The Sunday Telegraph unveils its long awaited health and fitness magazine this weekend *Sunday Telegraph Grows.The 40 page magazine, Rx, is aiming at young female readers and will have an advertising/editorial ratio of 25/75.*Subscribers only
Cordiant has announced the creation of a new joint venture advertising agency in Moscow called Bates Viag Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising.It will combine the resources of Bates Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi and the Video International Advertising Group based in Moscow, and have billings of over $60 million. Clients for the new agency will include Proctor… Continue reading Cordiant Sets Up Russian Venture
Paul Twivy, the former Bates Dorland chief executive, has reached an out-of-court settlement with his old employer.Twivy was claiming unfair dismissal against Bates, saying that a promise to make him chairman was reneged upon by Michael Bungey, chairman of Bates Worldwide. A court hearing was threatened *Court Hearing For Ex-Dorlands Chief, but the announcement of… Continue reading Out Of Court Settlement For Twivy
The Broadcasting Standards Commission came into being yesterday. The new body replaces the Broadcasting Complaints Commission and Broadcasting Standards Council and will combine their functions.The BSC will investigate and adjudicate on complaints about fairness and unwarranted infringement of privacy, and about the portrayal of violence and sexual conduct and other matters of taste and decency… Continue reading A New Body Found
The launch of The Guardian ‘s extra Monday sports pages has been postponed until next Monday. The paper originally intended the new section to launch on Easter Monday *Guardian Makes A Sporting Gesture.The new broadsheet sports section will cover all the main sporting activities every Monday. It will include a comprehensive results section, reports and… Continue reading Better Late Than Never At The Guardian
The Radio Authority has awarded the new small-scale licence on the FM waveband for Wolverhampton to: 107.7 The Wolf . The Wolf, owned by Wolverhampton Area Radio Ltd, promises to provide a lively full service of local news, information, music and entertainment, dedicated to the specific needs of the community.The licence is being offered for… Continue reading Radio Goes To The Wolves
Prior to the launch of Channel 5, Newsline interviewed several key players in advertising to discover what the general feeling was towards the new channel *ISBA Wishes Channel 5 Success. Now that Five has gone live, Newsline has gone back to the industry to find out what it thinks about the final result.Andrew Canter, group… Continue reading Channel 5 – What The Industry Thinks
Negotiations aimed at screening the first live television debate between the leaders of the main political parties appear to be faltering, as each party made conditions which were unacceptable to the others.While both ITV and the BBC are keen to broadcast such a debate, it is looking increasingly unlikely that it will take place. Talks… Continue reading TV Leadership Debate Falters
The Radio Authority has announced that, having received assurances from Border Television plc about its proposed acquisition of Sun City Radio Ltd, it has decided that the company’s ownership of this licence could not be expected to operate against the public interest. In particular, Border Television guaranteed that it would safe-guard the separate news operation… Continue reading The Radio Authority Rules
