Pilkington has agreed to extend its support from the senior Rugby Union Cup Final at Twickenham on May 7th to the junior clubs’ knock-out, the Pilkington Shield final, which will be before the main event.Pilkington’s support for the Cup, which had one year to run, has now been extended to 1996 at a cost of… Continue reading Junior Rugby Gets Sponsor
Pilkington has agreed to extend its support from the senior Rugby Union Cup Final at Twickenham on May 7th to the junior clubs’ knock-out, the Pilkington Shield final, which will be before the main event.Pilkington’s support for the Cup, which had one year to run, has now been extended to 1996 at a cost of… Continue reading Junior Rugby Gets Sponsor
Westminster Press has appointed AMRA as its sole national sales house. (Newsline 27/8)AMRA won the account although A Plus Media and Mediaforce both pitched for it. All three previously represented titles from the Westminster Press group although AMRA had 70% of the business.Anne Blood, ad director of Westminster Press, said that having one national sales… Continue reading WESTMINSTER PRESS APPOINTS AMRA
The Observer newspaper and the government are being taken to court over the failure to consult workers about the takeover by the Guardian.The GPMU print union believes that it could be a test case for the European Community Acquired Rights Directive, which requires worker representatives to be consulted in some mergers. Under domestic law however,… Continue reading Observer To Be Sued
This autumn BBC Magazines is to launch two new youth titles. Pingu is to be launched on 20th October and is aimed at pre-school children. It will follow the cartoon series of the same name, using original texts from Pingu the Penguin.The title will be out fortnightly, and will have a cover price of 70p.… Continue reading New BBC Youth Titles
The board of the National Readership Survey is keen to develop additional quality of reading questions, and is to hold discussions and interviews with users in media departments and in sales houses.The research will help in gauging reactions to questions and the use to which they are likely to be put, so enabling extra questions… Continue reading NRS Quality Discussions
Newspaper Publishing, publisher of the Independent, is planning to raise up to £20m in a financial restructuring this year.The amount of money is higher than expected because of competition from the cheaper Times. The performance of The Times, and whether or not the circulation of the Independent suffers, will affect the refinancing.Both the finances and… Continue reading Independent Financial Restructure
Citizen Press and Thomson Regional Newspapers have failed to meet their end of August deadline for Citizen to buy the Reading Evening Post and the other titles in the Thomson subsidiary Thames Valley Newspapers. (Newsline 18/8)The agreement by TRN to sell to Citizen Press has therefore formally lapsed. According to Alistair Nee, md of TVN,… Continue reading Citizen Misses Deadline
The latest audited circulation figures for the women’s weekly Bella show the magazine losing circulation by 8.5% year-on-year. Bauer, which publishes Bella, Take a Break and TV Quick, does not belong to ABC but instead publishes independently audited figures which match the periods used by ABC. Totals Jan-Jun’92 Jan-Jun’93 %Ch Bella 1,161,000 1,062,017 -8.5 Take… Continue reading Latest Bauer Circulations
