McLean Consumer Publications is launching a new consumer-based holiday magazine entitled Holiday Shopper. The weekly title will begin publication on 23rd May and will cost £1.50. Holiday Shopper will have an initial print-run of 250,000.The Sunday Express has launched a new Sports section. Its first publication was last Sunday, the day before the Daily Express… Continue reading New Consumer Magazine To Launch
McCann-Erickson has completed the final element of its senior management restructure with the appointment of Ben Langdon as managing director and chief executive officer. Discussions between David Warden, chairman of McCann-Erickson, and Langdon, have been going on for nearly six months to bring the chief executive of Collett Dickenson Pearce (CDP) to McCann-Erickson.Optimedia has confirmed… Continue reading Agency Appointments
IPC Magazines has announced that it will be expanding its New Media Publishing department and has made several key appointments to facilitate this.Jonathan Newby is appointed New Media publishing director and will head up the expanded department. He was previously an associate publisher with the IPC Weeklies Group and then publisher within the Specialist Group.Colin… Continue reading IPC Magazines Expands New Media Department
European Media Survey (EMS), the largest and most detailed media survey amongst Europe’s 40 million most affluent consumers, has been welcomed by NBC Superchannel.Conducted as a continuous research study, EMS measures the media and lifestyle habits of upscale European adults: sampled randomly the respondents who complete the survey represent the top 6% of adults across… Continue reading NBC Super Channel To Harness EMS Results
Robin Burgess has been appointed as president of the Newspaper Society for 1996/97. He is chief executive of CN Group Ltd, publishers of newspapers in and around the Lake District. He takes over from Geoffrey Copeman, vice chairman of Eastern Counties Newspapers Group.Mr Burgess previously chaired the Society’s editorial committee and is a member of… Continue reading Newspaper Society And Observer Appointments
Kiss 100 has announced an independent production deal between its newly formed television arm Kiss TV and cable network L!ve TV. Under the 12 month contract Kiss TV will provide 4 one-hour shows to L!ve TV each week: Kiss Clubs, Kiss Music, Kiss Lifestyle and Kiss Classics.The first programme to be broadcast will be Kiss… Continue reading Kiss TV To Launch
Kelloggs is set to participate in Europe’s largest television test of interactive advertising, where consumers’ response to advertising and programming will be investigated. Videotron, the cable company is running the 8-week test on its dedicated Interactive TV Channel.The commercials in the Videotron test will be integrated within an existing environment of interactive programming. The Frosties… Continue reading Frosties Tests Interactive TV Ad
Radio 5 Live has been named national station of the year at the Sony radio awards. The BBC’s news and sports station which has been running for two years also took five other awards: Best Event Coverage (of the Ryder Cup); Response To News Event (Dallyn on Saturday); News and Current Affairs (Inverdale Nationwide); News… Continue reading Radio 5 Live Triumphs At Radio Awards
Today saw the official launch of the long-awaited POSTAR research for the outdoor advertising industry.The new research methods have taken almost two years and £1.6m to develop. POSTAR, unlike OSCAR, is a Joint Industry Committee between the OAA and COS and believes that it will replace OSCAR as an independent, respected and universally accepted currency… Continue reading POSTAR Launched Today
Andrew Marr has been appointed editor of The Independent, effective from 15th May 1996.Having been part of the original launch team of the paper in 1986, he has since been the political editor at both The Scotsman and The Economist. He is currently The Independent’s chief political columnist.Commenting on his appointment he said; “I can’t… Continue reading New Editor For The Independent
