The national newspaper ABCs for December show that the Sunday market has got both the highest and the lowest results. The Sunday Telegraph has seen the most marked leap in sales with an increase of 35.76% year-on-year while the Express on Sunday continues to show the biggest fall, down 17.32% year-on-year. In the daily market… Continue reading National Newspaper December ABCs
In an unconfirmed leak to the Financial Times, the Capital Radio Group is reported to have told the Radio Authority that it will as much as triple the programme budget of Capital Gold, if it is successful in winning the new London FM frequency. The current Capital Gold budget is about £900,000 a year. This… Continue reading Capital To Invest In Gold
(Updated at 3:11pm)Christine Walker, Chief Executive of Zenith Media, has announced that she is leaving the UK’s largest media buying company. Graham Duff, who is currently joint managing director, is taking over her post. No firm date has yet been set for the hand-over.It is not yet clear what Walker’s future plans are though among… Continue reading Walker To Leave Zenith
James Boyle, Controller of BBC Radio 4, spoke of his plans to shake-up the station at a Radio Academy conference last week. Mr Boyle said that he was keen to ensure that Radio 4 programmes retained their freshness. He doesn’t want the station to become stuck in a rut and he wants new producers to… Continue reading Radio 4 Ready For Change
Johnston Press has sold the Town Crier – West Cambridgeshire to the Yattendon Investment Trust. The Trust also owns the Cambridge Evening News.The new Press Planner can be accessed by subscribers by clicking here and choosing “Press”. Press Planner can only be accessed using Netscape 3.0.
Hamerville Magazines, publisher of business-to-business building and maintenance titles, has joined forces with On Demand Information, an Internet service provider, to create two ISDN based services called Build.Data Online and Interior Design.Both of these directories, due for launch in March, will provide Internet access as well as electronic versions of Hamerville’s magazines. Each magazine will… Continue reading Hamerville Magazines Launches Internet Service
Future Publishing has just released its first film related title, Total Film Magazine. Total Film went on sale at a special introductory price of £1. Published monthly, the normal price will be £2.50.Matt Bielby, the Editor, sets the scene for the title in his opening note, “You’re holding up a magazine that’s right up your… Continue reading First Issue Review: Total Film Magazine
Most sectors had a quiet week though agencies AMV.BBDO and CIA both performed well, with AMV rising from 651p at the start of the week to 678.5p by Friday as a result of it winning Campaign‘s Agency of the Year Award. CIA was buoyed by a mention in Media Week‘s Agency of the Year list… Continue reading Sharewatch – W/E 10/1/97
The Guardiannewspaper was due to re-launch its media section today. This has been postponed until next Monday. The new media section will be an expanded stand alone supplement. The company say that today is too near to Christmas for a new launch.Film and TV Week, IPC’s new listings’ magazine, launches tomorrow. The title is to… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Advertising Association has forecast that UK advertising expenditure will rise by 5% ,on constant prices, during 1997. The AA also predicts that ad expenditure for 1996 will reach £11.73bn.Job vacancies have reached their highest in 20 years and classified advertising should benefit accordingly. Print revenue should profit greatly from the classified advertising boom and… Continue reading Ad Expenditure On The Up
