More Newsline articles

The fashion section of the Sunday Independent will be sponsored by Triumph underwear. The supplement comprises 48 pages and is the paper’s second attempt on the same theme.

John Surrell, chairman of Newell and Surrell, is to launch a new satirical newspaper, The Cartoonist due for release on April 1.The new fortnightly 28 page broadsheet will comprise mainly of cartoons, covering news from both home and abroad with regular features on business, sport and the arts. The title will be edited by Steve… Continue reading New Satirical Title To Launch

Ten of Virgin Radio’s first advertisers are being given a deal which offers them the chance to be the sole advertisers within each of its first ten hours. Virgin, which launches on April 30, will have 3 advertising slots every hour with first advertisers also having the bonus of station endorsement with every airing. Carling… Continue reading Virgin Offers Special Package

The winners of the IPA Business-to-Business Advertising Awards were announced today at a ceremony hosted by the President of the Association, Peter Mead.The category winners were:International Best Campaign Leopard Limited Corporate Jets Best One-Off Leopard Limited Advertisement Philips Components Trade & Technical Best Campaign WCRS Limited Bass Brewers for Carling Black Label Best One-Off McCann-Erickson(Bris)… Continue reading IPA Business-To-Business Awards

BBC Magazines’ latest addition to the children’s market, Toybox, is due to be released on March 31.This will be the third in the series, following Playdays and Noddy, which increases the opportunity for group advertising. The new 36 page title will be similar in size to Fast Forward, catering for the 2 to 7 age… Continue reading BBC Magazines To Launch Toybox

Thomsons Free Newspapers has sold eight Herald & Post titles to Midland Independent Newspapers including the Hinckley, Loughborough, Nuneaton, Derby Burton and Leicester Herald & Post.

Classic FM has added to its sponsorship portfolio by setting up contracts with IBM and The Guardian to back the station’s technology and sports reports respectively.

Company secretary of United Newspapers, John Burns, confirmed to MediaTel this morning that the group has taken over 10 Northern & Shell titles in a deal which will settle the recent distribution dispute between the two companies. The magazines include six music titles – Guitar, Rock CD, Soul CD, Hit CD, Metal CD and CD… Continue reading United Newspapers Buys N&S Titles

According to leaked ratings figures for this Monday (15/3), C4’s Big Breakfast was watched by more viewers at the crucial 8-8:30 slot than either of its competitors – GMTV and Breakfast News: No. of Viewers (m) C4 GMTV Breakfast News 8:00 – 8:30am 1.7 1.5 1.3 The GMTV figure is only half that of TV-am… Continue reading Big Breakfast Outrates GMTV

Grundig has signed a deal with MTV Europe to sponsor its Ski Weekend,due to be broadcast on the channel from 20-21 March