A summer price war was sparked off when today’s editions of The Sun and The Daily Mirror appeared on newsstands priced at only 10p.A spokesman from The Daily Mirror, which is normally priced at 30p, told Newsline: “It is a one-off offer for our readers.” He refused to comment on The Daily Mirror’s pricing strategy… Continue reading Tabloid Price War?
According to reports in today’s press, the privately held ITV franchise Westcountry is considering a flotation on the stock market.The move may open the door for larger media groups, such as Granada or HTV, to acquire a majority stake in the company. Analysts believe Westcountry would be worth between £70m and £100m. Stakeholders in Westountry… Continue reading Westcountry Considers Flotation
Practical Classics, Emap Nationals’ classic car magazine, is set to merge with its sister title, Popular Classics. The merger will take effect in the August issue (on sale Friday 19th July) with the title becoming Practical Classics Incorporating Popular Classics.The magazine will have a new look which includes a nostalgia element, with regular photographs of… Continue reading Practical Classics In Merger
An index for the 1996 ISBA Policy Conference featuring summaries of the speeches for media issues over the last year and a look to the future.ISBA Media Update Conference: Getting More Bang For Your Media Buck ISBA Conference : Can C5 Deliver? ISBA Conference: How Do You Reach Generation X? ISBA Conference Report: Pulling On… Continue reading ISBA Conference ’96 Index: Getting More Bang For Your Media Buck
CLT UK Radio Sales has announced a raft of senior sales appointments: Gary Perry joins from Classic FM as group head on Atlantic 252, while George McCracken joins as a sales executive on Atlantic from being group head at Mirror Group. Dina Subhani, currently a sales executive at CLT, is being promoted to group head… Continue reading New Sales Staff At CLT UK Radio, MTV And Sky Magazine
The Internet edition of The Times has won the award for the “hottest and fastest Web site” in the UK. This comes as The Times claims that over 250,000 readers have registered at the site.The Hot Off The Net trophy was presented to Mike Murphy, Internet Editor of The Times, and Christopher Lloyd, Internet Editor… Continue reading Times Wins Internet Award
Chris Evans’ Ginger Productions and an anonymous consortium are the latest bidders hoping to run the new London FM licence which will be announced next week.Ginger Productions was unavailable for comment on its proposed plan for the new station, but it is believed that backers include Michael Caine and George Soros. ‘The Edge’, a working… Continue reading More Contenders To Bid For London Licence
Channel 4 has created two new commissioning appointments to help develop a new strategy for the daytime schedule. Fiona Chesterton, the channel’s deputy commissioning editor for News and Current Affairs since 1992, is to be C4’s first commissioning editor for daytime, and her deputy is to be Julia Foote LeStage, who joins from Thames Television.C4… Continue reading Channel 4 To Develop Daytime Strategy
Sheila Lamport, Media Communications Manager at Allied Domecq gave an update on events concerning the Outdoor Action Group.She commented:“It’s great to be able to talk to you today about posters at a time when the industry has never been in a better shape.”She justified this by saying that the overdue investment in research and a… Continue reading ISBA Conference: Outdoor Action Group
Andrew Robertson, Corporate Marketing Manager of the Bradford & Bingley Building Society, said that the radio medium has gained respectability even though it only covers 4% of advertising revenue. The Radio Action Group (RAG) was set up in MAY 1995 by the ISBA in recognition of this. It was felt that as radio is growing… Continue reading ISBA Conference: Radio Action Group
