The January circulations show the Times continuing in its circulation rise, up 38.6% on January 1994, and up 5.5% on December. Today also fared well, up 6.1% year on year, and 11.2% on December.The Sun, which has just increased its cover price to 23p increased circulation by 3% year on year and 4.8% on December.Papers… Continue reading Times Circulation Up 38.6%
The latest Register Meal figures for December are now in. The TV expenditure figures show that Woolworths has taken the number one position in advertising spending, with Coca Cola coming in a close second. In the National Press, Currys had the highest spend; Dixons and Comet closely followed in second and third place respectively. McDonalds… Continue reading Woolworths Top TV Spender In December
Viewing figures for Channel 4’s Brookside for the week ending 5th February, the 5-episode week in which Trevor Jordache’s body was discovered under the patio, were higher than initial over night estimates suggested.The Tuesday night episode, in which the body was fully unearthed, attracted the highest audience for the week, 7.22m. All five Brookside’s were… Continue reading Brookside Pulls In Over 7 Million
Classic FM next week launches a new music magazine as an accompaniment to the radio station. With a cover price of £2.20 and an initial print run of 150,000, the appropriately titled Classic FM The Magazine has 100 pages and will be published monthly.Published by John Brown Publishing, the magazine’s editorial content aims to reflect… Continue reading Classic FM Magazine – Launch
The ITC has received applications for the local delivery franchises for Tamworth, Lichfield, Burton upon Trent and Hinckley. Applicants were: Tamworth – Tamworth Cable Communications Ltd – bid of #743,000 – Central Cable Ltd – bid of #200,000 Lichfield – Lichfield Cable Comms – bid of #680,400 – Cable Comms South East Staffordshire – bid… Continue reading Cable Franchises For Midlands
6am this morning saw the launch of Talk Radio UK, the third national commercial radio station. The speech-based station, broadcasting on 1053 and 1089 AM, has already altered its programming format. The original breakfast show has been swapped with the evening show, The Dish. In line with this the sex aspects of The Dish have… Continue reading Talk Radio UK Launches
MTV today launched Young Adult Europe Monitor; a study of 3,000 16 to 34 year olds. The research covers personal, lifestyle, social and economic issues. Key findings were that: Young adults spend 7 hours a day watching television, listening to radio and playing their own music. 38% read a national paper every day. 83% think… Continue reading MTV Young Adult Europe Research
The Sun has increased its cover price from today by a further penny to 23p. This move follows Rupert Murdoch’s warning at the end of January that the rising cost in paper could provoke a price increase. The Sun’s circulation has risen over 450,000 in the 18 months since the original price cut. Date Price… Continue reading Sun Price Increase To 23p.
JICREG, the Joint Industry Committee for Regional Press Research, announced at its Annual General Meeting that it is working with National Readership Surveys, (NRS) to model national newspaper readership figures down to postcode sector level.This will allow analysis of national schedules within any area and coverage of combined national and regional press campaigns. The Newspaper… Continue reading National Newspaper Readership By Postcode By End Of Year
Reports in the Sunday papers suggest that C4’s youth programme The Word is to be axed. The current series, which ends in March, is likely to be the last. The five year old series is seen as tired and in need of replacing.
