The informal group of electronic publishers and new media sales houses which formed last year has called itself the Interactive Ad Group. The Group includes representatives from the electronic arms of Conde Nast, the Telegraph and the Mirror Group as well as New Media Marketing & Sales and aims to promote Web advertising to agencies… Continue reading Interactive Ad Group Launches
IPC is set to sell six of its titles from its Specialist Group, according to trade press reports. The titles named include Angler’s Mail, Coarse Angling and Railway. Southern Newspapers is rumoured to be interested in buying the titles.IPC would not comment on the reports while Southern admitted that it had a cash pile of… Continue reading IPC Set To Sell Titles
Reed Business Information’s computer trading title Client/Server Magazine has closed only to be relaunched in October under a new name Corporate Networks . The editorial and advertising staff of the ‘extinct’ title will move over to the new magazine.This repositioning is intended to reflect the computing industry’s increasing concentration on the network as the centre… Continue reading Life After Death For Reed Title
Amra, the regional sales house, has taken a minority stake in a new relationship marketing agency called Third Tier which is being set up by ex-Word chief Jeremy Morris.The new venture will aim to generate revenue for different media from sources other than advertising, subscriptions and cover-prices. These could include joint marketing initiatives and other… Continue reading Amra Takes Stake In New Agency
Coronation Street is again top of the pops this week, with Wednesday’s episode attracting a commendable 14.91 million; Monday’s episode came in second at 14.76 million. Eastenders’ storylines pulled in a disappointing number of punters in comparison to The Street this week. The best it could do was 13.86 million on Monday. While, down on… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 15/06/97
Up until the end of last year EMAP’s Empire and Premiere titles were the only mainstream news-stand magazines which catered for film fans. Then, as if publishers all of a sudden woke up to the fact that the movie magazine market was just waiting to explode, four new titles were launched in the space of… Continue reading Film Magazines – Market Round-Up
In the dispute between CableTel UK Ltd and L!VE TV, the High Court has ruled that CableTel had technically met its carriage operation contract with the TV company.The cable channel had been excluded from the First Choice package recently launched by CableTel; L!VE challenged the legality of this. In May, a court order ruled that… Continue reading L!VE Cable Dispute
Three key employees of Independent Radio Group have cut their links with the company. Neil Jones, the sales and marketing director, has left; the individual stations will now take full responsibility for their sales and marketing needs. Peter Milburn, managing director of 1458 Lite AM, and Ian Smith, marketing director of Scot FM, have also… Continue reading Movement In The Ranks
Dedicated radio services licensed by the Radio Authority, will be covering a number of major sporting and music events this Summer.For the first time Royal Ascot Day Radio took to the airwaves on 17-21 June and Special Olympics FM is also broadcasting for the first time for three weeks leading up to the National Summer… Continue reading Dedicated Radio Services To Launch This Summer
Anna Ford, a presenter on Radio 4’s Today Programme, has been reprimanded for saying ‘shit’ while on-air. The Broadcasting Standards Commission upheld the complaints of viewers, and said that there had been no justification for the bad language.In a separate case, three viewers complained about a sex scene in McCallum, a drama about a pathologist.… Continue reading Swearing Today
