The Express will go on sale this week with a cover-price of 20p instead of its normal 35p. The offer, which is being backed by a radio ad campaign, will hope to maintain the recent growth in the title’s sales since it was relaunched in October.Source: ABCSubscribers can access the Press Planner by selecting “Press”… Continue reading Price Cut For Express
According to overnight data, at its peak, 7.3 million people watched yesterday’s Canadian Grand Prix from Montreal.An overall average of 6.1 million watched the race on ITV; this is exactly 2 million more people than watched than the BBC’s live average for the same race the previous year.ITV: 0171843 8217
Reed Hundt, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has suffered a setback in his efforts to start an investigation into spirits advertising on television. Two fellow regulators are attempting to block Hundt’s efforts. They are Rachelle Chong and James Quello, both commissioners with the FCC. They have said that such an investigation is beyond… Continue reading US: FCC’s Hundt suffers setback
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L!ve TV will be sponsoring Millwall FC next season. Player’s shirts will carry the line “The weather in Norwegian” along with the L!ve logo.L!ve: 0171 293 2511
Discovery Home and Leisure, is said to be in talks with Emap about a masthead fishing programme.Emap publishes Angling Times, Angling Plus and Improve Your Coarse Fishing, any of these titles could be involved in the discussions.
WPP has apparently set a date to launch the much rumoured media outfit which would result from the merger between JWT and O&M’s media dependent the Network.According to trade press reports the new company will launch on 1 January 1998. WPP declined to confirm that this was the case when contacted by Newsline.
The highly restrictive Loi Evin – the French legislation banning advertising of alcoholic beverages in France – will be at issue in a consideration by the EC of a case brought by Europe’s alcohol manufacturers at the next meeting considering infringement procedures on 19 June.
The Conciliation Committee has adopted the joint text on revision of the 1989 Directive on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in the Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcastingThe Conciliation Committee has adopted the joint text on revision of the 1989 Directive on the coordination of… Continue reading Conciliation Committee Adopts Joint Text
EMAP Elan is rumoured to be planning a new consumer magazine for older women. According to Press Gazette, which is published by EMAP, the company is now in the process of staffing up for the title which would probably launch as a monthly in the Spring next year.EMAP Elan currently publishes titles such as Top… Continue reading EMAP Gears Up For New Women’s Title
