LWT has made a preliminary approach to take over Yorkshire Tyne Tees. The move has been confirmed by the Yorkshire board.The move follows speculation after Granada’s bid for LWT was rejected; LWT was expected to make a take over bid itself in order to block Granada.Last night in the House of Lords the measure allowing… Continue reading LWT Approaches YTTV
LWT has made a preliminary approach to take over Yorkshire Tyne Tees. The move has been confirmed by the Yorkshire board.The move follows speculation after Granada’s bid for LWT was rejected; LWT was expected to make a take over bid itself in order to block Granada.Last night in the House of Lords the measure allowing… Continue reading LWT Approaches YTTV
IPC has bought The Gardener from HHL Publishing. This comes nine months after IPC launched the monthly Your Garden. The Gardener has a circulation of around 40,000 (ABC Ju-Dc 92) and competes with Emap’s popular Practical Gardening. The deal has started fears of a price war as IPC fights for market share.BBC Good Health from… Continue reading IPC Takes Over Gardening Title
Dark Horse International is launching a new magazine, Max Overload! The monthly title launches on 15 February with a cover price of £1.95.The magazine will be full colour, 68 pages and oversize magazine format. It will contain comic strips of the characters from computer games, such as Chuck Rock, Lemmings and Greendog. There will also… Continue reading New Comic/Computer Game Magazine
Radio Clyde has announced results for the year ending September. Pre-tax profits have increased 178% from £1.09m to £3.03m.Turnover was up 12%, boosted by exceptional credits, arising from selling some of their investments in Satellite Media Services.
The Saatchi brothers, Charles and Maurice, are understood to be attempting to launch a management buy out.Their efforts to break up the group follow a board meeting two weeks ago when Charles Saatchi stepped down as a director, and an announcement that the brothers would be leaving their offices in Berkeley Square, a move which… Continue reading Saatchis Planning Buyout
The Saatchi brothers, Charles and Maurice, are understood to be attempting to launch a management buy out.Their efforts to break up the group follow a board meeting two weeks ago when Charles Saatchi stepped down as a director, and an announcement that the brothers would be leaving their offices in Berkeley Square, a move which… Continue reading Saatchis Planning Buyout
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television will not announce its results today as expected, but has deferred the announcement until late January.The company warned last month that it was likely to announce a loss because of problems on advertising sales. It is expected that pre-tax losses are unlikely to exceed £9.5m.Meanwhile speculation is rife over any plans… Continue reading YTTV TO DEFER RESULTS/LWT SPECULATION
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television will not announce its results today as expected, but has deferred the announcement until late January.The company warned last month that it was likely to announce a loss because of problems on advertising sales. It is expected that pre-tax losses are unlikely to exceed £9.5m.Meanwhile speculation is rife over any plans… Continue reading YTTV TO DEFER RESULTS/LWT SPECULATION
PPA has published two new sets of guidelines for the magazine publishing industry, for bar coding and issue numbering and for stock control and returns systems.The guidelines for stock control and the returns system have been revised by the PPA Circulation Committee; Jill Simmons, head of circulation, commented “These guidelines are part of the PPA… Continue reading PPA – Publish Guidelines
