The radio station LBC will replace London Newstalk 1152. London Radio announced today that the official relaunch will be on Monday 1st July on the 1152 AM frequency.Top favourites such as Pete Murray, Robbie Vincent, Clive Bull and Therese Birch will return to the programme schedule together with new signings Benny Green, Caroline Righton, Clare… Continue reading LBC To Return
Media group Pearson has announced that it is seeking buyers for Westminster Press, its regional press company.Pearson say that the move is part of its overall strategy of concentrating resources on information, education and entertainment markets. It is believed by analysts that the regional outfit could raise around £300 million. Pearson would not reveal which… Continue reading Pearson To Sell Off Westminster Press
The Euro’ 96 clash between England and Scotland has entered the top ten viewing figures at number six. The match, shown on BBC1 (15/6/96) , attracted an audience of 10.51 million according to the latest BARB viewing figures. Euro’ 96 has proved to be very popular with no less than seven matches in the top… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – W/E 16/6/96
The advertising group, WPP, said that worldwide revenues were up by over 10%. Growth in Europe increased by almost 6% with the combined revenues of J.Walter Thompson, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide and Conquest Europe rising over 9%.Compared to the previous year, specialist communications activities were concentrated in the UK as well as the US and… Continue reading WPP Group Plc: Annual General Meeting Results
Combined ITV/C4 revenue for May, based on agency estimates, came in at £202.782 million, up 10.74% on last May’s total revenue. May was a better month for ITV, whose share was up this month to 78%, or £157.307 million, up by 5.83% on last year’s total. Channel 4’s share this month at 22% appears to… Continue reading TV Revenue – May
http://www.slate.com/Microsoft’s aim to bring serious journalism to the World Wide Web resulted in the launch of their new website Slate on the 24th June. Updated daily, the interactive online magazine is set to tackle a mix of politics, culture and public policy.Michael Kinsley, former Editor of The New Republic and CNN’s Crossfire and now editor… Continue reading Microsoft To Provide Quality Journalism Online
Chester Chronicle and North Wales Independent Press Limited has awarded its £2.5 million account to Amra, the largest single-buying unit for the regional press. This gives the sales company near saturation coverage throughout the North West and Wales areas and offers media buyers a more cohesive route to these markets.As TV, radio and national press… Continue reading Amra Win Creates Dominance In North West
Scottish Television and Grampian are the latest ITV companies in talks regarding a merger, according to a report in today’s Independent. Grampian, worth around £85m, controls 0.7% of the UK television market while STV has 2.5%. This falls well short of the 15% maximum of UK TV a company can control.These rumours scotch other talk… Continue reading More TV Merger Rumours
IPC Magazines has promoted Louise Glautier from classified ad manager for its music titles to group classified manager. She will also be handling sales for NME’s new Internet site which launched two weeks ago.Classified sales director Mike Rowley said: “This promotion recognises both Louise’s development, and the development of classified revenues from the printed magazine… Continue reading New Group Ad Manager For IPC
Research published today by the ITC shows that toy advertising very rarely misleads or confuses children.The research shows that children have a higher understanding of advertising methods than that of parents. This included distinguishing reality from fantasy, interpreting messages and understanding how various special effects techniques operate. Younger children were less efficient in deciphering commercials… Continue reading Toy Adverts Rarely Mislead Children
