Paragon Publishing is sending three new computing magazines to the printers. They will join their current computing magazines; CD-ROM Series, CD-ROM Games, PC Power Platinum, CD-ROM Games Gold, Internet Today, Windows Plus, II Shareware Gold, III Edutainment Gold, Net User and Iv PC Office.Nintendo 64 Magazine is the first of the new launches to go… Continue reading Paragon Launch 3 New Computing Titles
Press reports claim that a revaluation of ITV licences will lead to a reduction in the sums ITV companies pay to the government.The ITV companies in total pay an annual £400 million to the treasury. No mention has been made of how much this sum will be reduced by. Savings for the companies could be… Continue reading ITV Revenue To Treasury Is Set To Fall
World in Action, the television documentary series, have launched a web site. The site is full of information on past, current and future programme subjects. It also gives the visitor the chance to feedback on previous programmes and has details of where to find out more on certain subjects. It also gives you the chance… Continue reading Web Round Up – W/E 17/1/97
Radio Times magazine has added a film guide section in a move taken to fight off the competition.Barry Norman will front the new 14 page section.. This will be the first time that the Radio Times has covered video and film releases, as well as its traditional radio and TV listings.A poster promotion pack and… Continue reading Radio Times Expands Into Film
News International has declared a price war in Scotland by selling the Monday edition of the Sun for just 10p. This once weekly price drop of 12 pence is to continue for an indefinite period. Not to be outdone The Mirror cut its price on Monday and is threatening further price cuts.Meanwhile, the Daily Mail… Continue reading Paper Price War In Scotland
XFM, the indie rock station which has won the new FM licence for London, is set to Launch on 1 September. Its backers include CLT (owners of Atlantic 252 and London’s Country FM), which has a 20% stake, The Cure’s Robert Smith and Harvey Goldsmith, the concert promoter. The station told Newsline however that details… Continue reading Xfm To Launch In September
Taylor Nelson AGB now has an advertising tracking system that will enable the market research company to compete with Millward Brown, the field leader. Taylor Nelson’s new system, BrandVision tracks consumer commitment to a brand. It is also hoped that it will discover what makes a consumer switch brand and how likely this is to… Continue reading New Ad Tracking System Hits The Market
Jacqui Elliot, the advertisement director of Top Sante, the health and beauty magazine, has been promoted to publisher. Elliot has been with the magazine since the beginning and was previously a member of the team that launched the Independent.…Punch magazine has appointed John Trikett as advertising director. Trikett, a former deputy advertising sales director at… Continue reading Moves At The Top
IPC Magazines has published the results of a survey it commissioned into mobile phone ownership and usage. The survey, carried out late last year by BMRB International, involved both current and potential mobile phone users. It is an area that has previously been the subject of little research.A number of interesting statistics have been unearthed:… Continue reading Research Into Mobile Phone Habits
TMD Carat has set up a dedicated press unit to be responsible for all the agency’s press planning and buying.The unit will be headed by TMDC board director Nigel Breckon and have a team of 39 to handle the £200m press expenditure. Mark Craze, TMDC’s managing director, said: “We feel that with the increasing number… Continue reading TMD Carat Creates Press Unit
