IPC Magazines is closing its product development division of the Southbank Publishing Group after less than a year since its launch.The department was set up last year, headed by Maureen Rice, to handle new products and magazine launches. The first of these was Made Up!, which launched in October 1997 but was suspended after only… Continue reading IPC Appoints Editor For Woman’s Weekly And Closes SouthBank Publishing Development Division
Media Week today launches its own website, at http://www.mediaweek.co.uk. The site has been designed by MediaTel and becomes a member of MediaTel’s Media Village (http://www.mediavillage.mediatel.co.uk/). The village is also host to the websites of the IPA, NRS and RAJAR, amongst many others.The Media Week site will initially draw content from the printed publication and will… Continue reading Media Week Website Goes Live
Culture Secretary Chris Smith has announced his approval of the establishment of a BBC Resources unit which will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of the BBC.The technicians’ union Bectu recently called a number of strikes protesting against this saying it was the thin end of the wedge of privatisation (see BBC Strikes Could Hit… Continue reading BBC Subsidiary Unit Created Despite Protest Strikes
IPC Magazines’ previous publishing director, Heather Love, is understood to be joining BBC Magazines to act as a consultant to a number of planned title launches.BBC Magazines is believed to be keen on expanding its portfolio into the women’s interest and lifestyle markets in which Love has a great deal of experience. At IPC she… Continue reading Love Goes To BBC Magazines
Predictions by Zenith Media show that ITV’s share of total commercial viewing is likely to fall to 50% by 2005; in 1997 it averaged 61%. The Network’s share of overall viewing is predicted to fall from 31% in 1997 to 27.5% by 2005.The report, UK Television Forecasts To 2005, also predicts that ITV’s ad revenue… Continue reading ITV Share Of Commercial Viewing Will Fall To 50% By 2005, According To Research
The consortium headed by Kelvin MacKenzie, which is to propose a takeover bid for Talk Radio with a 20% backing from Rupert Murdoch’s News International, has come under attack from Tory MP, Nicholas Winterton.Winterton is concerned that the consortium (see Murdoch Backs MacKenzie’s Talk Project), should it succeed in buying Talk, would take control of… Continue reading Conservative MP Asks Parliament To Examine MacKenzie’s Talk Bid
According to unofficial overnight figures, the BBC’s screening of England versus Tunisia on Monday gained an audience share of 79.6% (Individuals), the highest share of viewing so far in the competition. However, fewer people watched the England match, in-home, than the opening game between Brazil and Scotland: 10.8 million compared with 11.8 million.Once again BARB… Continue reading England v Tunisia Gains BBC 80% Audience Share
Eighteen viewers complained to the Independent Television Commission (ITC) about a clip of The Jerry Springer Show on Tarrant On TV which showed a man whose obesity was so great he was unable to move unaided.The clip was ostensibly included to show the lowering standards of taste and decency in other countries’ programmes but complainants,… Continue reading Tarrant On TV Receives Complaints About Obesity Clip
NTL has secured a double deal, costing a total of £1.2 billion, to buy two of its UK cable rivals, ComTel and Diamond Cable. ComTel, which operates cable services in the Midlands and South-East has been acquired for £550 million. Diamond Cable, operating in the Leicester and Nottingham areas, sold for £630 million.ComTel has around… Continue reading NTL’s £1.2bn Acquisitions Further UK Cable Industry Consolidation
It is understood that the deputy managing director of MindShare, Mike Wood, is leaving the company to join Portland Outdoor. This news comes before MindShare has even officially opened for business.In April this year MindShare appointed Simon Rees as managing director (see MindShare Appoints Managing Director), above Wood who has been at JWT for 15… Continue reading MindShare Deputy MD Leaves Before The Business Opens
