Following its Green Paper on the Protection of Minors and Human Dignity in Audiovisual and Information Services and the first conclusions presented in a European Commission staff working paper, the Commission services are currently drafting a Communication and draft proposal for a Council Recommendation on this subject. Partly to this end, the EC has opened… Continue reading EU: New Internet Discussion Forum
Channel 4 has announced its Autumn line-up, which features three major drama series – A Dance to the Music of Time, Bombay Blue and Underworld – together with new comedy and documentary series. Robbie Coltrane also stars in a factual series indulging his secret passion for engines in Coltrane’s Planes and Automobiles. The season’s budget… Continue reading C4 Launches Autumn Schedule
Home Counties Newspapers, the regional newspaper publisher, has released interim financial results which show that pre-tax profits have risen three-fold to £1.7 million. Turnover was up slightly to £18.9m.HCN: 01727 811 911
The inaugural MRG cricket fixture took place last week under blue skies and at a venue that even the locals standing outside had never heard of. The cricket was not quite of the calibre a full house will witness at Lords on Sunday, but skippers Poustie (BMRB) and Hiddleston (Universal McCann) ensured it was keenly… Continue reading Botten Tops And Blizzards Reign As Bowman Bows Out
Highbury House Communications, publisher of Baby Magazine and Your Health, has announced turnover of £10.314 million for the six months to June 30 compared to £4.724m for the previous year. Pre-tax profits grew from £1.848m to £3.756m.Highbury House: 0171 226 2222
Caledonian Publishing, the newspaper group which Scottish Media Group bought last October, boosted pre-tax profits at SMG by 80% to £18.5m. Turnover during the six months to 30 June increased 68% to 87.9m.Sales at Caledonian were increased by over 14% though there was a slight drop in circulation revenue, which reflected “the underlying trends in… Continue reading Caledonian Helps Scottish Media Achieve Record Growth
The Carphone Warehouse was the top advertiser in July, according to the Radio Advertising Bureau’s August Newsletter. The mobile phone retailer spent £6.163m while COI came second with £6.104m.MediaVest topped the Buying Points table with £18.840m while Zenith followed with £17.379m.RAB: 0171 306 2500
Computer Arts, Future Publishing’s creative arts and technology magazine, has turned from a bi-monthly into a monthly. The title changes its frequency from the October issue which goes on sale this month.The launch of the monthly title will be supported by a double disc covermount and an ad campaign in the Guardian, Independent and Design… Continue reading Computer Arts Goes Monthly
All of the daily broadsheets except the Independent revealed respectable year on year growth in the March-August ABC figures. While the Daily Telegraph and the Times both increased sales by over 5%, the Independent slumped 5.6% to 257,598. The Sunday Telegraph again saw large growth, with a rise of almost 30% while the FT increased… Continue reading National Newspaper August ABC Summary
Both of the Telegraph titles again boosted their readership figures in the latest batch of NRS data to be released. The Sunday Telegraph grew by almost 24% year on year to 2.390 million while the Daily Telegraph increased by 10% to 2.713 million. The FT suffered a large loss in readership, which fell 12% to… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – July
