Pursuit, which publishes titles covering angling, golf, football and walking is to hand over its five pet-interest magazines to EMAP Apex.The rationale behind this move is that Pursuit is rumoured to be considering launching some new titles linked to outdoor recreation, though no details are available. Moving the magazines, which include Your Cat and Your… Continue reading Emap To Move Titles
QualitiesThe latest batch of national newspaper ABCs, for January, show the Times still creeping up towards the 700,000 mark, at 687,992 it is the Times best ever circulation, an increase of nearly 9% on last January’s figure. In a month when two potential rivals to the FT were revealed to be launching, (a weekly financial… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – January
At a conference yesterday ROaR presented its research results on youth culture. ROaR (Right Of Admission Reserved) is a media coalition made up of Cinema Media, M & A, BMP, Kiss FM, The Guardian, The Observer, Channel 4 and EMAP. All of these members have a vested interest in the youth market.The research is claimed… Continue reading ROaR Research Results
Guardian Media Group has bought 450,000 extra shares in Golden Rose Communications, the radio company that owns London Jazz Radio. Its stake in the company is now 2 million shares or 14.47%.Guardian Media Group: 0171 278 2332
On Monday the Financial Times will increase its cover price by 5p to 70p. The FT had survived the price war among the broadsheets during ’93 and ’94 and the price increases which have seen the Daily Telegraph, The Times and the Independent increase their prices by 10p each since July ’95. This is the… Continue reading FT Price Increase
Granada has confirmed that it has bought over 3 million shares in Yorkshire- Tyne Tees Television, increasing its holding in the company to 20%. The shares were bought for £10 each, and represent over 6% of Yorkshire’s share capital.Granada have pointed out however that it has no intention of buying the broadcaster outright, though it… Continue reading Granada Raid Lifts Stake In YTTV To 20%
More ABCs have been released and The Readers Digest shows its worst figure since 1992, when it was at 1,521,437. Title Jl-Dec 94 Jl-Dec 95 % Ch Actual Change Readers Digest 1,673,306 1,631,688 -2.48 -41,618 Choice 126,799 118,093 -6.86 -8,706 Jan-Dec 95 You and Your Wedding – 56,299 –
Following the confirmation that Granada has bought a significant number of extra YTT-TV shares, their price has continued to soar. Though the rise of 6p to 1023p per Yorkshire share (at 3pm today) is not as dramatic as yesterday’s rise of 150p, the company has reached a new peak for the year today as it… Continue reading Yorkshire TV Shares Still Rising
In the week when Channel 4 has had to pay £74 million out to ITV companies, good news has come from the government. Lord Inglewood, broadcasting minister announced the government’s decision to cap the reserve fund designed as a safety net for C4, allowing the money to go instead into programming.Currently, of any revenue C4… Continue reading C4 Funding Alterations Proposed By Government
The European parliament has voted in favour of proposals which would force European broadcasters to screen a quota of European-made programmes. The parliament voted by 292 to 195 for proposals which would oblige general content television channels to screen at least 51 per cent ‘home grown’ programmes.They also voted to tighten restrictions on commercial minutage.… Continue reading MEPs Vote For TV Restrictions
