The local newspaper group Adscene has launched the Canterbury Times , a new weekly newspaper. 26,000 copies of the paper went on sale at 25p, competing against the existing Kentish Gazette . The Canterbury Times follows a recent trend in the comeback of local and regional newspapers. The Newspaper Society reported that more than half… Continue reading Adscene Launch Canterbury Times
Pearson was the focus of much attention last week, reaching a high of 824p on Tuesday before falling to 799p by Friday. On Tuesday the rumour-mill predicted that the media group would sell its stake in BSkyB or its share in Lazards. This, together with positive reports from NatWest Securities, helped Pearson rise 25.5 to… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 10/10/97
Monday The battle of the breakfast shows began in earnest this morning with Chris Evans taking the helm at the Virgin morning slot and Zoe Ball and Kevin Greening beginning their contract on BBC Radio 1.Wednesday The Channel 5 teletext service launches. The service, provided by BSkyB , will provide mainly travel and holiday information.Also… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Significance of advertising today:No. of commercials per day: 1987 – 5001997 – 11,0002007 – 33,000The premise of the Monitoring Media Performance conference was to analyse the role and function of the media auditors and consultants as independent bodies who provide feedback on the effectiveness of a client’s advertising campaign. Recurring questions raised were: are auditors/consultants… Continue reading Conference Report – Monitoring Media Practice – 9 October
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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
