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ABC is to hold its annual conference on November 15, at the London Metropole Hotel, Paddington.The title this year is “Circulation in Focus”.Contact Sheila GoddenABC Tel 0442 870 800Fax 0442 877 407

Engineering News and Professional Engineering, the two monthly titles published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, have been merged to cut costs.The two titles which are sent to the Institution’s members, will merge in January to become a new fortnightly Professional Engineering incorporating Engineering News.Mechanical Engineering Publications071 973 1259

Ford Motability is to sponsor Link, the programme for the disabled. The deal is the first sponsorship on the ITV network of a social and community programme.Ford Motability will start its 16 week association with Link on Sunday 16 October. The 15 minute programme is shown at 10.15am on Sunday mornings.David Prosser, Sponsorship Director of… Continue reading Ford To Sponsor Link

This weekend three national papers added new sections; the Saturday Express, the Mail on Sunday and the Independent on Sunday.The Saturday Express has introduced a weekly listings guide, just one week before the Saturday Mail launches theirs. The Saturday Review is a colour tabloid of 40 pages. The centre pages contain a 7-day TV viewing… Continue reading Newspaper New Sections – Review

ABC is to hold its annual conference on November 15, at the London Metropole Hotel, Paddington.The title this year is “Circulation in Focus”.Contact Sheila GoddenABC Tel 0442 870 800Fax 0442 877 407

This weekend three national papers added new sections; the Saturday Express, the Mail on Sunday and the Independent on Sunday.The Saturday Express has introduced a weekly listings guide, just one week before the Saturday Mail launches theirs. The Saturday Review is a colour tabloid of 40 pages. The centre pages contain a 7-day TV viewing… Continue reading Newspaper New Sections – Review

Mark Allen Publishing is to launch a new weekly title on 20 October, British Journal of Optometry and Dispensing. At present, Optician from Reed Publishing is the only weekly optical title.The British Journal of Optometry and Dispensing will have a cover price of £2 and an initial print run of 6,000. The title will be… Continue reading New Optical Title

The European Commission has written to the UK government giving it two months to comply with the EC’s “television without frontiers” directive, or face court action.The Commission believes that Britain is imposing too many controls on foreign satellite and cable broadcasts into the UK. Currently foreign broadcasters have to get a licence from the Independent… Continue reading EC Warns UK Over TV Controls

Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television has abandoned its support for a change in ITV ownership rules, and is now calling for the moratorium on takeovers to be extended to 1996. In its submission to the Select Committee on National Heritage on the 1990 Broadcasting Act, the group calls for the extension, with a review in 3 years… Continue reading Y-TTV Alters Stance On ITV Ownership

Southern Newspapers has acquired seven titles from Star Newspapers, a subsidiary of Duncan Holdings.The publications are:* The West Dorset Star* The Somerset Star* The Taunton Star* The Bridgwater Star* The Mid-Devon Star* The Taunton Deane Property Scene* Admart(paid for)The newspapers, with a combined circulation of 180,000 will come under the control of the company’s Western… Continue reading Press Acquisitions