The latest NRS figures for November show that the Times recorded the biggest year on year increase amongst the whole national daily newspaper market. 12-month figures reveal that the News International title has grown its readership by 16.92% to reach 1.942 million.Amongst the daily broadsheets the Guardian increased 5.63% to 1.312 million and the FT… Continue reading Newspaper NRS Figures – November
CLT UK Radio Sales has appointed Tim Bleakley as sales controller of Talk Radio. He joins from TSMS where he was account director.… Kate Lynch, head of research at Leo Burnett, is leaving the company’s London office in March to join the Leo Burnett operation in Chicago.CLT UK Radio Sales: 0171 436 6363Leo Burnett: 0171… Continue reading Appointment News
Following its decision to move sales in-house from Media Sales & Marketing *LNR Moves Sales In-House London News Radio has announced its new sales team.MD Nigel Reeve has appointed Neil Webster as head of national sales for LBC 1152AM and News Direct 97.3FM and Tony Robinson, Justin Richardson and Steve Ramsay as senior sales executives.… Continue reading New Sales Team For LNR
IPC has announced that Sarah Williams has joined the IPC SouthBank Advertisement promotions department as head of sales. Working with advertorials director Glyn Davies she is responsible for sales of advertorials and special projects across 16 SouthBank titles including Marie Claire, Options, 19 and Ideal Home. She was previously senior marketing and promotions manager at… Continue reading IPC And Y&R Appointments
A report by Sheffield University has revealed that violent content occupies a relatively tiny percentage of total programming minutage.The independent report, funded by all main UK broadcasters and regulators, covered ten terrestrial and non-terrestrial channels and recorded 1.08% violent minutage out of across-the-board total TV output. This compares to 1.07% last year. The amount of… Continue reading Survey Shows Little Change In Amount of TV Violence
BSkyB had a good week due to developments in the digital TV area. On Monday it was reported that the company was pushing ahead with its set-top box plans and its ratecard was approved by the OFT. Both of these developments lifted shares out of the doldrums, increasing 13 on Monday to 489p and another… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 20/12/96
ABC announced this afternoon that it will now be accepting subscription-sale copies of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph as “full price” sales.The row between ABC and the Telegraph first occurred on December 13 when the paper’s latest ABC figures were excluded because some had been sold on a subscription basis. Writs were issued by… Continue reading ABC And Telegraph Reach Agreement
According to the Sunday Telegraph, BSkyB is to join forces with BT, Midland Bank and Matsushita, the Japanese electronics company, in a venture which will produce the first set-top boxes needed to receive digital television transmissions.The secret venture, worth around £500m, involves BT and BSkyB having a 30% stake each while the other partners have… Continue reading BSkyB In Digital Joint Venture
Emap’s successful men’s magazine FHM is launching an Internet connection service. FHM Connect service offers Internet access, e-mail and 3,000 CompuServe services. The magazine is running an introductory offer which features free access for a month, with a £6.50 monthly charge thereafter.The title also recently launched a content-related Website. For a review subscribers should click… Continue reading FHM Launches Internet Connection
The Doritos sponsorship credits for ITV’s season of movie premieres has provoked 97 complaints, it is reported in the ITC’s monthly complaints bulletin. The credits featured still photographs of famous movie stars, but with real mouths which made crunchy sounds and jokey remarks.Most of the complainants objected to the sponsorship credits on the grounds that… Continue reading Doritos Sponsorship Draws Complaints
