Mr Murdoch’s News Corporation has acquired the remaining 36.4% interest in Star TV, the Hong Kong based satellite broadcaster. News Corporation bought the remaining share from Hutchinson Whampoa, the Hong Kong based conglomerate for US$346.6m.According to the company, Star TV reaches 54m homes covering Asia, India and the Middle East. Star TV says being wholly… Continue reading News Corp Gains Full Control Of Star TV
Thursday night’s edition of Eastenders has knocked Coronation Street off the top spot on the top thirty programmes list. The episode, which was the last one in which Sharon Watts appeared, attracted 15.18 million; over 100,000 more people than watched Monday’s episode of Coronation Street.The BBC’s decision to switch the Wimbledon Men’s single final to… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 09/07/95 – Sharon Topples Corrie
Redwood Publishing is to launch Safeway’s new monthly consumer magazine, A Taste Of Safeway, which will be distributed free with the Mail on Sunday’s You magazine and the supermarket’s own customer loyalty card system.Launching on 27th August, A Taste Of Safeway will have features on in-store products, recipes, interviews and health and beauty tips, with… Continue reading New Superstore Magazine Launches
According to research carried out by the Direct Mail Information Service into business direct mail, conference organisers are the biggest users of business direct mail. They account for 12% of total business to business mailings, followed by consultancies/busine services, 10%, and magazines and single issue publications, both at 7%.
The findings, which are the first ever into the field, are based on 1009 pieces of direct mail sent to 70 managers with differing jobs in a range of businesses, collected over 1 week. 48% of the mailings gave targets the chance to buy direct, 34% asking for payment with the order79% included some form… Continue reading Conference Organisers Biggest Users Of Direct Mail
Former features editor of Dazed & Confused, Claude Grunitzky has launched a new monthly hip hop magazine.True covers all aspects of black culture and includes interviews, record reviews and a film section. It is aimed at both black & white readers between 16 and 30, with an equal appeal to men and women. It has… Continue reading New Magazine Launches
The Newspaper Society has issued a statement welcoming the Government’s announcement on Press and Privacy. They highlight the support for the Press Complaints Commission, the rejection of statutory press controls, and the decisin not to introduce a new tort of privacy, nor new criminal offences of intrusion.Commenting on the Government’s response, the Society’s deputy director,… Continue reading Publishers Welcome Self Regulation
The next stage of the ITC selection process for Channel 5 has started; the ITC has asked all the C5 consortia to provide clarifications for their bids on issues ranging from ownership structure, video re-tuning and programming details.National press reports have implied that UKTV, the highest bidding consortia, was undergoing more vigorous scrutiny than other… Continue reading C5 Clarifications Sought By ITC
The National Heritage Secretary, Virginia Bottomley yesterday set out steps to toughen self regulation of the press in order to curb abuses of privacy. She told the House of Commons that the Government continued to believe that self regulation of the press was the right way forward.Mrs Bottomley announced that she had written to Lord… Continue reading Government Press Regulations
Express Newspapers has announced it is to make around 220 redundancies this year, costing £7.7m. In a statement, the Express says that the internal reorganisation has come about as a result of the “radidly changing media environment”. The cost of the redundancies it hopes will be recouped within a year by a reduction in operating… Continue reading Express To Make 220 Redundancies
