The national newspaper market saw a year on year fall in sales of over 145,000 in the period April-September, which is a drop of 0.5%. The People experienced the largest drop, down 6.4% to 1.924 million while the Sunday Mirror was close behind with a fall of 6.3%. Among the top risers was the Sunday… Continue reading National Newspaper Summary – September ABCs
The Mirror is reported to be launching a new magazine on Saturday called The Look. It will include lifestyle features as well as TV listings and reviews. The Sunday Mirror‘s Personal magazine is also expected to unveil a new look at the weekend.Mirror Group: 0171 293 3000
BSkyB will be renaming its two movie channels and creating new on-screen idents for its other services as part of a major rebranding exercise. From November 1 the Movie Channel will become Sky Movies Screen 2 and Sky Movies changes to Sky Movies Screen 1.BSkyB: 0171 705 3000
The death of Princess Diana meant that there was a large increase in the number of newspapers sold in September as the nation craved news of the latest developments and reactions. Sales in the broadsheet market increased by over 506,000 to 6.19 million while the mid-market saw a rise of over 567,000 to 7.16 million.… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – September
Saatchi & Saatchi has launched another Website presence. Devoted mainly to the Saatchi & Saatchi Award for Innovation in Communication, the site was put together by Saatchi & Saatchi Vision and AMX Digital. The Internet address is http://www.saatchi-saatchi.com.This is in addition to Saatchi & Saatchi’s Business Communications site at http://www.saatchibuscomm.com/index.html
The BBC ‘s 24 hour TV news service has received the OK from the Government to launch next month. As well as appearing on cable systems it will also broadcast overnight on BBC1. BBC News 24 will also launch on digital TV systems when these come on stream next year.The approval comes despite protests from… Continue reading BBC 24-Hour News Service Gets Go Ahead
Despite being axed from their breakfast show in favour of Chris Evans (subscribers see Chris Evans Will Host Virgin Breakfast Show), Russ ‘n Jono have signed a new contract with Virgin Radio for a drivetime show between 4-7pm each weekday. The pair are said to have been considering the alternative slot since last Friday when… Continue reading Russ ‘N Jono Back At Virgin
John Brown, managing director of John Brown Publishing, has been awarded the 1997 Marcus Morris Award by the PPA for outstanding contribution to magazine publishing. Instinct, understanding, confidence and creativity are all recognised in this award.As well as Viz and Bizarre John Brown Publishing also produces Classic FM Magazine and the Virgin Atlantic customer title… Continue reading John Brown Wins PPA Award
GGT Group’s two London agencies GGT Advertising and BST-BDDP will be merging on 17 October to create BDDP GGT, a top 15 UK agency with billings of £230m. Paul Bainsfair and John Sharkey, joint chief executives of BST, will become joint chairmen while Grant Duncan, managing director of GGT, will be MD at the new… Continue reading GGT Agencies Merge
After a seven month review the IPA has announced the new criteria for the biennial IPA Advertising Effectiveness Awards. The changes agreed for the 1998 competition, which will be launched at the IPA on 3 November are: more client involvement two stage judging panel of experts and clients no categories wider prize structure with 5… Continue reading IPA Announces New Awards Criteria
