The Quality MarketThe Daily Telegraph is still the highest selling paper in this sector, selling 1,090,505 copies in June and increasing 3.4% year-on-year. The Financial Times saw the greatest increase in sales in this sector, rising 8.5% to record 326,676 in June 1997. There is no let-up in site for The Independent the paper lost… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – June ABCs
Future Publishing has added another title to the growing music magazine market. But, The Band is different; rather than spending its time painting wild pictures of rock-n-roll lifestyles, it concentrates on the ‘real’ side of popular music. This magazine is aimed at anyone involved or interested in music. Unlike many of its competing titles, The… Continue reading First Issue Review – The Band
Over thirty amendments have been tabled to Jessica Larive’s report on commercial communications and the internal market, to be voted by the European Parliament on 15 July. Many of these amendments would overturn the ‘country of origin’ principle proposed by the Commission and endorsed in the report, and have raised fears that the Parliament’s supportive… Continue reading EU: Joint Industry Statement
The Chairman and Deputy Director-General of the AA met Lord Simon of Highbury, UK Government Minister in charge of trade and competitiveness in Europe on 14 July. The AA gave a presentation on the Green Paper on commercial communications, stressing the key importance of the home country principle.
The ITC has concluded that there is no need for a public interest test with regard to the proposed merger between Grampian Television and the Scottish Media Group.ITC: 0171 306 7743
On 9 July President Bill Clinton dealt a major blow to the proposed $368.5 billion deal reached previously between tobacco producers and litigants concerning various class action legal suits. The deal meant that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would have to show that the reduction of nicotine levels in tobacco would not mean a… Continue reading US: Clinton blow to tobacco deal
The UK Government appears to have moved away from the immediate, full-scale ban on sponsorship that was originally proposed by Frank Dobson, the Health Minister. Instead of an immediate ban there are likely to be a series of transitional measures to phase out tobacco sponsorship over a number of years. This phasing-out would be in… Continue reading UK: Government sets up new agenda
The Council meeting in Luxembourg has failed to make any progress on the creation of a Guarantee Fund for the film and audiovisual industry. The majority of delegations were in favour of the proposal and the Luxembourg delegation has undertaken to try to make progress under its presidency, which started on 1 July. It is… Continue reading EU: Council stalled over Guarantee Fund
Stewart Butterfield, Channel 4’s director of sales and marketing, has been appointed managing director of Granada UK Broadcasting. Butterfield, will be responsible for overseeing and co-ordinating Granada Media Group’s UK broadcasting interests.Butterfield was an unsuccessful candidate for Michael Grade’s job at Channel 4.David Liddiment, the current MD, is to take-up a new senior position at… Continue reading Granada Knows What Side Its Bread Is Buttered
The Sun Banking Corporation, the banking arm of Sun Life of Canada, has extended its sponsorship of Stevenage Borough Football Club for the 1997/8 season.The Corporation stated: “the Bank has received significant national media coverage in the press and on television. This has proved to be a most cost-effective means of promoting the Bank.”Sun Banking… Continue reading The Sun Banks On The Boro
