The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has promoted its two founding members of staff – Douglas McArthur and Justin Sampson – to chief executive and managing director respectively. McArthur has been managing director at the RAB since its launch in 1992 and Sampson is currently operations director for the Bureau.The RAB’s chairman Peter Warren says: “For… Continue reading RAB Appoints Chief Executive And Managing Director
London’s alternative radio station, Xfm, and EMAP-owned South Yorkshire pop station Hallam FM have each been fined £50,000 by the Radio Authority for breaches of the Broadcasting Act and Programme Code. The fines are the largest that the Authority has ever levied on a station and represent the maximum single penalty which the RA can… Continue reading Xfm And Hallam FM Receive £50,000 Fines
Steven Cain is to step down from his post as chief executive of Carlton Communications, ahead of the proposed merger of the company with United News & Media (see Media Merger May Hit Regulatory Obstacles). Cain will leave the company at the end of January 2000, Carlton announced last night.Cain’s position in a merged Carlton/UNM… Continue reading Cain To Leave Chief Executive Post At Carlton
IPC Connect has unveiled its largest-ever seasonal promotion with a millennium programme worth £1 million. The women’s weekly division, which includes Women’s Own, Women’s Realm and Chat, has designed souvenir issues for its 1 January editions.Chat, in the biggest promotion in its history, will be wrapped in silver foil and each issue will contain either… Continue reading IPC Women’s Weeklies Get Set For The Millennium
The GWR Group’s Now Digital bid has been awarded the digital radio multiplex licence for the Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford area, the Radio Authority has announced. The licence covers an area with a population of around 1.1 million adults (15+).Now Digital will broadcast a selection of nine programme services drawn from a number of radio… Continue reading GWR’s Now Digital Takes Wolverhampton Digital Licence
Despite a downgrade by Warburg Dillon Read, information group Reuters rose 12˝p yesterday to close at 820˝p.Shares in Pearson fell yesterday despite the release of a good trading report for the group, which emphasised its continued investment in the internet (see Sharewatch). Prices closed down 14p to £18.34p.Telewest jumped 9˝p as the cable group announced… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) is to review the stringency of its auditing procedures following the discovery of a six year falsification of the figures for three Birmingham newspapers. The Birmingham Post & Mail (BPM) titles – Birmingham Evening Mail, Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury – were last month found to have been reporting… Continue reading ABC To Review Audit Process Following False Circulation Figures
Inflation has increased over the past month, putting further pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates. The November underlying rate of inflation was unchanged at 2.2%, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics this morning. However, the headline rate of inflation was 1.4% year-on-year, up from 1.2% in October.… Continue reading Headline Inflation Rises In November
Toyota will sponsor the last ITV commercial message of the millennium and the first of the next as the exclusive sponsor of all available programming on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.This is the third year that Toyota has been official sponsor of the New Year celebrations as part of a five year… Continue reading Toyota To Sponsor Last ITV Commercial Of The Millennium
Month On MonthThe latest national newspaper circulation figures, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) today, show an overall month on month decline in sales of 1.4% for November 1999. The only newspapers to increase their sales over the monthly period were the Sunday Business, which saw its monthly sales increase by just over… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – November 1999
