A management re-shuffle at Associated Newspapers is to take effect from 1 January 1999.Kevin Beatty will move from being managing director of The Mail On Sunday to MD of The Evening Standard. Mike Ironside will become MD of The Mail On Sunday and Simon Barnes will be promoted to MD of Associated Newspapers new Group… Continue reading Management Re-Shuffle At Associated Newspapers
News International’s (NI) Times and Sunday Times online publications are being expanded following recent increases in traffic to the websites. NI’s Internet Publishing division is injecting money to the sites in order to increase bandwidth and server capacity. This should mean faster access speeds and more services for the websites’ readers.In its latest audit from… Continue reading The Times Online Invests In Faster Service
Loot, one of the UK’s top classified publications, has appointed the Mirror Group as its nation-wide distributor. The title is to grow from being a local specialist paper to a national publication.Loot has 23 editions which cover London, the home counties, Manchester, Liverpool and the East Midlands.Wally Cowley, circulation sales director of Mirror Group, said:… Continue reading Loot To Go National
MoreTrans, the transit advertising division of More Group, has won the five-year contract for all interior and exterior advertising at Birmingham International Airport (BIA).The deal is estimated to be worth over £7 million for the five years and will take effect from February next year. The airport currently holds around 95 advertising sites, but it… Continue reading More Group Wins Airport Advertising Contract
ITV is to launch its new digital television channel ITV2 this evening at 7pm from its London Studios on the bank of the River Thames (see Newsline).Pop star Billie and footballer-turned-film star Vinnie Jones will be pushing the plunger to mark the beginning of the channel’s transmission which will broadcast free-to-air throughout England and Wales.Special… Continue reading ITV2 Ready For Take-Off
The online music site www.dotmusic.co.uk is to relaunch on 10 December with a series of new editorial channels and interactive features to focus on the consumer market.New items will include a daily news service and a singles chart countdown every Sunday.“The progress of dotmusic has been incredible,” says dotmusic commercial manager Chris Sice. “We launched… Continue reading Dotmusic Website To Relaunch
Leo Burnett is investing in interactive consultancy company Hard Reality. The investment will help Hard Reality to continue the development of its virtual business structure called the Reality Network MUTV has announced that it is to appoint Peter Brookes to the position of Managing Director. Mr Brookes, who joins the company from Birmingham Live, has… Continue reading Newsline Brief
A Carlton television documentary, The Connection, broadcast in October 1996, has been found to be fake after an inquiry into the programme. The Guardian was the first body to make allegations of forgery concerning the documentary, and these were proved right by the enquiry carried out by Carlton executives. The Panel ruled that “the programme… Continue reading Carlton Documentary Found To Be Fake
According to the Newspaper Society, the regional press have joined forces in an effort to claim a bigger share of the national advertising market. The £3 million a year marketing campaign has been proposed for launch in 1999, with a high profile campaign.Recently, the Newspaper Society stressed the importance of using the regional press in… Continue reading Regional Press Unite To Gain In National Advertising Market
Mary Frances has today been made the new editor of IPC title Woman’s Realm. The appointment follows the magazine redesign that took place earlier this year, which saw the title focusing more on the 40-plus age group.Ms Frances has previously worked on Woman’s Own as deputy editor and on Woman, where she was features editor.IPC:… Continue reading IPC Announces New Editor For Woman’s Realm
