The Consumer Press titles that chose not to take part in last week’s first ever concurrent release of ABCs have begun to release their figures. Not surprisingly the majority of these titles have recorded falls in circulation against last year. Jan-Jun’95 Jan-Jun’96 %Ch Actual Change DC Thomson & Co Catch (Closed) 53,817 44,949 -16.47 -8,868… Continue reading Jan-Jun ABCs – Late Releases
Commercial Radio has grown strongly in the second quarter achieving £292.3 million up to June 1996, giving it an increase of 18%. Compared to the same quarter last year there has been an increase of 16.5% when spending reached £77.2 million..Revenue from national advertisers has also continued to grow more quickly with an annual growth… Continue reading Radio Revenue For Q2 In 1996
Jul’96 Year on Year Comparisons Title July’95 July’96 % Ch Actual Change Daily Telegraph 1,059,503 1,052,003 -0.71 -7500 Financial Times 284,280 297,194 4.54 12914 Guardian 392,638 392,971 0.08 333 Independent 299,744 268,527 -10.41 -31217 Times 655,832 753,784 14.94 97952 Daily Express 1,254,309 1,219,104 -2.81 -35205 Daily Mail 1,809,661 2,069,348 14.35 259687 Evening Standard (London) 433,662… Continue reading National Newspaper ABCs
The Telegraph will be launching an on-line lifestyle magazine to complement its current Internet service, The Electronic Telegraph.Etcetera will go live next week and will contain arts and books, interviews, food & drink and features. The launch will be aimed at attracting 18-34 year olds with material drawn from both the Daily Telegraph and the… Continue reading Telegraph Launches On-Line Magazine
Channel 4’s controller of arts and entertainment Stuart Cosgrove has increased his team of commissioning editors to create a new Entertainment Group, with Graham K Smith joining C4 as a commissioning editor for the new set-up.Smith has previously worked as a producer for both C4 and BBC2 and has been a director of production company… Continue reading C4 Creates New Entertainment Team
IPC Magazines’ Weeklies has announced the appointment of David Greene as circulation director for all IPC magazines. Mr Greene’s former role covered Weeklies and Southbank Publishing Group but now includes the Specialist Group.Linda Lancaster-Gaye, managing director of the Specialist Group, recognises the importance of the role: “The circulation mix in the Specialist Group is a… Continue reading IPC Extend David Greene’s Role
ITV is claiming that its viewers remained loyal to the special schedule it produced during the Olympic Games.According to its research, ITV increased its lead over BBC1 during peaktime for both weeks compared with the spring/summer average. In the second week initial data indicates a strengthening of ITV’s peaktime lead to 8 share points over… Continue reading ITV Claims Loyal Viewers
Six month financial results released today by Nynex CableComms show that net loss for the period was £35.5 million compared to a loss last year of £43.2m. Total revenue increased by a massive 93%, from £35.3m to £68.1m.Good growth was recorded in the company’s cable television business: revenue increased 74% to £29.2m, with the number… Continue reading Nynex Losses Decrease
BBC1’s decision to add an extra episode of Eastenders during the Olympics, looks to have been a success. 11.02 million people tuned in to watch the episode shown on Friday night at 8.30pm, which is very good for the summer. The first Monday night episode of Eastenders shown on April 11th 1994 attracted 12.56 million… Continue reading 11.02 Million Watch Extra Episode Of Eastenders
http://www.nie.northcliffe.co.uk/Northcliffe NiE Project is designed to help newspapers within the Northcliffe Newspapers Group communicate with pupils, students, parents and teachers. The NiE website concentrates on areas within the newspaper industry where children can learn about the press by interacting with features on the site or with the help of teachers and parents.The Careers in the… Continue reading Website Of The Week: NiE News
