With the announcement that Martin Strivens is to leave his position as financial director at Kiss FM, further moves have been revealed, with the head of sales John Reilly deciding this week to quit the radio station.National sales will be taken over by Gordon Drummond and local sales by John Devine. Striven’s former position is… Continue reading Sales Changes At Kiss Fm
Trevor Southerden is to take over as advertisement manager with Morgan- Grampian monthly, Tunnels and Tunnelling. He was formerly an ad representative with the title.
The owner of Business India magazine, Ashok Advani has bought out Euro- business magazine, the monthly title that closed in 1991. A relaunch is being planned for late April, and the owner is hoping to attract advertisers with the promise of a circulation of 30,000. Charles Raw will act as editor on the relaunched title.
Christopher Chataway will step down as chairman of LBC today, handing the position over to Dame Shirley Porter, whose family now owns the radio station. Chataway will remain as a non-executive director.
Channel 4 Television has set up a new trading subsidiary to sell the company’s films and programmes. Channel 4 International Ltd will take over from Film Four International and the present in-house sales arm Channel 4 International, with Michael Grade as chairman. Existing commercial activities have accumulated an average annual turnover of £10m over the… Continue reading Trading Subsidiary For Channel 4
The Sun has been given seven days to reply to a letter from the Queen’s solicitor, demanding damages for the publication of her Christmas speech two days before it was due to be revealed. The tabloid has made it clear that it will defend all legal proceedings brought by the Queen and feel confident that… Continue reading Sun To Reply To Queen’s Letter
In a study carried out by The Billett Consultancy entitled ‘TV Advertising in a Recession – Today and Tomorrow’, results maintain that continuing to advertise on TV during the recession has been worth it despite criticism to the contrary. The report finds a positive correlation between television adspend and maintaining market share during the economic… Continue reading Television Ads Survive Recession
Channel 4 Television has set up a new trading subsidiary to sell the company’s films and programmes. Channel 4 International Ltd will take over from Film Four International and the present in-house sales arm Channel 4 International, with Michael Grade as chairman. Existing commercial activities have accumulated an average annual turnover of £10m over the… Continue reading Trading Subsidiary For Channel 4
Reed International negotiated a deal with BSB shareholders yesterday to sell its share in BSkyB at a cost of £2.3m.The deal has put a fixed value on the satellite company of £22bn, lower than anticipated, with the announcement that it has actually succeeded in clinching a £7.5m profit in the six months to December 30… Continue reading Reed Settles BSkyB Deal
London-based Jazz FM looks set to place a bid for the radio licence for the North West, in an attempt to extend the station’s style to other parts of the country. The licence has a potential listening audience of 4.3m, the largest regional licence advertised by the Radio Authority.
