Jonathan King is set to become the highest paid radio presenter in Britain, in a bid by Talk Radio to boost listeners. He has negotiated a million dollar deal with his bosses at Talk Radio UK, whereby he will be paid the massive sum if he can attract a million new listeners to the station.Nicknamed… Continue reading Jonathan King Challenge To Attract One Million Listeners
The Newspaper Society has announced a radical shake up of its marketing operation as it embarks on a major drive for the regional and local press aimed at attracting an extra £85 million in national advertising over the next three years.Yesterday, Wednesday 4th October, a 53 point action plan was unanimously approved by the Society’s… Continue reading NS Drive For Regional And Local Press
It is rumoured that the management of radio station London News, is planning a buyout from its owners, Reuters. London Radio confirmed that meetings are currently being held, but could not confirm details.
http://www.newscientist.comNew Scientist magazine launches its Planet Science site on the World Wide Web today. The site will be updated weekly alongside the magazine, and will contain a mix of articles lifted from the printed version and material exclusive to the web pages.The site includes lead news stories, news briefs, editorial comment, and book reviews. There… Continue reading Internet Site Of The Week – New Scientist:Planet Science
The Advertising Association has created a Food Advertising Unit, specifically to deal with the role of food advertising. The unit has been set up in response to campaigns led by food activists to target food advertising in the nutrition debate.The FAU will be seeking to open a dialogue with organisations, politicians and civil servants concerned… Continue reading AA Creates Specialist Food Unit To Tackle Critics
According to unofficial overnight figures, ITV last night achieved its biggest lead over BBC1 in terms of share of viewing.Its peaktime share of 53.6% was almost 31 share points ahead of BBC1, which gained 22.8% of the available audience.Wheel of Fortune attracted 10.2m viewers against This Is Your Life’s 5.2m, Coronation Street attracted 16.2m viewers… Continue reading ITV Midweek Ratings Success
Average weekly cinema admission figures for August were 2.98m, a 12.5% decrease in admissions compared with the same month last year, but still higher than July’s figure.Among films shown in the same period last year were True Lies, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wolf, starring Jack Nicholson, and Stargate; this year’s August films included Waterworld, starring Kevin… Continue reading Cinema Viewing Figures – Down 12.5% In August
Talk Radio has announced that News at Ten newsreader, Trevor McDonald, is to host a Sunday morning political show.The programme will feature “big name politicians” and will give listeners the opportunity to phone in and question the country’s decision makers live on air.The programme, which is set to be broadcast on October 8 (8:00 –… Continue reading Talk Radio – Politicians & Kleenex
Tony Blair’s speech yesterday at the Labour party conference means that should Labour get elected they would open the way to an “information superhighway” earlier than it could happen now. He announced details of a deal with BT, in which BT and other telecommunications companies will be able provide broadcast entertainment services in competition with… Continue reading Blair Opens Way For BT Superhighway
ITV has decided to switch coverage of its next UEFA Champion’s League football from English Premiership Champions Blackburn Rovers to Scottish Premier Division Champions Glasgow Rangers. With Blackburn almost certain not to qualify for the knockout stage of the cup it was decided that there might be a greater audience for the Rangers match.ITV Sport’s… Continue reading ITV Transfer Blackburn For Glasgow Rangers
