Advertising and marketing group WPP has shrugged off the downturn in the Far Eastern market to report rising global sales and profits.The group, which includes the leading advertising agencies Ogilvy and Mather and JWT, said improvements in business in Europe and the US offset any effects of the Far Eastern economic slump.WPP saw sales increase… Continue reading WPP Posts Strong Results Despite Asia Slump
BSkyB announced over the weekend that it was dropping the writ which it issued earlier this year against British Digital Broadcasting (now On Digital) over the compatibility of their set-top boxes needed to unscramble digital signals (see Newsline).Problems have arisen over the compatibility of the set-top boxes with the different digital services (see Newsline). On… Continue reading BSkyB Drops Legal Action
A variety of fortunes was experienced by the music magazines which have a circulation of at least 50,000 in the January-June 1998 ABC figures released on Friday. Of the magazines suffering a loss, music/style mag Face (down from comfortably over the 100,000 barrier to under 80,000) and IPC’s revamped NME were the most unfortunate.At the… Continue reading TOTP Stays Top Of The Pops
Roger Luard, Flextech’s group chief executive, died in hospital on Saturday 15 August, at the age of 49.Luard had been suffering from a rare untreatable neurological disease. He is survived by his wife and two children.He had been chief executive at Flextech since 1986, and was a big player in its transition from an oil… Continue reading Flextech Group Chief Executive Dies, Aged 49
Of those film/cinema titles audited in the January-June 1998 ABC period, Total Film has enjoyed a block-busting rise in circulation with a 21.8% increase in magazines sold. In this period it shifted 61,497 copies, an actual gain of 11,010 copies year on year.The same 6-monthly ABC figures for Empire and Neon did not reveal such… Continue reading Total Film Encroaches On EMAP’s Empire
The BBC’s glossy Match of the Day magazine, now selling over 73,000 copies, has radically improved sales from this period last year when it was only a fledgling title. Now an established name it is competing in the top league with the big boys Four Four Two (85,389) and World Soccer (62,908).Football Magazines Jan-Jun 1998… Continue reading BBC’s Match of the Day Magazine Breaks Into Super League
The BBC’s glossy Match of the Day magazine, now selling over 73,000 copies, has radically improved sales from this period last year when it was only a fledgling title. Now an established name it is competing in the top league with the big boys Four Four Two (85,389) and World Soccer (62,908).Manchester United and Liverpool’s… Continue reading BBC’s Match of the Day Magazine Breaks Into Super League (Non-Subscribers)
Channel 5 is currently in discussions with a number of potential sponsors for its coverage of US National Football League (NFL) games.A spokesperson for C5 said that a deal was close to completion although details of the contenders could not be revealed. The channel secured the rights to NFL games last week only a month… Continue reading C5 In NFL Sponsorship Talks
The Independent is revamping its weekend editions and will be revealing them this Saturday and Sunday, a spokesperson confirmed today. Comparing the alterations to those made to The Guardian earlier this year (see Newsline) details are being kept under lock and key, in an attempt to maximise the impact of the unveiling this weekend.However, speculation… Continue reading The Independent Spruces Up For The Weekend
The Pink Paper, Chronos Publishing’s gay and lesbian weekly, is undergoing a redesign and a change of focus and content.From 10 September the title will move away from its current newspaper format toward coverage of a broader range of lifestyle and entertainment features.Chronos wants to take the paper away from the agressive political activism which… Continue reading Gay And Lesbian Paper Gets Revamp
