The plug has been pulled on the British version of Wired Magazine. The title is being scrapped after less than two years on the news-stands.Wired broke off from its launch partner, Guardian Media Group, in 1995 and has been struggling ever since. The UK and Japanese editions of the magazine recorded losses of £2 million… Continue reading Wired Short Circuits
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC has published its interim results for the six months ending on December 31 1996. The Group’s profits rose 26% to £134 million in this period. Earnings per share have increased 27% to 7.1p. The interim dividend is up 10% to 2.75p.Record subscriber growth in the final quarter of 1996 helped… Continue reading BSkyB High Profits
Quarter 4 RAJAR figures released this afternoon reveal that the weekly reach of all local commercial radio stations has fallen from 52% to 49% year-on-year, while share of listening fell 0.9% points from 39.1% to 38.2%.Overall, gold stations seemed to perform particularly well. GWR’s Classic Gold 774 increased its weekly reach by 26.98% to 80,000,… Continue reading Q4 Rajar Figures: Local Commercial Stations
The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry has published the findings of a survey into the newspaper reading habits of London’s business leaders.The London Business Leader Panel, set up by the London Chamber of Commerce, found that the Times was the most popular newspaper among London business directors and senior business partners. 27% of people… Continue reading Business Leaders Reading Habits
The national newspaper ABCs are out for January, the figures show that the Sunday Telegraph has had the biggest year-on-year increase with a rise of 218,073 giving a percentage change of 32.12%, this was followed by the Daily Telegraph which had an increase of 8.45%.The newspaper which has fallen the most is the Sun which… Continue reading National Newspaper January 1997 ABCs
Reed Elsevier the Anglo-Dutch communications group has sold some of the most famous names in publishing. William Heinemann, Secker & Warburg and Methuen have been sold by Reed to Random House of New York. Random House bought the imprints for around $20 million.Reed is selling off its consumer business to concentrate on professional publishing. Reed… Continue reading Reed Sells Titles
The Media Business Group has announced six month financial figures which show that profits have risen 42% to £585,000. Sales also rose, by 29%, to £63m.Recent client wins for the group include RAC, IKEA and Mothercare. After expanding into Manchester last year *New Agency For Manchester, it was reported that the group was looking to… Continue reading TMBG Profits Rise 42%
AMRA Ltd, the regional newspaper sales house, has won its first Irish newspaper account. The Irish Sunday Tribune has a 63% ABC1 readership, including 30% pure AB’s.Penny Lee, director of AMRA said: “We are confident that the paper offers untapped potential for a wide range of display and recruitment advertisers. A key area will be… Continue reading AMRA Wins Irish Press Account
The Adscene Group plc has released its results for the half year ending 30 November 1996.During this period turnover increased by 28%, to £28.76 million. Despite the high cost of newsprint and the difficult commercial printing market, operating profit rose by 10%. Publishing turnover rose by 78% following the full contribution from the 1995 acquisitions,… Continue reading Adscene Turnover Increases To £28 Million
The latest Rajar figures reveal that the BBC has extended its lead over commercial radio to 1.3%. The BBC obtained 49.6% of total audience share, compared with commercial radio’s 48.3%. BBC’s radio share is up more than 2% year-on-year.Year-on-year each of the five BBC national networks experienced a share rise. Radio 1’s share is up… Continue reading Q4 Rajar Figures: National Radio Stations
