Carlton Communications, the television company which has the independent TV franchise for London, and a stake in ITN, is interested in acquiring a stake in Newspaper Publishing, owners of The Independent and Independent on Sunday.The move is seen as a challenge to the regulations limiting cross-ownership of newspaper and TV stations, and to media magnate… Continue reading Carlton May Buy Into Independent
PopularsThe latest national newspaper ABCs for August’93 show that reducing cover prices does have a direct bearing on sales. The Sun’s August’s ABC is up by more than 350,000 on June, before the price war began, to 3,832,397. The newspaper has also recorded its first year-on-year increase in its 6-monthly ABC for well over a… Continue reading National Press Round-Up
First-half operating profits of the Westminster Press arm of the Pearson empire rose 121% to £4.2m from £1.9m in the first half of last year.Ulster Television announced pre-tax profits of £1.97m for the six months to the end of June, up 10% from £1.79m. The improvement in profits was after deducting a half year pro-rata… Continue reading Westminster Press/Ulster TV Profits
The Saturday Herald is to increase its pages and add a new section from next weekend. The main section will gain four broadsheet pages, the tabloid Weekender section will have an extra eight pages, and the new section, Weekend Watch, will be introduced to cover television, radio and cinema.These changes follow the announcement that the… Continue reading Herald Increases In Size
Last night Dame Shirley Porter, LBC’s chairman, told a public meeting called to save LBC that it would not mount a legal challenge to the Radio Authority’s decision to remove its licence. Instead LBC will bid for one of the new FM frequencies to be advertised next year by the authority.A judicial review would take… Continue reading LBC TO BID FOR NEW LICENCE
Batchelors and Virgin 1215 have joined up in a promotion for Batchelors Cup-a-Soup, in which Virgin receives branding on 16 million Cup-a-Soup boxes, while Batchelors will receive promotion during Kevin Greening’s lunch time programme.Greening will ask listeners to name where they would most like to drink a mug of Cup-a-Soup; the winner will have the… Continue reading Batchelors And Virgin In Joint Deal
The Daily and Sunday Express are to launch the latest in their travel promotions on Sunday 19 September, following the Concorde promotion.Readers must collect two tokens to qualify for a ‘two for one’ flights promotion with Air UK.Mail Newspapers is bringing back the National Lottery Game, offering readers the chance to win up to £100,000.… Continue reading Newspaper Promotions
Simon Geller, currently editor of Mizz magazine, is to be the new editor of Me on from October.Lansdown Conquest’s media director, Penny Logier, is leaving the agency to join TMD Carat where she will become a full board member and head one of the company’s four business units.Logier leaves at the end of September, and… Continue reading APPOINTMENTS
Batchelors and Virgin 1215 have joined up in a promotion for Batchelors Cup-a-Soup, in which Virgin receives branding on 16 million Cup-a-Soup boxes, while Batchelors will receive promotion during Kevin Greening’s lunch time programme.Greening will ask listeners to name where they would most like to drink a mug of Cup-a-Soup; the winner will have the… Continue reading Batchelors And Virgin In Joint Deal
