EMAP announced today that it has acquired Mason Stewart Publishing and Bounty Services in Australia for a total of £5m. Both companies have had long relationships with EMAP as licensees of a number of titles including Smash Hits , Slimming and Mother & Baby .Managing director of the new arm will be Marcus Rich who… Continue reading EMAP Expands Down Under
Jonathan Young is to become editor-in-chief of IPC Magazines’ Field , Shooting Times and Sporting Gun .… IPC has promoted Marion Jones and Kate Burt to the positions of deputy editor and senior features writer on 19 magazine.IPC: 0171 261 6575
The Radio Authority has published details of its Quarterly Bulletin for the second quarter of 1997.Four commercial radio stations were fined following complaints received by the Authority during April and June of 1997. The stations fined were: LLeicester Sound 105.4 FM for repeated breaches of their ‘promise of performance’ (£5,000). Spectrum Radio (Greater London) for… Continue reading Radio Authority Fine Four Stations
This week’s top programme lists showed that there is still no change at the top of the overall top thirty programme list and Channel 4’s top ten list. Monday’s edition of Coronation Street, with the continuing storyline regarding the Fiona Middleton love triangle between Steve, Jim and Alan (or should that be love square), attracted… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – W/E 27/07/97
The main mover last week in the media industry was Pearson, which began the week on 692.5p and finished on 777.5p. This was as a result of the group’s better-than-expected interim results on Monday and chief executive Marjorie Scardino’s bullish statement that the company would double its value within five years.Telewest Communications benefited from confirmation… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 08/08/97
Tuesday The Retail Prices Index for July will be announced.Thursday MAID and WPP Group announce interim results while Media Business Group releases final figures. It is expected that WPP will see a rise in profits from £68m to around £78m, though the strength of sterling could leave revenue static. Media Business is expected to see… Continue reading The Week Ahead
David Rydell, the third editor of Sunday Business, will be leaving the newspaper to join Beattie Media with the role of setting up a new office in London for the Scottish PR firm.At the moment the newspaper is in receivership and is looking for a buyer. No one was available for comment at Sunday Business.
The ITC today announced that it would be extending its review of the practice of bundling pay-TV channels.As part of this the issues of carriage guarantees, basic channel bundling, digital TV and its effect on the market and viewers will also be considered.Key points on which the ITC is requesting comments are: What constitutes a… Continue reading ITC Extends Bundling Review
The Capital Radio Group once again has the highest weekly reach in the London sector with an overall reach of 35%. 95.8 Capital FM has the highest share of listeners for an individual station (up 0.6% to 17.7% year on year) and 1548 Capital has the second highest figures with an increase of 0.3% taking… Continue reading Q2 Rajar Figures: London Stations
Quarter 2 Rajar figures released today show that for all local commercial radio stations, audience share rose to 40.2% from 38.5% last year, with weekly reach rising from 49% to 50%.Amongst the Stations reporting for the first time this quarter there was a good result from Mix 96 which acheived a weekly reach of 34%… Continue reading Rajar Q2 1997- Local Commercial Summary
