The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) is expected to complain to the culture secretary, Chris Smith, over the way in which the Radio Authority (RA) awards its licences.This follows an edition of BBC’s Newsnight earlier in the week, in which allegations were made about misconduct in the awarding of licences by the RA. Newsnight said… Continue reading Radio Authority Comes Under Attack
Reed Elsevier, the publishing group, released an update on its recent trading yesterday, and a profits warning.Reed described trading conditions as having become ‘more difficult’ since the group’s interim results were released in August. The group is predicting lower trading results.Pre-tax profits for the year were expected to be £770 million, some 6% below last… Continue reading Reed Predicts Downturn In Profits
When I started playing computer games, back in the dark mid-80s, everything on the screen that you could shoot, jump on or dodge was made up of badly stuck together squares. Quite small and differently coloured squares, admittedly, but still easily-identifiable, ninety degree-cornered squares. And the screen was a twenty year old television. And the… Continue reading First Issue Review – Arcade
The dramatic episodes which brought about the death of Des Barnes have helped Coronation Street raise its viewing figures. When push came to shove – Des being the one who was shoved – over 18 and a half million people tuned in to both Monday’s and Wednesday’s episodes. The whole storyline enabled ITV’s number one… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 22/11/98
IPC Magazines has announced the appointment of Karen Styliandes as deputy editor on its title Ideal Home, which is to celebrate its 80th year of publication in 1999. Styliandes was previously associate editor of Prima’s Your Home.Kara O’Reilly has been appointed associated editor of Ideal Home. She has previously worked on the Express magazine and… Continue reading IPC Makes Some Changes At Home
The Newspaper Society has launched a series of case studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of using the regional press in national advertising and marketing campaigns.The first four reports cover Telewest Communications, Barclays, Ikea and Woburn Safari Park and how regional press helped improves the groups’ profiles, status and business.Chris Fry, head of marketing communications at… Continue reading Newspaper Society Claims More National Advertisers Should Go Local
It is understood that Talk Radio is about to undergo a review of its advertising account, currently held by Walsh Trott Chick Smith, but which comes up for review at the end of the year. A spokesperson for Talk Radio could not disclose any details of the review, but said that the management is in… Continue reading Talk Radio To Review Ad Account
The Irish Times on the web has been issued with its third ABC //electronic certificate. The most recent audit revealed a total of over 6 million page impressions for October this year, breaking down into 645,556 unique users and 2,134,849 visits.Irish-Times.com did nearly as well as this in its second electronic audit (see Newsline).Subscribers can… Continue reading Irish Times Website Scores Over 6 Million Impressions
BBC1 has this week unveiled its Winter 1999 schedule and taking pride of place for the channel is contemporary drama. According to the BBC, £125 million has been spent on more than 70 hours worth of drama in the ratings battle with ITV. One of the main beneficiaries of the money is Holby City, which… Continue reading BBC 1 Winter 1999 Schedule Details
