Amra, the largest single buying unit for the regional press, has radically expanded its structure by appointing three new board directors and two new associate directors in a drive for new business for the medium.With immediate effect Karen Atkinson, Lisa Bourne and Jeff Lawrenson will join the board of Amra, taking the total to seven.… Continue reading New Appointments And Restructure For Amra
ITV’s new programme schedule for the spring and summer will consist of new dramas, entertainment specials, youth shows, major factual ‘event’ programming and a new look to daytime afternoons.Three ‘event’ dramas are the highlights of ITV’s drama portfolio: Poldark, a two-hour costume drama set in Cornwall; The English Wife, a murder mystery set in France;… Continue reading ITV Announces New Programme Schedule
Some more July-December ABC figures have been released. Total ABCs Jl-Dec 95 HomeStyle 83,396 Jane Asher’s Cookery & Craft 128,127 Zeina 40,905 Windows User 33,078 Play 25,424 Net User 18,369 Improve Your Sea Fishing 22,463 Geographical Magazine 20,007 Encounters 29,622
Hard-rock magazine Raw folded last week, five months after it was relaunched as a new-look fortnightly. The title, which had a core readership of young males, had been steadily losing circulation: its last ABC was 25,431, J-Jun 95, compared to 27,594 for the same period in 1994.Rumours that EMAP Metro, which published Raw, is planning… Continue reading Raw Magazine Closes
Commercial radio’s total advertising revenue in 1995 grew by 22.7% to £270.2 million. The final quarter of 1995 took £77.6m which is the highest ever quarterly revenue taken for Commercial Radio.Within this sustained growth, revenue from National advertisers continues to grow more rapidly – growth across 1995 was 28.1%. Latest figures from the Advertising Association… Continue reading Radio Revenue Up By 22.7% In 1995
Al-Fayed’s Liberty Media has increased its bid for the Observer newspaper by £10m to £25m.An earlier bid from Liberty had been rejected by the Scott Trust which owns the paper. Although the new bid puts the Observer under more pressure to sell, Editor-in-Chief Peter Preston continues to maintain that the paper is not for sale.The… Continue reading Al-Fayed Increases Bid For Observer
The latest Rajar release, for Q4 1995, shows Radio 1’s revamp to halt its declining audience seems to be working. Radio 1’s share of listening has risen to 12%, the highest it has been since Q2 1994. Total number of listeners has risen to 11.232 million, an increase of 223,000 listeners compared to a year… Continue reading Radio 1 Rajar Improvements
Financial figures released today by media group Pearson show a 23% rise in pre-tax profits, from £298m in 1994 to £365m in 1995. Earnings per share also rose from 40.4p to 47.1p.The record pre-tax profits were boosted by capital gains of £131m on BSkyB and the Information section (which includes newspapers) showed an increase of… Continue reading Pearson Profits Rise To £365m
BSkyB has said that more than 600,000 homes watched the pay-per-view coverage of the Bruno vs Tyson fight on Sunday morning.This means that more than 14% of BSkyB’s subscribers paid £9.95 to see the fight in Britain’s first ever pay-per-view event. Recent Tyson fights in the US have not exceeded 6% of the subscriber base.… Continue reading BSkyB Claims Pay-Per-View Success
The latest Rajar figures to be released for Q4 1995 show that Commercial Radio’s share of listening has fallen below 50% to a 49.7% share, after two periods in 1995, Q2 and Q3 when it was above 50% for the first time. However, weekly reach, at 64% is higher than ever before; the previous best… Continue reading Commercial Radio Share Drops To Below 50%
