DJ Chris Evans, is reported to be considering a flotation of his Ginger Media Group. The company, in which he has a 55% stake, is believed to be worth £150m. IPC Magazines plans to revamp its weekly music newspaper Melody Maker to an A4 glossy format. The news comes after the publication saw sales down… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Year on year comparisons from the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) show that sales in the music magazine market continued to fall with an overall drop in sales of 13%. Only Ministry and Uncut made significant gains up by 31.1% and 23.4%. The greatest losses were suffered by Smash Hits which… Continue reading Music Magazines’ Circulations Continue To Fall
Total terrestrial television revenue for July 1999 (including GMTV) stood at £194.9 million, according to agency estimates. Of this ITV’s revenue saw a rise of 14.2%, Channel 4 was up 13.1% and Channel 5 increased by 37.2%.GMTV revenue continues to fall, this time by 3.2%, and total revenue for satellite television rose by 18.7% compared… Continue reading TV Revenue – July 1999
Publishing group Mollin is set to launch a new title aimed at the teenage girl market. Jump, which will go on sale in October, has been a US title since 1997 and offers features, advice and stories for the 13-19 year old age group.The publication will have an initial print run of 250,000 which is… Continue reading Mollin Launches New Teen Mag
The latest magazine circulation figures, for the January-June 1999 period, show that the computing, games and internet market is currently burgeoning with a growth of over 14.1% from the titles listed here. This is in stark contrast to the men’s and women’s monthlies sectors, which have both fallen into decline according to these latest figures… Continue reading Computing Sector Shows Strong Growth Whilst Lifestyle Monthlies Are Failing
Managing director of Sky Entertainment, Ian West, yesterday quit the company ahead of a restructure which is believed will create major changes to the organisation of the satellite broadcasting group.Observers within the industry predicted an integration of the distribution department which West headed and the programming division Sky Networks, run by Elisabeth Murdoch. It is… Continue reading Restructure Planned At Sky As Ian West Departs
The latest magazine circulation figures, for the January-June 1999 period, show that the computing, games and internet market is currently burgeoning with a growth of over 14.1% from the titles listed here. This is in stark contrast to the men’s and women’s monthlies sectors, which have both fallen into decline according to these latest figures… Continue reading Computing Sector Shows Strong Growth Whilst Lifestyle Monthlies Are Failing
Month on MonthMonth on month comparisons from the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) show that sales in almost all national newspapers fell in July this year. The only exception to this trend was the Mirror which took almost 85,500 new sales and its sister paper the Sunday Mirror which rose by… Continue reading Mirror Papers Buck Decline In Latest Monthly Circulation Figures
Shares in Reuters climbed today amid news that the information bureau will soon begin online share trading. With approval from Goldman Sachs the move, which involves a deal with online brokerage company E*Trade, will allow its investors to trade after hours. Prices rose by almost 2% to 923p.BSkyB, whose 40% owner News Corp yesterday reported… Continue reading Sharewatch
Email by TV will soon be a reality after digital broadcaster ONdigital yesterday announced a partnership with Demon Internet. The deal will allow the broadcaster to offer its digital terrestrial television subscribers the ability to send and receive email messages while watching television, using a combined keyboard and remote control.The service, which is expected to… Continue reading ONdigital And Demon Internet In TV Email Deal
