BBC World is issuing its final edition at the end of this month, with talk that it may merge with another BBC title, Geographical. The anthropology magazine, published monthly, has suffered badly from the recession and advertising never quite reached required targets according to the publishers. Sales for the magazine fell by over 20,000 since… Continue reading BBC Magazine To Call It A Day
Stratis Zographos, finance director with Meridian Television , has left the station within a week of it going on air. He is moving to the ITV Network Centre where he has been appointed commercial director, and will take charge of ITV budgets of up to £500m a year. Peter Hickson will take his place at… Continue reading Meridian Loses Staff Within Days
Swinton Insurance has set up a deal with Atlantic 252 to sponsor its traffic reports. The contract is worth £500,000 for the year, giving exposure 4 times a day.
Five companies have applied to the Radio Authority for the Severn Estuary regional licence. Amongst the bidders were Bristol based Galaxy Radio , owned by the Chiltern Network.
Carolyn McCall is to take over as display advertisement manager with The Guardian, having been with the paper as advertisement development manager. She will take over from Martina Dobson who is leaving to go to Capital Radio.
Alec Kenny is resigning as chairman of Kenny Lockett Booth Makin, with the other partners taking over his responsibilities. Kenny has admitted that he did not feel there was enough scope within the small company for him to expand into certain areas. A replacement as business director will be sought before the end of the… Continue reading Kenny Lockett Booth Makin Loses Kenny
TMD Manchester is considering opening an office in Edinburgh, following the recent acquistion of a KwikFit account, taken over from Hall Advertising. A spokesperson at the agency says that although discussions have been taking place a final decision is a long way off.
Preference shareholders in TVS are still holding out on an agreement to allow International Family Entertainment the 75% vote required to take over the television company. They maintain that unless a better offer is in the pipeline it would be financially more rewarding to allow the company to go under.IFE on the other hand is… Continue reading IFE May Increase Offer For TVS
Both GMTV and Carlton have begun to secure sponsorship deals for programmes on both stations. The breakfast show has just settled a £500,000 contract with Konica to back its Holiday Snaps programme. Direct Line Insurance is already being credited on the station’s weather bulletins. Carlton TV has set up its first deal, with Michelob Beer,… Continue reading New Franchisees Get Sponsors
David Campbell has been appointed chief executive of Virgin Radio . The station is due to go on the air in March and is jointly owned by TV-am and the Virgin Group.
