations have seen an audience reach loss compared to the third quarter of last year. Most significantly are audience reach… Continue reading Rajar Q3 1997 – Local Commercial Radio
The Department of Trade and Industry has cleared the Mirror Group’s takeover of Midland Independent Newspapers after the Monopolies and Mergers Commission said that the move would not operate against the public interest.It was announced in July that the Mirror Group had made an agreed offer of £297 million for MIN (subscribers see Midland In… Continue reading MIN/Mirror Deal Gets Go Ahead
As the web weaves itself ever farther into our private and working lives it may begin to struggle to sustain the weight of its own traffic. The latest Internet User Profile Survey published by NOP Research Group shows that one in twenty-five UK households now has Internet access; the number has risen from 400,000 in… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 24/10/97
