Conor Dignam, editor of Media Week, is to leave his post to become editor of Haymarket’s Marketing in October.Dignam was previously deputy editor at Marketing but left to join Media Week late last year. The editor’s role at Marketing is currently handled by Mike Hewitt, group editor/publisher.Media Week: 0171 505 8341 Haymarket Publishing: 0181 943… Continue reading Media Week Editor To Return To Marketing
BBC1’s coverage of the World Cup final last night was watched by an average of 15.5 million people (28.4 TVR); ITV gained an average of 6.6 million (12.1 TVR), according to unofficial overnight viewing figures.Audiences for France’s 3-0 victory over Brazil peaked at 16.3 million (29.8 TVR) individuals for BBC1, and 7.0 million (12.8 TVR)… Continue reading BBC Wins In World Cup Final Viewing
The Radio Authority (RA) is to change the way it awards restricted service licences (RSLs) during the run up to the millennium. Anticipating a particularly high demand in December 1999, the RA has decided that the fairest way to award licences is by setting up a selection process and making awards on merit. Normally, RSLs… Continue reading Millennium RSLs To Be Awarded On Merit
Total broadsheet circulation for this period was down 1.6% to 5.7 million copies – a loss of 94,000 copies for January-June 1998. The only paper to show a significant increase in this period was, once again, the Financial Times.In the mid market the Mail titles continue to prosper at the expense of the Express titles.The… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – June 1998
ITV franchise holder Border Television has announced annual pre-tax profits down 26.9% to £2.01 million (previously £2.74 million) for the year ended 30 April 1998. Turnover at the group stood at £15.81 million, up 17% year on year. Earnings per share were 12.5p, down 25.6% on the previous year.Border reports that its share of ITV… Continue reading Border Profits Down To £2m
ITV chief executive, Richard Eyre, is extolling the virtues of publicly-funded, public service broadcasting. He claims that the BBC is in danger of diluting its public service ethos, and that the Corporation should not be allowed to abandon its ‘high ground’ in pursuit of commercial competitiveness.Eyre has given a 20 page report to Chris Smith,… Continue reading ‘The BBC Is In Danger Of Diluting Its Public Service Ethos’, Says Richard Eyre
The Irish Times on the Web has received its second ABC //electronic audit for the period 3 March-2 April 1998. The website recorded 5,998,728 page impressions and 620,623 users.The site can be accessed at http://www.irish-times.com/.Subscribers can access the New Media Database by selecting “New Media” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.Irish… Continue reading Irish Times Website Receives 5.9m Impressions
Total national newspaper circulation was down by 3.1% year on year for the ABC period January-June 1998, from 27.8 million to 26.9 million. This represents a loss of 860,000 copies across the whole national newspaper market.Circulation for The Guardian is not included in these figures as the newspaper supplied ABC with data that was incorrect.… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – June 1998
ABC will be re-issuing the latest national newspaper ABC figures (June 1998) for The Guardian later this afternoon after an error in the data that was supplied to ABC by the newspaper.The Guardian‘s figures have therefore been removed from the Press database pending reissue.Subscribers can select National Newspaper ABC Breakdowns from the Press database to… Continue reading ABC Circulation Amendment For Guardian
The Radio Authority (RA) has said that it is to attempt to increase the reach of digital radio licence areas within London following concerns by broadcasters such as Capital Radio that there would be a shortfall in the number of listeners it would reach (see Capital Radio Wants A Safer Digital Deal).Capital had expressed concern… Continue reading RA Attempts To Increase London Digital Coverage
