The latest figure for commercial radio revenue has been released; for the period April to June 1995, revenue was £66.087 million. This is an increase of 25.4% year on year, and an increase of £9m on Q1 this year.Radio was the fastest growing medium in the past two years, and on current performance looks set… Continue reading Radio Revenue Up 25%
Virgin FM in London is reaching just under 1 million listeners a week, according to the latest Rajar figures released this afternoon. The figures for Quarter 2 1995 give Richard Branson’s first FM station a 3.3% share of listening in the London region and a weekly reach of 9% (917,000).Capital FM’s listenership appears to be… Continue reading Virgin Fm Achieves 9% Weekly Reach
The 1995 British Business Survey conducted by Research Services Ltd has been released. The BBS is the readership and marketing study of the business community in the UK which screens around 70,000 households. Business men and women are identified and personally interviewed. The response rate for the current survey of 56.6% exceeded that of the… Continue reading RSL Releases Latest BBS
http://www.dotmusic.comFollowing the news earlier this week that Miller Freeman (formerly Morgan Grampian) has launched net sites for its electronic titles, it has announced the launch of a music business magazine specifically designed for the internet on 21 August. Miller Freeman claims to be the first UK publisher to achieve this, claiming other magazine sites are… Continue reading Music Business Gets Own Site
The Guardian Newspaper is to launch an A5 version of its Saturday listings supplement, The Guide, in Manchester this autumn. The guide is so far only distributed in the London/South East area.
The latest round of consumer ABCs to be released includes the BBC and Conde Nast titles. The BBC titles, except for Gardeners’ World, recorded increases year on year, with the best performer being Vegetarian Good Food, up 14.91%. ABC Totals January to June 1994 January to June 1995 % Change Actual Change BBC VEGETARIAN GOOD… Continue reading Jan To June ABCs – BBC, Emap And Conde Nast
The BBC yesterday announced the line up for its autumn programming. According to the Corporation, £168 million has been spent. This includes 75 hours of new drama and 22 fresh comedy and variety shows amongst mare than 520 hours of original BBC programming.The Autumn schedule includes a documentary, Peoples Century which has cost the BBC… Continue reading BBC Announces Autumn Schedule
Nynex CableComms PLC and Nynex CableComms Group Inc have announced 2nd quarter operating statistics for the period ended 30 June 1995. Interim financial figures are expected to be released on Tuesday 8th August 1995.Residential telecommunications lines have increased by over 35,000 in the quarter, five times as many as were added in the same quarter… Continue reading Nynex 2nd Quarter Statistics
British Transport Advertising has launched advertising on the departure and arrival indicator boards at mainline stations in London.MasterCard has become the first company in the UK to utilise this new area of advertising. The ads are appearing at Waterloo, Victoria, and Kings Cross whenever an indicator board goes blank in the changeover of destination displays.The… Continue reading BTA Launch New Ad Promotion
Emap has confirmed that the acquisition of the Herald and Post Newspapers from Thompson Regional Newspapers is complete, following agreement from the Dept. of Trade and Industry.The Herald and Post comprises of four free titles based in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.For further information: Peter Strong, Chief Executive EMAP Newspapers: 01780 66566
