Bauer publishing today released its circulation figures for the period January-June 1996. Title Jan-Jun 95 Jan-Jun 96 % Ch Take a Break 1,502,030 1,447,950 -3.6 Bella 901,682 767,698 -14.8 TV Quick 756,352 819,056 8.3 That’s Life n/a 480,448 n/a Total Bauer 3,169,964 3,515,152 11.2 Speaking about Bella‘s declining circulation, Mike McCafferty, managing director of the… Continue reading Bauer Release Circulation Figures
Newsquest Media this morning announced that it has bought Westminster Press from Pearson for £305 million.Westminster Press has a total circulation approaching 2.2 million and had a reported turnover of over £140 million in 1995. Its 60 titles will be added to the 120 already owned by Newsquest. The combined company will have a turnover… Continue reading Newsquest Buys Westminster Press For £305m
Pearson PLC revealed today its pre-tax results for the half year to June 30 1996. Although sales are up by 20%, figures are generally lower than last year with profit before tax reduced by almost a third. In reaction to the disappointing figures, the Board reflected on last year and noted that profits were earned… Continue reading Disappointing Results For Pearson
BSkyB rose to 497p on Wednesday but fell to 491p by Friday. Incidentally the drop occurred amidst speculation of no compromise being made between the five nations and BSkyB for the BSkyB/England rugby contract *(Rugby Challenges BSkyB Deal).After the buy-out of Caledonian *(STV Takes Over Caledonian) , STV increased from 662p to 678p. Carlton, who… Continue reading Sharewatch
Troubled newspaper, The Sunday Business may announce potential buyers later this week. A spokesman from the publication told MediaTel: “We are optimistic that a buyer could be named tomorrow following interests from various parties.”The Sunday Business met financial difficulties earlier this year *(Sunday Business In Financial Crisis) and faced restructuring, following a successful application for… Continue reading New Buyer For Sunday Business
Pearson will today release financial results and is expected to reveal the buyer of Westminster Press. Other financial results this week include Cordiant on Tuesday, Rank Organisation on Thursday and CIA Group on Friday.Features on Newsline this week include a TV Round-Up which will look at revenue, impacts, CPTs, viewing and industry news for June,… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Radio Authority is next week (8 August) advertising a new Independent Local Radio licence to cover the town of Stornoway and surrounding parts of the Isle of Lewis, off the north-west coast of Scotland. The licence is being offered on the FM waveband and will reach around 15,000 adults. The closing date for applications… Continue reading Radio Authority Advertises New Licences
With all but 4 titles recording a drop in their year on year Jan-Jun ABCs, it would seem that there is a slump in the TV Listings/Entertainment sector. The biggest percentage fall came from Dennis Publishing’s Home Entertainment which fell by 16.23 or 3,595 copies. The biggest fall in copies came from EMAP’s Premiere magazine… Continue reading January To June ABCs – TV Listings & Entertainment
Eva, IPC’s woman’s weekly, saw a significant decrease with its circulation. The publication has recently developed a new look and price *(Eva Is Revamped) due to this change. Apart from a 45% decrease from last year for OK Weekly, there was very little change in the women’s weekly sector.All new ABC figures are available to… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Women’s Weekly Sector
The Jan-Jun ’96 ABC figures which were released this morning show that, within the angling sector, circulation performances were generally poor. Improve Your Course Fishing was the strongest performer with an increase of 1.8% (or 1,050 copies) to 58,585, whilst Stillwater Trout Angler and Trout Fisherman showed decreases in circulation of 12.8% and 6.7% respectively.… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Angling, Boating And Children’s Sectors
