BBC Magazines will be launching a new technology title called Tomorrow’s World on 5 March.The title, based on the BBC programme of the same name, aims to achieve a circulation of around 80,000 and will be aimed at attracting older ABC1 men.BBC Magazines: 0181 576 3000
Andrew Marr has left the Independent as editor and Rosie Boycott, currently editor of the Independent On Sunday is expected to replace him. It is possible that she will retain her position on the Sunday title and become editor-in-chief of both papers.Mirror Group: 0171 293 3000
Xfm sales director Martin Ball will be leaving the station at the end of February to take up the position of sales and marketing director at Solent Radio. The move is due to the fact that Ball lives in the New Forest and found the daily commute to London “exhausting”.IPC has also announced a raft… Continue reading Appointment Briefs
30/01/98McCann-Erickson has won this month’s Aerial Awards. The ad, for Optrex, is entitled “Moonlight”, and was written by Rob Brown and Jason Gill.The judges were Ajab Singh and Julian Dyer of Saatchi & Saatchi. Singh says:”It’s a simple idea, with simple production values. The voiceover draws you in and delivers a very funny and unexpected… Continue reading McCann-Erickson Wins Aerial Award
A series of industry round-ups for 1997 are now available to subscribers in the “Research” features list of Newsline.A TV Data Round-Up for 1997 is also available in the TV features list.
Capital Radio has today firmly scotched rumours which have circulated the industry over the last few days about the future of Chris Tarrant.When contacted by Newsline the Capital Radio press office stated that these rumours were “totally untrue” and that Chris Tarrant was “committed to the station well into the year 2000.” The spokesperson added… Continue reading Tarrant Committed To Capital
Snickers has agreed a £1 million deal to sponsor radio coverage of the France 98 World Cup.The tie-up is the first example of the four main radio sales houses working together to sign a high-profile brand. Capital Advertising, Emap on Air, Opus and SIRS joined forces to offer advertisers access to news bulletins and World… Continue reading Snickers Sign £1m Radio Sponsorship Deal
British Digital Broadcasting has appointed Stephen Grabiner as its chief executive. Grabiner was previously an executive director at United News & Media. He will join BDB in January next year.BDB: 0171 663 6363
Capital Radio has received the green light from the Radio Authority to extend its Capital Gold 1548 AM service across all its other AM stations in Hampshire, Sussex, Kent and Birmingham.The new network, to be called Capital Gold, will roll out to Kent next month and will then be followed by the others in early… Continue reading Capital Gold To Extend Reach
Capital Radio has said that it will challenge the Monopolies and Mergers Commission regarding its decision on Capital’s proposed takeover bid of Virgin (subscribers see MMC Report Could Curtail Capital’s Expansion Plans).While a judicial review is not expected to occur, Capital will be commissioning independent research from Case Associates to show that a Capital/Virgin merger… Continue reading Capital To Challenge MMC Decision
