The government is finalising plans that would allow C5 to go ahead, but it is unclear whether it will be ready in time for the ITC’s next meeting on June 23. The new plan involves a compromise which would allow for both a C5 using existing analogue technology and keep open the possibility of developing… Continue reading Channel 5 Plan
Pepsi-Cola is to co-produce and sponsor a new Channel 4 youth series called Passengers. The international youth current affairs programme is due to start in the UK on Fri Jul 1 at 11pm. As well as sponsoring the series in the UK, Pepsi has the distribution rights for the programme outside the UK.BBC APPOINTS WOOD… Continue reading Pepsi Sponsor C4 Youth Series
QualitiesAs predicted the Times achieved its highest ever circulation in May with an ABC figure of 517,575, an increase of 8.2% on April. The Times now accounts for 21% of the total quality daily market, an increase of 6% points from the 15% of May 1993. While the total circulation of the quality daily market… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – May
The Radio Authority has agreed an ownership structure for Emap that will allow the publisher’s planned takeover of Trans World Communications to go ahead. Emap’s takeover of the radio group would breach the legal limit of the number of radio licences that can be held by any one group. At present no more than 6… Continue reading Radio Authority Agrees Ownership Structure For Emap
The new free London evening tabloid, Tonight, is to launch within the next two weeks with a print run of 100,000. Mermaid Enterprises, the publishing company behind the newspaper, believes that Tonight will be complementary to the Evening Standard and that it will expand the London newspaper market.The editorial will be news-led, with a focus… Continue reading Tonight Launch Details
LTA Advertising has released the results of a study into audience attitudes to advertising on the London Underground. The research found that the audience views advertising as a welcome escape from the Underground experience and that the posters are viewed with a high degree of search, scan, signposting and reading. The study found that successful… Continue reading LTA Underground Research
Editor and co-founder of the Independent, Andreas Whittam Smith, may step down this week, according to reports in the Weekend FT and today’s Guardian. Speculation over Whittam Smith’s future at the newspaper has grown since he was given a vote of no confidence by journalists. Newspaper Publishing’s shareholders are reported to have begun the search… Continue reading Speculation Over Independent Editor
Screen Communications International, a new quarterly multimedia magazine from Emap, launches this week with a controlled circulation of 17,643. The magazine is a joint venture between 3 existing magazines; Communications International, Screen International and International Broadcasting. The editorial will cover the convergence between telecommunications, IT, media and broadcast.The magazine will be aimed at senior executives… Continue reading Emap Multimedia Magazine
Today is to launch a Saturday review section in July called Weekend Today. The new 32 page supplement will cover leisure, food and drink, gardening and fashion. It will be slightly smaller than the main paper, printed on high quality newsprint and stitched.Today is the lowest selling of all the mid market newspapers but has… Continue reading Today Saturday Supplement
Newspaper Publishing is running a promotion this weekend offering readers the Independent on Sunday for 50p, if they buy a copy of tomorrow’s edition of the Independent.
