The Express On Sunday unveiled the latest stage of its image makeover yesterday. The Express On Sunday Magazine takes the place of Boulevard. The new title aims to have a happening modern 90’s feel. So why did the editorial team stick a 26 year old has-been craving to be a star again on the front-cover?… Continue reading First Issue Review – The Express On Sunday Magazine
MondayThe BBC’s Annual Report is published.Newsline review the new Express on Sunday Magazine.TuesdayThe June Retail Price Index is announced.May TV viewing round-up will appear in Newsline’s TV Features.ITV’s Autumn schedule is unveiled.WednesdayThe ASA’s Monthly Report is published.ThursdayFuture’s latest title Band launches.Web-site of the week will be Radio 4.FridayWeb round-up will appear in Newsline Features.
The ITC has published its May report into TV advertising complaints. The Rover 600 advertisement was found to be insensitive. The ad features a prisoner exchange in a mountainous region. Viewers had objected to the similarities of the ad’s story-line with ongoing hostage situations, particularly that of two Britons in Kashmir. The ITC upheld the… Continue reading Rover Gets A Telling Off
Jon Trowsdale has been appointed general manager of NTL Broadcast’s radio group. He will lead the group into the digital era. Trowsdale is currently product manager at Digital Audio Broadcasting. He will replace Mike Thorne who is moving over to NTL International.NTL Radio: 01962 823 464
‘The news that there was a new golf magazine on the market might possibly have caused the reaction “Excellent; just what the world needed.” I doubt it though. More likely…“Aren’t there enough of those already?” ‘ Robert Green, Editor.Such a statement admitted the first editorial of this new title, acknowledges the sense of surprise felt… Continue reading First Issue Review – Golf International
BARB is changing the current contract specification for reporting the viewing of 16-24 year olds.The current specification controls the number of 16-24 year olds for each regional panel. BARB has analysed the composition of the total population of this age group across all panels and found that the profile does not always match the Establishment… Continue reading BARB Changes Measurements For 16-24 Year Olds
BSkyB showed a very slight move upwards this week, closing on Friday at 444p, but there is no strong evidence to show that the company will make a quick recovery from its dramatic share fall. The share price has fallen over 25% in the last three weeks.Mirror Group’s shareholders seem to have welcomed the company’s… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 4/7/97
The Quality PressThe Sunday Times achieved the highest readership figures in this market over the last six monthsreaching 3,764,000 people in this period; although the paper saw 1.98% change year-on-year. The Telegraph was the most popular daily, rising 13.64% year-on-year to 2,808,000. The Independent, meanwhile, is still struggling, the daily lost 7.07% falling to 775,000… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – May
Average weekly cinema admissions in May rose by 28.5% year-on-year to reach 2.2 million. Over the whole month, a total of 9,754,757 million people went to the cinema.Subscribers can access the cinema database by choosing Cinema from the pull down box in the red bar above.CAA: 0171 439 9531
