Italian food specialist Buitoni has signed a £100,000 sponsorship and advertising deal with Classic FM. This will involve credits being placed around a 13-week series showcasing Italian themed operas. This will begin in June.…Scottish Amicable has signed a deal with London News Radio to sponsor personal finance bulletins which run every Saturday. The partnership begins… Continue reading Radio Sponsorship News
Monday A review of the Guardian‘s new Saturday package, which includes a travel and sports section, will appear on Newsline today.WPP release interim financial results.Tuesday Web Round-Up will be available on Newsline, as will a TV Round-Up for the month of March.Thursday Q1 RAJAR figures are released and will be available, after 2pm, in the… Continue reading The Week Ahead
The Easter Weekend this year brought us the departure of Kaff Mitchell of the Caff. Eastenders pushed itself to four episodes, including a one hour special on Good Friday. Kaff’s final bow has to be one of the most drawn out departures in recent soap history; even Hilda Ogden seemed to slip silently into the… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 12/04/98
http://www.independent.co.uk/Although The Independent‘s website receives fewer visitors than any of the other national newspaper’s online versions (according to their own statement), it is probably the best-designed and clearest of all those sites on offer on the Net at the moment (much like the printed daily paper holds a smaller readership than the other broadsheets but,… Continue reading Website Of The Week – The Independent
Stephen Grabiner, the outgoing United News & Media chairman, has been released by the media group to begin working at British Digital Broadcasting as chief executive.It has emerged that legal wrangles (subscribers see UNM To Take Grabiner To Court) over Grabiner’s move have now been dropped. As part of the reconciliation deal BDB and UNM… Continue reading United Link-Up With BDB In Grabiner Deal
Right, I’m not going to pull any punches here. Future’s new lifestyle/car/motorbike magazine Redline is for sad boy-racers who can’t get girlfriends and spend all of their money and affection on lumps of metal which are only supposed to get them from A to B. They also probably still listen to Iron Maiden and wear… Continue reading First Issue Review – Redline
Rosie Boycott has been installed as the new editor of the Express newspapers following the resignation of Richard Addis. She will now edit the Express and Express On Sunday titles.Lord Hollick, chief executive of UNM, commented: “I am very pleased to have attracted someone of Rosie Boycott’s calibre and flair to edit the Express which,… Continue reading Boycott Joins Express
Bids for the only national digital radio multiplex licence are to receive another player shortly, as a company called Digital Media Broadcasting (DMB) prepares to submit its application. The company, which is headed by ex-Planet 24 figure, Peter Leutner, will compete with the Digital One consortium for the extra space on the multiplex.Leutner’s pitch for… Continue reading New Company To Enter Bids For National Digital Radio Licence
It has just been announced that Pearson New Entertainment has sold its Future magazine publishing group to a management buyout team for £142 million. The sale includes FutureNet, the company’s internet publication.The deal, funded by Apex Partners, will see Chris Anderson become chairman of the publisher while the management board will remain the same.Further details… Continue reading Future Goes To Management Team
