The Guardian‘s new property, interiors and design section launches today. Space, the 36-page supplement, which has a glossy cover and newsprint pages, has an upmarket appearance with liberal doses of colour photographs. As well as design ideas there is also information on London areas, house prices and furniture. There are 16 pages of ads, with… Continue reading Space Arrives
The Daily Star is following the Mirror‘s lead and is changing colour as part of a deal struck with Cable and Wireless Communications. The front page logo will turn yellow and the paper will feature a number of adverts for Cable & Wireless.Last year soft drink company Pepsi turned the Daily Mirror blue as part… Continue reading Daily Stars Gets A Yellow Streak
Not all the titles in this category have yet reported for this period. The South London Guardian Group can claim the prime position of having the highest circulation amongst the weekly free titles. Its figure now stands at 562,899 distributed copies, only an actual increase of 3,702 copies, but still enough for it too reach… Continue reading Regional VFD’s – Weekly Free Titles
Eastenders hopped over the channel for the week, episodes on each week day night followed the residents of Albert Square living it up in Paris. Well, at the very least Phil seemed to be enjoying a few drinks. Unfortunately this didn’t do too much to improve the number of viewers, with the soap achieving an… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 31/08/97
Of the regional ABCs in so far for the first half of this year the North Herts Gazette Series, East Grinstead Courier and Wiltshire Times Series have all shown healthy percentage increases – the Wiltshire publication recording an improvement of over two thousand copies. Meanwhile the North Herts Gazette Series and East Grinstead Courier have… Continue reading January – June 1997 Regional ABC’s – Weekly Paid Titles
Vincent Boni is leaving his post of Brand Manager at Northcliffe Newspapers and Divisional Director of Northcliffe Exhibition, to become General Manager for Regional Publications at Southern Newspapers.Southern Newspapers: 01703 424413
Director magazine has undergone a revamp for its September issue. While the masthead remains the same, new layout, headings and font have been employed to create a more lively appearance. Pagination has increased from 84 pages to 100.Director Publications: 0171 730 8320
Frank, the new woman’s monthly was launched yesterday by Wagadon.The editor herself admits that Britain probably doesn’t need another women’s magazine. Fortunately, Frank does stand out from the typical women’s monthlies on the market at the moment – the main difference being style (lots of it) and sex (lack of it). Refreshingly, there is not… Continue reading First Issue Review – Frank
By 1 July 1997 there were 2.068 million homes connected to a cable television system, according to figures released by the ITC, compared to 1.522 million homes in July last year. This puts the current penetration rate at 21.9%, up from 21.3% last July but down 0.1% from April 1997.Figures for cable operators put Cable… Continue reading Cable Homes Rise To Over 2 Million
IPC has revamped its monthly title 19. The new-look, which begins with the October issue, includes a glossy format and an extra 32 pages. Cover-price remains £1.70.IPC: 0171 261 5000
