Following the faltered takeover discussions between Trinity International and Mirror Group (see Mirror Shareholder Urges That Trinity Talks Resume), a bid from Regional Independent Media (RIM) will today be presented to the Mirror board by the Group’s chairman Sir Victor Blank. Blank held a meeting with RIM chairman Sir Norman Fowler at the weekend at… Continue reading Regional Independent Media Makes £913m Mirror Bid
This round of national newspaper circulation figures, released by the ABC at the end of last week, shows that the Financial Times continues to perform more strongly than the rest of the market. The Express is in a decline which the poor recent TV ad campaign, created by St Luke’s (its third agency in a… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – December 1998
The ITV drama Trial And Retribution II, broadcast in October last year, led to 42 public complaints being sent to the Independent Television Commission (ITC) concerning the violent and explicit nature of some of the programme’s sequences.The programme contained scenes of mutilated women which were broadcast very shortly after the 9pm watershed. Yorkshire Television, the… Continue reading ITV Drama Incites Public Complaints Of Violence
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is inviting public comment on whether the proposed provision of digital services by Scottish 2 Television, a division of Scottish Media Group (SMG), would operate against the public interest.The area in which the service would broadcast covers almost the whole of Scotland and is already served by Scottish Television and… Continue reading ITC Invites Views On SMG Digital Launch
Sport First is launching a new TV promotional campaign this weekend. The ads will run on ITV and across Sky Sports 1, 2 and 3. Saatchi & Saatchi has closed its Dublin and Barcelona offices with the loss of 33 jobs. Redwood Publishing has won the contract to publish a new customer magazine for Boots… Continue reading Newsline Brief
EMAP Metro has given Ed Needham, editor of its FHM title, the new role of editor-in-chief of special projects with a particular brief to launch the title in the US. Needham’s current deputy, Anthony Noguera, has been appointed as acting editor of the UK FHM.EMAP has held plans to launch FHM in the States for… Continue reading EMAP Metro Prepares FHM For US Launch
EMAP Radio has completed the rebranding of London’s Melody FM to Magic FM and is promoting the new identity through a £3.5 million marketing campaign. The ad campaign, created by Mother, launches across satellite and terrestrial television in the capital today.EMAP bought Melody for £25 million in February last year and was forced to sell… Continue reading Melody FM Makes Final Transition To Magic
Carlton Television has scored a massive ratings winner for ITV with its quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?. Following on from its Christmas Day special, this new series had steadily improving viewing figures. The first of which was watched by 11.87 million people rising to 17.57 million for the Sunday edition.ITV claims that… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 03/01/99
ITV has signed a £500,000 sponsorship deal for its CD:UK programme which will see Tizer endorsing the Saturday morning kids pop music show. The deal begins on 23 January and is set to run for a year.CD:UK, which is hosted by Ant & Dec, is part of ITV’s new look Saturday mornings, now branded as… Continue reading Tizer To Sponsor ITV’s CD:UK
IPC is planning a restructure of its entire operation that will result in the loss of around 200 jobs. The redundancies are being made in order to make the magazine publisher more cost effective. It is understood that jobs are to be shed across all departments.IPC was bought by its management, led by chief executive… Continue reading 200 Jobs To Go In IPC Restructure
