UKPG will go through a major overhaul before its next issue. It will appear in a larger A3 format, will be renamed Press Gazette and will be published on Fridays.The redesigned title will appear on 22 March. The move comes as Media Week changes its format to A3 this week (Newsline 21/02).
Yorkshire TV’s 1995 financial figures show an increase in pre-tax profits from £13.0 million to £21.6 million. In a statement which indicates recognition that a takeover bid for YTTV is likely in the near future Ward Thomas, the company’s chairman, said that he was ‘looking closely at the opportunities’ which a takeover bid may offer… Continue reading Yorkshire TV Profits Soar
Key figures from the UK and global magazine publishing and advertising industries are to speak at Magazines ’96 – the seventh national conference, exhibition and awards for the magazine industry to be held in London on 7 May.Those speaking include Saatchi & Saatchi chairman Jennifer Laing, BMW (GB) managing director Tom Purves and Terry Mansfield… Continue reading Magazine Conference Announced
The Radio Authority has awarded the new Independent Local Radio licence for Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft to East Coast Radio. The licence will cover Great Yarmouth and the surrounding area with around 130,000 adults able to receive the new service.East Coast Radio, Po Box 103.4, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 2TL.Contact John Hammond Tel: 01502 716800Contact John… Continue reading New Radio Licence Awarded
According to press reports today, ITV has set a new budget of £600 million for the next financial year. This is an increase of £17 million on last year although the Network Centre will neither confirm or deny this report.However, although the budget has increased on last year with provisions being made to extend the… Continue reading ITV Puts Squeeze On New Budget
Lopex, the advertising and marketing services group has reported its financial results for the year ended 31 December 1995; pre-tax profit was £1.458 million, compared to a £890,000 loss last year.Lord Marsh, chairman of Lopex, commented, “The last few years have been a period of transition for the group and we have successfully restructured and… Continue reading Lopex Reports £1.46m Profit
According to weekend press reports, both the Mirror Group and Observer are on bid alert.It is rumoured that Mohamed Al-Fayed has offered £17.5m to buy the Observer. It is believed Al-Fayed wants the Observer as the flagship title of a publishing empire he is launching, which will include the re-birth of the deceased Punch magazine.… Continue reading Newspaper Takeover Rumours
As the countdown continues to the Bruno versus Tyson WBC title fight which takes place on Sunday, Live TV have come up with a novel way of getting around the pay-per-view subscription charge being imposed by Sky Sports. Live TV will erect a boxing ring in its Canary Wharf headquarters in London Docklands. Two boxers… Continue reading Channel Shadow Boxes Bruno
The latest batch of ABCs show the general interest male magazine market is not dominated by any single publisher; Emap, with both Sky and FHM has the largest share, at 25%; Wagadon, with both Arena and Face has an 18% share, and IPC, with Loaded, now has a 16% share.IPC’s Loaded has recorded another massive… Continue reading Jul-Dec ABCs – Male Market Round-Up
TeleWest, the UK’s largest cable company, has shown a drop in its cable penetration rate from 22.2% to 21.9% in its 1995 results. This comes as the number of homes passed by TeleWest’s network increased from 805,475 to 1,142,860.Other figures show that cable churn was reduced from 47.1% to 41.0% and cable television revenue increased… Continue reading Telewest Shows Cable Penetration Dropping
