Trinity International, publisher of The Liverpool Daily Post and Daily Echo, is to take over Joseph Woodhead of Huddersfield, with a recommended cash offer of £12.5m.Woodhead publishes and prints The Huddersfield Daily Examiner, as well as a number of local weekly and monthly titles.Trinity will fund the acquisition from existing resources. It comes less than… Continue reading Trinity To Take Over Woodhead
Circulation for the Readers Digest has risen back above the 1.6m mark with the latest ABC for January to June’93. The magazine achieved a similar circulation in 1990 but sales then dropped off slightly. Jan-Jun’92 Jan-Jun’93 %Ch Total 1,542,885 1,651,820 7.1 UK & Eire 1,529,077 1,639,961 7.3 O/S 13,808 11,859 -14.1
The Automobile Association says that a new code should be introduced to curb the emphasis on speed in some car ads.The AA recommends that the Committee of Advertising Practice rewrites its policy to include specific advice for car advertising, based on ITC guidelines that state that car ads must comply with the Highway Code, and… Continue reading Less Speed Says AA
MediaTel’s new Radio Planner will be launched next week. A premium service costing just £400 p.a. New facilities, made available in stages, include: Radio Rankings – by reach,profile,etc Station Audience Reports – all demogs Station Maps New Coverage & Frequency Reckoners New Facilities (contnd).. Station Reports by ITV Area Programming & Sponsorship information The new… Continue reading Mediatel Radio Planner Launch
The MRG in conjunction with Telmar Communications Ltd. has organised a tasting of Antipodean Wines at Shampers Wine Bar on August 17th.The cost will be £13.00 and will include up to eight wines for tasting, the services of a wine expert, and a buffet supper. The wine tasting will begin at 6.30pm, and will take… Continue reading MRG WINE TASTING
The MRG in conjunction with Telmar Communications Ltd. has organised a tasting of Antipodean Wines at Shampers Wine Bar on August 17th.The cost will be £13.00 and will include up to eight wines for tasting, the services of a wine expert, and a buffet supper. The wine tasting will begin at 6.30pm, and will take… Continue reading MRG WINE TASTING
National Magazines’ consumer portfolio has achieved favourable ABC results for January to June’93, with all but one title recording a year-on-year increase in circulation. Total ABCS Jan-Jun’92 Jan-Jun’93 %Ch Company 208,315 250,343 20.2 Cosmo 471,675 477,437 1.2 Cntry Lvng 181,354 181,982 0.3 Esquire 64,765 74,771 15.4 Gd Hskpng 422,974 456,768 8 H&Q 88,593 89,703 1.3… Continue reading National Magazines’ Jan-Jun ABCs
RAJAR data for the second quarter of 1993 sees commercial radio increase its share of listening from 37.4% to 38.9%. Following further analysis, the RAB is claiming a share of over 40% once the first figures for Virgin 1215 are taken into account. Virgin’s figures are included in “Other Listening” (3.9% share) and are also… Continue reading Commercial Radio Increases Share
Classic FM has maintained its audience of 4.5 million listeners weekly, but is able to boast increases in 15-34 and ABC1 listening.15-34s Total up 25.2% to 1.23 million Share up from 21.9% to 27.3% Weekly hours up by 12.7% to 3.7mABC1s Now 60.7% of all listeners Account for 61.8% of total hoursProgramme analysis sees a… Continue reading CLASSIC INCREASES IN KEY AUDIENCES.
IPC today announced the launch of a new service for loose insert advertisers. Called Innovator, the new department will provide greater ease and coordination for insert advertisers.The service launches with the three weekly TV listings titles, TVTimes, TV and Satellite Week, and What’s On TV. The women’s weeklies titles will follow in the autumn, and… Continue reading IPC Launches New Insert Service
