Following a recent price-cut promotion *Express Cuts PricesThe Express on Saturday put its price up by 10p to 30p last Saturday. It will remain at the 30p price this Saturday, although it will still be on sale for 20p in Scotland. The price is being reviewed on a weekly basis.The 20p edition had apparently given… Continue reading Express Price Cut Ends
John Brown launch their new bi-monthly men’s title Bizarre this week, at a special first issue price of £1. As the most recent ABC figures show, the men’s magazine market is very much alive and still continuing its remarkable rate of growth, with Emap’s FHM in particular achieving a very noticeable circulation rise of 217%.… Continue reading First Issue Review – Bizarre
The weekend edition of the Financial Times is to have a facelift. The traditional masthead will be replaced by the initials FT and the new look will be unveiled on March 8.The move is intended to differentiate the paper from the daily editions. Each section will be colour-coded and the publishers hope that the editorial… Continue reading Weekend FT Booked In For A Facelift
A report carried out by Datamonitor concludes that the European CD hardware market will almost double over the next five years. By 2001 this market is expected to reach 16 million units, 24% of which will be accounted for by business purchases.The consumer sales sector currently accounts for 79% of sales, while education and business… Continue reading CD Market To Nearly Double By 2001
The Evening Standard has lost two staff this week; Jill Guthrie, the client sales manager and Vicki Beazley, ad manager at ES Magazine have both departed. Richard Wilson, head of advertising at Emap Nationals will fill Guthrie’s shows.Meanwhile, Sunday Business‘s editor Anil Bhoyrul has left the paper; it is hoped that a new editor will… Continue reading Media Moves
The number of homes which will require new aerials or aerial upgrades to receive Channel 5 have been underestimated by the channel, according to a report by the Confederation of Aerial Industries (CAI). The estimated total cost for householders is likely to reach £250m.The CAI, the aerial manufacturers’ body, estimates that around 3.4 million homes… Continue reading C5 Aerial Costs Could Reach £250m
Fresh is the new magazine from the publishers of Hairflair magazine.£1.95 will get you this 98 page publication with a photo of a sorry looking soul on the front. Beyond the hallowed features of the cover-girl is an amateurly-produced magazine with a strong fashion and beauty section, but otherwise poor features.It is obvious that the… Continue reading First Issue Review – Fresh
Following a High Court hearing, Haymarket consumer magazines has been granted permission to launch The Box , a magazine about television *New Magazine For Haymarket.The judge ruled that the title would not be confused with EMAP’s The Box cable channel. EMAP had applied for an injunction to prevent publication of the bi-monthly magazine that is… Continue reading Haymarket In Boxing Match With EMAP
GMTV has confirmed that it is planning a children’s TV channel for digital terrestrial television. Peter McHugh, director of programmes at GMTV, said: “GMTV are actively looking to take advantage of DTV to bring a GMTV children’s channel to British homes, bearing in mind our already prominent position in the children’s TV programming market.”No further… Continue reading GMTV Plans A New Channel
