Eastern Daily Press will be launching its Weekend Magazine next month. The 48-page section will contain TV-listings as well as articles focusing on local matters of interest. It is set to launch on September 27.Eastern Daily Press: 01603 628311
The Advertising Standards Authority is launching a new advertising campaign to coincide with its 35th anniversary. The adverts will feature the ASA tick logo replaced with a cross highlighting the fact that an advertisement has been withdrawn because it is misleading. The campaign will see the ASA advertising in cinema for the first time in… Continue reading ASA Stamps Out Misleading Adverts
The BBC today denied weekend press reports that it was planning to start running advertisements on the BBC World Service. The Corporation is currently talking with advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi about devising a way of claiming a proportion of the money made by commercial radio stations that feature World Service programmes and it was… Continue reading BBC Deny World Service Adverts Rumour
Reed Elsevier is rumoured to be thinking of offloading its consumer magazine business IPC as part of a planned withdrawal away from the sector, according to a press report. The company is said to have contacted a leading City merchant banker to assess the feasibility of selling IPC.A spokeswoman for Reed would not make any… Continue reading Reed Planning To Sell IPC
Andrew Ketteringham has been appointed the new Communication Director at the Broadcasting Standards Commission. Andrew takes up his position in 1 September and he will oversee media relations, public affairs and publications policy.
The deadline for applications to run the new FM licence for Great Manchester, Merseyside and the south and central parts of Lancashire has passed. Twenty-one applicants submitted proposals for the new station that will be able to broadcast to around 4.3 million.The applicants are: 105.4 Ace FM (Capital Radio North West Ltd) (0171 766 6019/… Continue reading 21 Applicants For New North West Licence
Despite Ulster TV seeing a drop in its profits on Thursday, the announcement that there could be a share buy-back lifted the broadcaster 38.5 to 237.5p. This could be a defensive move to block any attempt by Scottish Media to mount a hostile takeover.Granada benefited from a positive note by Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, which praised… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 22/08/07
Classic FM will be five-years old on Sunday September 7 and the station plans to “focus on drawing new audiences into the network” and building on the current listener base.Station managing director Murray Dudgeon has also been working closely over the summer with Brand Futures, a division of AMV, which is currently carrying out a… Continue reading Classic FM Looks To Growth
The Evening Standard is planning a new Monday lifestyle section which will be aimed at 20 to 35-year-old women. The as-yet unnamed pull-out will be launched on 8 September in addition to a new jobs section.Evening Standard: 0171 938 6000
United Provincial Newspapers has sold Ashton Weekly Newspapers, the Manchester-based regional newspaper publishers, to a management buy-in team. This will create a new publisher called Reporter & Chronicle Newspapers.The main title involved in the sale is The Ashton Reporter, a paid-for title with nine local editions covering Tameside to the east of Manchester. It currently… Continue reading UPN Sells Ashton Title
