The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has received a flood of complaints against the Commission For Racial Equality’s (CRE) latest advertising campaign.The three ads went up on poster sites around Britain last week. Each was deliberately racist and claimed to be for a non-existent company. One of the adverts can seen opposite; another shows a white… Continue reading ASA Assesses Racist Advertising
ITV’s high profile light entertainment series Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has proven to be fairly successful for the network. Whilst nobody actually managed to walk away with the million pound cash prize, viewers were still willing to follow the progress of the show until its conclusion on Sunday. Viewing figures ranged from 8.97… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 13/09/98
www.saatchi-saatchi.comThe website for the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi is quite an experience, with constantly moving and animated content, bright colours and a generally innovative although simple approach.The main focus on the website is its presentation of the entrants for its Award for Innovation and Communication, which, although expressed in a somewhat cheesey, American way,… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Saatchi & Saatchi
The Barclay brothers, owners of the troubled European weekly newspaper, have said that the title will be closed by the end of the year if a buyer is not found within the next ninety days.European Press Holdings says that ongoing talks are being held with a number of potential buyers for the title, although it… Continue reading European Will Close If A Buyer Is Not Found Within 90 Days
Latest data from CAA/EDI shows that cinema admissions for July fell by 13.4% year on year to 9.86 million. Average weekly admissions during the month was 2.23 million.July film releases included Godzilla, Lost In Space and Doctor Dolittle.Subscribers can access the Cinema database by selecting “Cinema” from the drop-down box at the top of this… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Down 13% For July
Southern Newspapers, publisher of The Dorset Evening Echo and other regional titles, is believed to be exploring the possibility of expanding its services into television. The company is apparently considering applying for licences to run city-based television services.Speculation comes in the wake of Southern Newspaper’s announcement that it is to change its name to New… Continue reading New Medium For Southern Newspapers
The future ownership of Talk Radio may see yet another twist as speculation is currently mounting that the station’s management, headed by MD Paul Robinson, is planning a second takeover bid to rival Kelvin MacKenzie.Although no-one at Talk Radio was willing to comment when contacted today, it is understood that the MBO team is planning… Continue reading Speculation Surrounds Future Of Talk Radio
The Sun is believed to be on the verge of launching a glossy weekly magazine to replace its current Saturday TV guide.The magazine is understood to be planned to coincide with the launch of Sky digital television, in which the owner of The Sun, News International, has a 40% share. The Sun had no comment… Continue reading Sun Launches A New Glossy
EMAP’s women’s title, Red, is to be the basis of a masthead radio programme to be broadcast on EMAP’s Magic radio network. The programme will be tied up with the November issue of the magazine, and will feature a series of small editorial features about Christmas.The features will be broadcast throughout November and December, and… Continue reading Red Goes On Air
EMAP’s popular men’s title FHM, has agreed with Channel 5 that its fashion spin-off title, FHM Collections (see Newsline) is to have a masthead programme carried on the channel.A spokesperson at Channel 5 confirmed that the programme has been commissioned, that it will be pre-watershed and called ‘FHM Preview’. EMAP refused to comment when contacted… Continue reading FHM On The Box
