Qualities Among the quality titles, the Times and the Independent both had a good June, with their monthly figures up both year on year and month on month. The Times increased its circulation by 30.16% year on year, fast approaching the 700,000 mark at 682,419; this is an increase of 2.7% on May’s figure. The… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – June
Portsmouth and Sunderland have moved the sales of their Croydon Advertiser Group and Northeast Press Division from Mediaforce to AMRA. The appointments follow months of discussions with management in each group.The Croydon Advertiser Group includes the Croydon Advertiser Series, the free weeklies, the Croydon Post and the Reigate and Banstead Independent. Titles in the Northeast… Continue reading Amra Wins Portsmouth & Sunderland
ITV has announced that it is to spend £10m revamping its night time schedules for 1996.Tenders are now being sought for new programmes. Independent production companies and ITV’s own in house departments are being asked to provide ideas for programmes.The initiative which doubles spending on night time output is being led by programming chiefs from… Continue reading ITV Revamps Night Time Television
XL, the monthly health and fitness magazine for men which launched on 9th February has recorded its first ABC; for the three months from February to April its circulation was 68,140. Maxim, the men’s monthly which launched on April 6 is claiming a circulation of around 75,000.That’s Life, the new weekly Bauer title which launched… Continue reading XL – First ABC Figure – New Mag Circ Estimates
Manchester’s Kiss 102 is one of an increasing number of radio stations putting up pages on the net.The Kiss site serves its purpose well – it is a reasonable size, well- maintained, and holds all of the information that this sort of site should hold. There is the obvious schedule listing. Then, for the fans,… Continue reading Internet Site Of the Week Http://Www.U-Net.Com/Kiss102/
The ITC has announced that it is to draw up a code of practice on conditional access. This will be seen as a response to the dominance of BSkyB in the encryption and decoding of cable and satellite broadcasting signals.The ITC has already proposed to the Government that its existing powers should be widened so… Continue reading ITC Code On Conditional Access For Pay TV
Future Publishing have secured the rights from Sony to publish the Official Playstation Magazine, a week after independent publishers VN Publishers announced they were to launch PSX, the first unofficial title dedicated to the new console (Newsline 12/7/95).The Official Playstation Magazine will launch on 21st September with cover price of £4.99 and an initial print… Continue reading New Console Title For Future
According to trade press reports, the next series of the high rating Sunday night drama series, London’s Burning, will be sponsored by Commercial Union. It is expected to be the largest network deal to be struck so far this year. Nobody this morning was available for comment.MediaCom and London Radio have clinched a deal for… Continue reading Sponsorship News
In other takeover news, Westinghouse Electric, the US power generator is trying to seize control of the US television network CBS with a $5 billion bid.
Media Sales and Marketing has announced plans to simplify the planning process for radio and provide information, including transmission times, electronically to advertising agencies.MSM has commissioned Telmar to develop their established planning system (RPB), to allow sales information to flow electronically from agency sales house and to station. The total investment in IT by MSM… Continue reading New Planning Process For Radio
