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
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
Yet more additional supplements are being planned by the nationals. News International is to add both a daily tabloid section and a Saturday listings guide to The Times.Details for the daily tabloid are still being decided but it will mean the Times will carry three sections every day. The Saturday section will be a full… Continue reading Latest National Newspaper Additions
Yet more additional supplements are being planned by the nationals. News International is to add both a daily tabloid section and a Saturday listings guide to The Times.Details for the daily tabloid are still being decided but it will mean the Times will carry three sections every day. The Saturday section will be a full… Continue reading Latest National Newspaper Additions
Mike Baker, currently Ad Marketing Controller for IPC Weeklies Group, is to become Divisional Advertisement Marketing Controller from November 1st. He will report to SouthBank Group Managing Director Colin Reeves-Smith.Colin Reeves-Smith said “The marketing and sales support for our ad sales teams has increasingly become a function that requires a divisional overview. In his two… Continue reading New Role For IPC’s Baker
Anne Clywd, shadow heritage secretary, has this week added the Labour Party’s opposition to that of ISBA, and a number of medium sized TV companies, by introducing a bill into the House of Commons to extend the moratorium on hostile takeovers of ITV companies until December 31st 1996.Peter Brooke is expected to make a statement… Continue reading Labour Plan Takeover Amendment
Official BARB ratings for the first two weeks of the new schedule show Scottish TV’s audience share increasing from 33% to 47%, almost entirely at the expense of Channel 4, whose audience dropped on average from 13% to 8%.In Scotland, Channel 4 had been taking a significant proportion of young viewers in the early evening.… Continue reading Scottish TV Dominates C4
Mike Baker, currently Ad Marketing Controller for IPC Weeklies Group, is to become Divisional Advertisement Marketing Controller from November 1st. He will report to SouthBank Group Managing Director Colin Reeves-Smith.Colin Reeves-Smith said “The marketing and sales support for our ad sales teams has increasingly become a function that requires a divisional overview. In his two… Continue reading New Role For IPC’s Baker
Abbott Mead Vickers yesterday reported a 2.6% drop in pre-tax profits for the first half of 1993, from £1.54m to £1.5m.This drop was in spite of a strong increase in new business in recent months and an increase in turnover to £94.4m. David Abbott, chairman, is optimistic about 1994, saying there were signs that cutbacks… Continue reading Abbott Mead Vickers Profits Down
