Fru Hazlitt, the former head of client sales at Capital Radio is to head Capital’s new sales house Capital Sales and Marketing *Capital Buys Virgin Radio. A number of changes have already followed this appointment. Duncan George, sales director of Capital Radio and Andrew Oldham, sales director of MSM are both leaving the group, although… Continue reading Capital Restructures Sales
Euromoney Publications has had its best ever first-half results in the six months to March 31 this year. Operating profit grew by 25% to a record £10,955,000, profit before tax rose by 5% to £12,047,000, another record and earnings per share were up 12% to 36p. The interim dividend goes up by 4p to 18p… Continue reading Best Ever Results For Euromoney
Laser and 95.8 Capital FM have announced a strategic alliance to create a new programme called Live From The Capital Cafe.The show will be transmitted on LWT at 11pm on Friday nights early in the summer, featuring live music, comedy, celebrity interviews and the latest trends to hit London. Martina King, Capital Radio’s station director… Continue reading Laser Joins Capital Radio For TV Show
Alexandra Tickle has joined EMAP Internet Sales as account manager. Before joining EMAP, Tickle was advertising and promotions manager at Information Hyperlink, the Internet publishing and Web design company.Away from the Net, Chris O’Donnell, sales director of Adshel has been promoted; he is now deputy executive director of Adshel Developments.EMAP Online: 0171 208 5174Adshel: 0171… Continue reading Tickle Tapped For EMAP
The Brighton Media Centre is launching 20:20 in September. The glossy magazine aims to dispel the myth that the media is a closed shop, full of ‘old boys’ squabbling with each other. Young, talented graduates are promising to produce a fresh, feisty, unpredictable magazine that brings a different perspective to the established media, and an… Continue reading 20:20 Opens Closed Shop
The Channel 5 9pm movie, much trumpeted as a popular alternative to other channel’s offerings, can be seen as a general indicator of 5’s success since it launched at the end of March. This is not only because 5 itself placed so much faith in it as an audience puller, but because advertisers did too.… Continue reading Channel 5 Analysis – The 9pm Movie
L!ve TV’s has now launched its new regional station, Manchester L!ve. The station is the latest in the growing L!ve TV City Network, joining Birmingham, Westminster, Liverpool and Edinburgh.Jane Wroe, sales director of L!ve TV, says the Manchester station offers “a huge commercial opportunity, with the majority of paid for local newspapers haemorrhaging circulation, particularly… Continue reading Manchester L!ve Confident Of Success
News International has fired the latest round in the dispute between The Times and The Telegraph and the ABC *Telegraph Issue Writ To ABC. NI has published a list of reforms it would like to see to the ABC system.In the statement, NI claims: “The integrity of the ABC figures has come increasingly into question… Continue reading Times For Change At ABC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/otrOn The Record fans will find the programme’s new web site surprisingly basic. The site is very easy to navigate and even simpler to understand; it seems to be aiming at school children. The pages taking you behind the scenes at the show, and those telling the story behind the programme’s well-known crocodile mascot will… Continue reading Web Site Of The Week – On The Record
Doritos’ sponsorship credits for ITV’s Movie Premieres was awarded the only gold award at the Design and Art Direction awards. This is the first time that sponsorship credits have won an award. The credits, which caused viewer complaints because of their use of dead actors, were praised for being innovative and funny.Silver awards went to… Continue reading Doritos Wins D&AD Gold
