Border Television, the smallest mainland ITV station, produces the most popular regional news programme, according to BARB figures quoted in today’s Guardian. Lookaround, the nightly half hour show which covers Cumbria, the Borders and the Isle of Man, has a 51% share of viewing in its area.London Tonight, from Carlton and LWT fares second worst,… Continue reading Regional News Programmes – Border Best
Carweek, the motoring title from Emap which launched in August has failed to meet its 100,000 sales target, according to ABC figures. Carweek had an average circulation of 80,229 for August to October. The figures also show fluctuations by issue with sales falling as low as 50,111. Sales peaked at over 148,000 for the 13… Continue reading Low Carweek Sales
Granada has extended its hostile offer for LWT for a further two weeks, as expected. (Newsline 29/12)Yesterday was the original closing date and acceptances added only 2.39m shares or 2.31% to those already held by Granada, taking the new total to 19.82% The new deadline is January 12.Sir Christopher Bland, chairman of LWT, said of… Continue reading Granada Extends Bid By Two Weeks
Granada has extended its hostile offer for LWT for a further two weeks, as expected. (Newsline 29/12)Yesterday was the original closing date and acceptances added only 2.39m shares or 2.31% to those already held by Granada, taking the new total to 19.82% The new deadline is January 12.Sir Christopher Bland, chairman of LWT, said of… Continue reading Granada Extends Bid By Two Weeks
Carweek, the motoring title from Emap which launched in August has failed to meet its 100,000 sales target, according to ABC figures. Carweek had an average circulation of 80,229 for August to October. The figures also show fluctuations by issue with sales falling as low as 50,111. Sales peaked at over 148,000 for the 13… Continue reading Low Carweek Sales
Mark Allen Publishing has bought the outdoor leisure title Mountain Ear from Whole Life Publishing. Under the same deal MAP also acquires Buyer’s Sourcebook. The deal comes seven months after MAP bought Outdoor Life. Mountain Ear will be relaunched from a bi-monthly to a monthly newsletter.Amiga Mart, from Aceville Publications has been closed, blaming the… Continue reading Magazine Acquisitions And Closures
Mark Allen Publishing has bought the outdoor leisure title Mountain Ear from Whole Life Publishing. Under the same deal MAP also acquires Buyer’s Sourcebook. The deal comes seven months after MAP bought Outdoor Life. Mountain Ear will be relaunched from a bi-monthly to a monthly newsletter.Amiga Mart, from Aceville Publications has been closed, blaming the… Continue reading Magazine Acquisitions And Closures
The government has announced a new £12 million anti-smoking campaign, as part of the Health of the Nation strategy. This action has been met with calls for a tougher approach from the government, namely a complete ban on tobacco advertising.Kevin Barron, the Labour MP whose bill opposing tobacco advertising is due for debate in February,… Continue reading Government Anti-Smoking Campaign
Express Newspapers is offering its readers return trips to France for £1 for the fourth year running. Readers have to collect four tokens from the Sunday or Daily Express.Tokens will appear in the Sunday Express on 2 January and will appear throughout the following two weeks in the Sunday and the Daily Express.The offer is… Continue reading Express Offers France For £1
Today is the closing date for Granada’s original offer for LWT, worth £640m. Granada is expected to announce a 14-day extension to its offer and a statement drawing attention to the rise in its share price since the bid was launched in early December; this lifted the value of the offer from £590m to £640m.… Continue reading Granada Expected To Extend Bid For LWT
