Ted Glynn has been appointed chairman of the Joint Industry Committee of Regional Press Research (JICREG), following Mike Costello’s resignation. Glynn has been a director of JICREG since its formation and is also a member of the Newspaper Society’s advertising committee.. National heritage secretary, Peter Brooke, has announced the appointment of Jane Leighton as a… Continue reading Industry Appointments
AMRA has been appointed to handle national sales for free regional paper, Streetlife, which covers Portsmouth, Havant and Fareham. The paper is part of Portsmouth Publishing & Printing Ltd and has been in operation since 1981.MCCORMACK – NEW CHAIRMAN FOR PRESS CLUBMike McCormack, managing director of AMRA, has been made chairman of the Regional Press… Continue reading Amra To Cover Streetlife
VNU Publishing has set up a networking sales portfolio which will aid advertisers to target the best magazine for their ads. The company has issued a booklet outlining its titles, giving details of circulation and showing title overlap. Morgan Grampian has revealed discount rates which allow advertisers to place ads across its titles in the… Continue reading Magazine News
Poster contractor, Mills & Allen is to introduce a new 48-sheet package in the autumn, based in cities with a population over 75,000. A competition has been launched to find a name for the sites, with the winner receiving £200,000 worth of free advertising space.
Marketing director of Northern & Shell, Richard Hease, confirmed to MediaTel this morning that the company is planning to launch a PC magazine later this year, but he stressed that it is still in the early stages.The magazine will be the first computer title for Northern & Shell, which publishes female soft porn titles Woman… Continue reading Northern & Shell Goes Into Computers
News Corporation, publisher of The Times, has shown a 47% increase in profits to A$643.5m (+47%) for the nine months to March 1993. BSkyB has come out as being firmly in profit with operating profits standing at £1.7m a week. Earnings per share for the group rose to A$0.38 from A$0.32.COX REFUTES DYKE’S ARGUMENTMajority shareholder… Continue reading News Corp Profits
London Weekend Television Holdings has lifted its shareholder limitation which currently restricts companies to stakes of under 10% – a move which could result in a takeover in the near future.“We took the view that no company directors should hide behind the 10% limit” says chairman Sir Christopher Bland, but he stresses “We want LWT… Continue reading LWT Heading For Takeover
London Weekend Television Holdings has lifted its shareholder limitation which currently restricts companies to stakes of under 10% – a move which could result in a takeover in the near future.“We took the view that no company directors should hide behind the 10% limit” says chairman Sir Christopher Bland, but he stresses “We want LWT… Continue reading LWT Heading For Takeover
GGT’s plans to take over GGK London have been put on hold following the announcement that it had won GGK’s £15m Nationwide account… David Jones is to rejoin Publicis as senior media planner after four years with Grey as planning group head… Simon Leadsford has been appointed as advertisement director with Harpers & Queen, taking… Continue reading Industry Snippets..
VNU Publishing has set up a networking sales portfolio which will aid advertisers to target the best magazine for their ads. The company has issued a booklet outlining its titles, giving details of circulation and showing title overlap. Morgan Grampian has revealed discount rates which allow advertisers to place ads across its titles in the… Continue reading Magazine News
