At the International Emmy Awards in New York, six awards went to Britain.Absolutely Fabulous and Drop The Dead Donkey tied for the award in the popular arts section. A Disappearing World film, called We Are All Neighbours tied with a Japanese programme in the documentary category.The Channel 4 series Concerto! won the performing arts award,… Continue reading British Triumph In New York
The Guardian and Manchester Evening News, publishers of The Guardian and the Observer, have announced a fall in pre-tax profits to £11.5m in the six months to October 2nd, from £14.7m.The company attributes the fall to the acquisition of the Observer but are forecasting better performance for the second half of the year as improvements… Continue reading Guardian And MEN Profits
The Henley Centre has published a report commissioned by the Radio Authority and the AIRC on the impact of transferring Radio 1 to the independent sector. The report suggests a commercialised Radio 1 would have a negative impact on the viability of existing commercial radio services, particularly Virgin and Atlantic.While the report says a privatised… Continue reading Report On Radio 1 Privatisation
The Henley Centre has published a report commissioned by the Radio Authority and the AIRC on the impact of transferring Radio 1 to the independent sector. The report suggests a commercialised Radio 1 would have a negative impact on the viability of existing commercial radio services, particularly Virgin and Atlantic.While the report says a privatised… Continue reading Report On Radio 1 Privatisation
The Bank of England has cut its minimum lending rate by 0.5%, the Treasury has announced; this means that the new base rate is now 5.5%.The Midland Bank has responded, by cutting its base lending rate to 5.5%, and the Nationwide mortgage rate is down to 7.74%. However, both the Halifax and the Woolwich have… Continue reading Interest Rate Cut By 0.5%
The Bank of England has cut its minimum lending rate by 0.5%, the Treasury has announced; this means that the new base rate is now 5.5%.The Midland Bank has responded, by cutting its base lending rate to 5.5%, and the Nationwide mortgage rate is down to 7.74%. However, both the Halifax and the Woolwich have… Continue reading Interest Rate Cut By 0.5%
Following the European relaunch on November 4 when the focus of the paper shifted to more analysis, from a European point of view, initial circulation figures look to have increased.Sales are reported to be up 12% to nearly 170,000, with London sales up 20% and Paris sales up 23%.
EMAP has announced interim results today, with pre-tax profits increasing 12% from £14.8m for the same period last year to £16.6m.The profit breakdown is:Magazines £11.1mBusiness Books £2.8mExhibitions £1.6mNewspapers £4.6mRadio £0.4m
Following the European relaunch on November 4 when the focus of the paper shifted to more analysis, from a European point of view, initial circulation figures look to have increased.Sales are reported to be up 12% to nearly 170,000, with London sales up 20% and Paris sales up 23%.
Reed Regional Newspapers have acquired four titles; the Surrey Comet, the Kingston Star, the Richmond Herald, and Wimbledon News. These titles were originally Argus titles bought by Trinity which were then sold on to Southnews.In return for Reed obtaining the four titles, Southnews is to gain two frees, the Harrow and Barnet Independents. The value… Continue reading Reed And Southnews Swap Titles
