The Guardian‘s new property, interiors and design section launches today. Space, the 36-page supplement, which has a glossy cover and newsprint pages, has an upmarket appearance with liberal doses of colour photographs. As well as design ideas there is also information on London areas, house prices and furniture. There are 16 pages of ads, with… Continue reading Space Arrives
The Daily Star is following the Mirror‘s lead and is changing colour as part of a deal struck with Cable and Wireless Communications. The front page logo will turn yellow and the paper will feature a number of adverts for Cable & Wireless.Last year soft drink company Pepsi turned the Daily Mirror blue as part… Continue reading Daily Stars Gets A Yellow Streak
Not all the titles in this category have yet reported for this period. The South London Guardian Group can claim the prime position of having the highest circulation amongst the weekly free titles. Its figure now stands at 562,899 distributed copies, only an actual increase of 3,702 copies, but still enough for it too reach… Continue reading Regional VFD’s – Weekly Free Titles
Eastenders hopped over the channel for the week, episodes on each week day night followed the residents of Albert Square living it up in Paris. Well, at the very least Phil seemed to be enjoying a few drinks. Unfortunately this didn’t do too much to improve the number of viewers, with the soap achieving an… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 31/08/97
Of the regional ABCs in so far for the first half of this year the North Herts Gazette Series, East Grinstead Courier and Wiltshire Times Series have all shown healthy percentage increases – the Wiltshire publication recording an improvement of over two thousand copies. Meanwhile the North Herts Gazette Series and East Grinstead Courier have… Continue reading January – June 1997 Regional ABC’s – Weekly Paid Titles
Vincent Boni is leaving his post of Brand Manager at Northcliffe Newspapers and Divisional Director of Northcliffe Exhibition, to become General Manager for Regional Publications at Southern Newspapers.Southern Newspapers: 01703 424413
Director magazine has undergone a revamp for its September issue. While the masthead remains the same, new layout, headings and font have been employed to create a more lively appearance. Pagination has increased from 84 pages to 100.Director Publications: 0171 730 8320
IPC has revamped its monthly title 19. The new-look, which begins with the October issue, includes a glossy format and an extra 32 pages. Cover-price remains £1.70.IPC: 0171 261 5000
Interim results at CIA Group show that turnover has increased by 17% to £444m, while pre-tax profits went up 2% to £3.5m. Client account gains of £152m (£110m in 1996), including Visa and Candy/Hoover across Europe, were also announced.CIA is also expected to meet WPP executives next week to discuss areas of co-operation, though CIA… Continue reading Profits Show Small Rise At CIA
Independent Newspapers, the Irish-based media group, has announced a 50% increase in interim pre-tax profits to Ir£39 million. There was strong growth in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand though Ireland was the group’s best performing area.Independent Newspapers: 00 353 1873 1666
