In an attempt to monitor how clumsily we deal with computers and the like, a kind of time-motion study has been set up with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council which will view technology users in their own homes. So that we are not disturbed in our natural environment, a number of cameras… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 03/04/98
The Mirror Group has said that it will be closing its Sporting Life title on 12 May and incorporating it into the Racing Post . It is expected, however, that the title will reappear some time in the Autumn as a general sports daily. Over 100 staff have been made redundant as part of the… Continue reading Sporting Life To Close
News Group Newspapers, the division of News International which publishes The Sun and the News Of The World, has announced the creation of the post of display sales controller in its sales department. The post is to be filled by Mike Gordon, previously advertising manager for The Sun. Gordon will have responsibility for News Group… Continue reading News Group Restructures Sales Team
Twix will be covermounting a branded music CD on the front cover of TV Hits in a sponsorship deal worth in excess of £100,000.The deal, negotiated by the Braben Company, will also include a programme of branded promotion and sponsored editorial over a number of issues of the title. The CD will feature seventeen tracks… Continue reading Twix To Sponsor TV Hits
Future Publishing picked up the largest collection of accolades at the 1998 Association of Circulation Executives Awards, which were held last week at the Hilton on Park Lane, London.The publisher’s Computer Arts won the award for excellence and endeavour in the field of circulation for a smaller magazine (sales under 50,000) while Gamesmaster won the… Continue reading Future Wins Circulation Awards
In an attempt to monitor how clumsily we deal with computers and the like, a kind of time-motion study has been set up with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council which will view technology users in their own homes. In order that we are not disturbed in our natural environment, a number of… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 03/04/98
Saatchi & Saatchi has announced its annual financial results for the year ended 31 December 1997 and reports that pro forma profit before interest, tax and exceptionals is up by 39.1% to £30.6 million. Revenue was only slightly up, from £369 million in 1996 to £375 million this time. The company also reports an earnings… Continue reading Saatchi & Saatchi Pre-Tax Profit Up 39%
The groans of despair were audible when it was announced that yet another magazine would be launching into the burgeoning men’s lifestyle market (subscribers see Wagadon To Launch Men’s Mag). Many wondered how Wagadon’s Deluxe could possibly compete with the likes of Loaded and FHM, despite its claims that it would be ‘different’. This pronouncement… Continue reading First Issue Review – Deluxe
Following a request by More Group and Decaux, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to pass its recommendations on the proposed merger between the two companies to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Decaux’s takeover bid for More of £475 million was announced last week and caused More to back out of a… Continue reading OFT To Give Recommendations On Decaux/More Merger
Talk Radio has announced that it has joined Digital One, the digital radio consortium formed last week by GWR Group and Ginger Media (subscribers see GWR And Ginger Create Digital Consortium).Paul Robinson, managing director of Talk Radio, comments: “Digital is unquestionably the future of radio and clearly presents many exciting opportunities in the future. Talk… Continue reading Talk Radio Joins Digital Consortium
