Conrad Black’s Hollinger International and The Telegraph plc have announced a recommended offer to acquire all of the remaining issued ordinary shares of The Telegraph plc not at present owned by Hollinger. The offer, at 560p per share values the group at £763 million. Holllinger International already indirectly owns 64% of and therefore controls, the… Continue reading Hollinger To Acquire All Of Telegraph Plc
An on-line business information service called News EyeQ today launches a trial beta version to test reaction before a general release next month.News EyeQ is a joint venture between DataTimes Corporation and News International and will provide access to a database of some 6000 information sources from around the world. This includes a large collection… Continue reading On-Line Business Service To Launch
The ITC has today published its 1995 Performance Reviews of the ITV companies, Channel 4, GMTV and Teletext.The reviews indicate general satisfaction with the performance of ITV and Channel 4, but there are a number of problems concerning the broadcasters which the ITC are not satisfied with. The major concern of the ITC regards the… Continue reading ITC Publishes 1995 Performance Reviews
The Sunday Business claims it sold 145,608 copies of its launch edition this Sunday. Agencies were told the paper has an intended circulation of 450,000 copies, and an advertiser’s guarantee of 150,000. According to an unofficial survey carried out by Marketing magazine, around 79% of copies were sold in Surrey, whereas in some London areas… Continue reading Sunday Business Sells 145,000 Copies
http://www.htv.co.ukHTV’s Internet site is attractively presented but unfortunately falls short on the information provided. Throughout the site graphics are slick and classy and not overdone – they are used mainly as link boxes and page titles. The content of the site however is almost exclusively HTV programme details: there are no interactive or search facilities… Continue reading Website Of The Week: HTV
Amra, the regional sales company, is joining forces with Print Direction, the card deck publisher, to provide advertisers with a new newspaper-linked direct marketing service which will generate an additional revenue source for the regional press.Print Direction, which produces card decks for over 30 regional newspapers and business publications in the UK, has appointed Amra… Continue reading Amra In New Card Deck Newspaper Initiative
News International and the Press Association have announced plans to launch Classified Link UK, an interactive online classified advertising service for the UK’s newspapers.Classified Link UK will offer newspapers the opportunity to sell over the Internet as part of a classified site. It will be a national database linking jobs, property, travel, motoring and business… Continue reading PA And News International To Develop Online Advertising
Coverage of England’s Five Nation’s matches may be sold to Sky by the Rugby Football Union. The development is due to a row between the RFU and the Five Nations television committee over distribution of proceeds for Five Nations TV coverage.The RFU wanted to take a larger share than the other competitors because, according to… Continue reading Five Nations Could Go To Sky
First Quarter financial results from ad group WPP show that revenues have risen by over 13% to £390.4m with gross profits also rising by over 13%.By function, revenue growth was above average in advertising (over 10% to £210.5m) and specialist communications (over 13% to £92.8m). Market research revenues (up nearly 8% to £61.5m) and gross… Continue reading WPP Revenues Rise By Over 13%
QualitiesMarch saw an overall decline in newspaper circulation figures. Amongst the quality broadsheets, only the Times, the Sunday Times and the Financial Times managed an increase year on year for their March figures; the Times was up by nearly 6% or 37,728 copies to 669,366 copies; its sister Sunday Title was up by 5.5% to… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – March
