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Radio 1 is to appeal on air for volunteers to sit on an advisory panel to monitor the performance of the troubled radio station, and suggest improvements. Radio 1 has lost 6.6% points audience share in just one year.

Labour is reviewing its policy on media regulation, which is likely to end restrictions on cross-ownership between terrestrial TV companies and newspapers, and to include a review of the 1990 Broadcasting Act.The review will seek a regulatory policy covering television, cable television radio and newspapers, either through a form of restriction on regional share of… Continue reading Labour Reviews Media Ownership Policy

IPC Magazines’ Specialist Group is to launch Which Horse, a fortnightly magazine aimed at those buying and selling horses, ponies, and equestrian goods and services. Which Horse joins the existing IPC portfolio of equestrian titles; Horse and Hound, Eventing and British Horse.Which Horse will launch on September 15 with an initial print run of 50,000… Continue reading New IPC Specialist Title: Which Horse

Today is claiming that its one-day price cut on Monday to 10p increased sales by over 400,000 to take sales to more than 1m.

WPP, the advertising group which includes JWT and O&M, has released results this morning for the six months to June 30. Pre-tax profits are up 50% from £24.13m to £36.2m. Turnover was £2.87bn. WPP’s shares rose 12p yesterday to close at 123p, in anticipation of healthy results today. At 9.30am the price had dropped 4p… Continue reading WPP Profits Up 50%

The marketing teams at Laser, TSMS and Carlton UK are urging the Network Centre to release marketing responsibilities to them, following the departure of Dick Emery to the BBC last week. This would mean greater cooperation between the three sales houses, working with the Network Centre. Carlton UK Sales managing director, Martin Bowley, said, “The… Continue reading ITV Sales Houses Want To Takeover Marketing

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Research commissioned from Media Audits by The Independent in June, profiles readers of the paper using BARB Additional Panel data. This panel questions all respondents on the paper they read in the last seven days.Independent readers are said to prefer BBC to ITV and watch more Channel 4 than most broadsheet readers. 64.6% described themselves… Continue reading Profile Of An Independent Reader

Despite claiming that EMAP’s offer of 181p a share does not reflect the company’s “improving performance” (see results, Newsline yesterday), Trans World Communications has recommended EMAP’s £71m bid.Last week The Guardian Media Group, which owns 20% of TWC, failed in a High Court bid to prevent EMAP’s takeover, claiming it broke rulings restricting the number… Continue reading Trans World Gives In To Emap Offer

All figures relate to the percentage reach of that particular programme to all reader of that particular newspaper (e.g Coronation Street reached 29.8% of Daily Mail readers during June).The data was calculated by Media Audits using BARB data from June 1994 where the panel registered newspaper readership. Sun Mirror Star Sport Today Mail Express Coronation… Continue reading Television Viewing By Newspaper Readers