Liz Bestic has left the newly-launched BBC Family Life magazine to edit Fun For Kids , the title which was sold by DMG to Myatt McFarlane plc in September.It is planned that the bi-monthly title will turn monthly in March with the issue cover-dated April 98. The first issue under Bestic will be on sale… Continue reading Kids Title Appoints New Editor To Go Monthly
UK households spend more money on food and non-alcoholic drinks than anything else according to this year’s Family Spending report from the Office for National Statistics. The 1996-97 report shows that average weekly expenditure is up from £290 in 1995-96 to £309 now. An average of £55.10 per week of this is being spent on… Continue reading Family Spending Goes On Food
The appearance of digital TV in the UK will cause a continuing decline in readership for newspapers and magazines, a report from Oliver & Ohlbaum suggests.UK Pay TV – Winners and Losers to 2007 predicts that the new broadcast medium will offer more news and information, which will hit newspapers, while more niche lifestyle channels… Continue reading Print Media To Be Hit By Digital TV, Report Says
Extreme sports title Xtreme Lifestyle has folded after only nine months. The magazine had been hoping to reach a circulation of 60,000.In a separate development Future has said that it has postponed its launch of another extreme sports title, No Limits World , due to lack of shelf space. The magazine was due to launch… Continue reading Sports Titles Hit Trouble
WPP today ended long-running speculation (subscribers see WPP May Aid Chime’s HHCL Takeover ) by confirming it will pump nearly £15 million into Chime Communications, conditional on Chime’s securing the £24m takeover of Howell Henry Chaldecott Lury.WPP will take a 29.9% holding in Chime, the public relations group headed by Sir Tim Bell. The new… Continue reading Chime/WPP Join Forces To Buy HHCL
Jazz FM 100.4 has ended its advertising sales representation contract with Katz Radio Sales, taking its sales in-house. It is planning to extend its sales operations to include the station’s record label, Café Jazbar and Internet site.Jazz FM 100.4: 0171 706 4100
The French-based satellite channel Eurotica Rendez Vous has been deemed unacceptable under the terms of the 1990 Broadcasting Act. The ITC has recommended that the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport gains a proscription order to ban the service in the UK.The Commission found that the channel repeatedly contains material which is beyond… Continue reading ITC Brands Pornography Channel Unacceptable
The Express launched a new business section aimed at small businesses this Monday. EX will be published weekly with the paper, every Monday. Its launch has an accompanying direct marketing campaign which will target small businesses.Express: 0171 922 2720
Bit of a turn up for the books this week as Thursday’s hour long episode of Emmerdale attracted an audience of 12.53 million, pushing Eastenders down to one of its worst positions in the chart for quite some time. That particular episode was only watched by 9.21 million, pulling the soap’s average score over three… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 19/10/97
Emap On Air will officially open its doors for business on 3 November. Emap On Air has responsibility for the sales and marketing interests of Emap Radio’s broadcast services which include nineteen radio stations across the UK and two television channels – The Box and Kiss TV. The company’s offices are based in Tottenham Court… Continue reading Emap On Air – Open For Business
