IPC magazines and Times Newspapers are launching their first major joint promotion this weekend.Times readers will be able to obtain a free copy of one of twelve IPC titles in exchange for four coupons printed in The Times. The coupons will be printed in the paper over a six-day period from Monday, January 20.There will… Continue reading IPC Magazines Link Up With Times
Cheryl Allen is now Regional Sales Director at Emap Radio. She was previously responsible for selling all Emap stations, except Red Dragon, to agencies outside of London.…Capital Radio has promoted Carina Martin to marketing manager from marketing executive. She will now have responsibility for the marketing and advertising areas of Capital FM and Capital Gold.
Film & TV Week , IPC’s new weekly listings magazine, went on sale for the first time today. The trial price is 40p. It is targeted at dedicated film fans, who don’t miss a movie, whether it be on the box, at the pictures or on video. Film & TV Week claims to be challenging… Continue reading First Issue Review: Film And TV Week
Harrods, the world famous department store, has won it’s High Court Case to stop it’s name being used without permission on the Internet.Harrods instigated legal proceedings in August last year against Mr Michael Lawrie and others who had applied for, and were using, the Internet address, harrods.com. The High Court decided that the actions of… Continue reading There Is Still Only One Harrods
The Independent Television Commission has published a draft Code of Conduct on Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) for public consultation.EPGs are the electronic menus which viewers will increasingly be calling up on their TV screens to select the television programmes they wish to watch. Of particular concern to the ITC is that the assembly and packaging… Continue reading ITC Launches Consultation On Programme Guides
MediaTel, the UK’s biggest media database, now almost entirely accessible via the Internet, launches its new Press Database service and a redesigned look to its complete web product this afternoon.The new Press Database offers users a number of improved features which allows access to information on press circulation and readership data quickly and easily. The… Continue reading MediaTel Launches New Database
Qualities The Times and Daily Telegraph were once again way ahead of the opposition amongst the daily quality titles. The News International title experienced a year-on-year sales increase in December of 14.78% to 740,709 copies while the Daily Telegraph increased its circulation by 9.2% to 1.132 million. The Guardian remained stable, registering only a slight… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – December
Future Publishing has just released its first film related title, Total Film Magazine. Total Film went on sale at a special introductory price of £1. Published monthly, the normal price will be £2.50.Matt Bielby, the Editor, sets the scene for the title in his opening note, “You’re holding up a magazine that’s right up your… Continue reading First Issue Review: Total Film Magazine
Most sectors had a quiet week though agencies AMV.BBDO and CIA both performed well, with AMV rising from 651p at the start of the week to 678.5p by Friday as a result of it winning Campaign‘s Agency of the Year Award. CIA was buoyed by a mention in Media Week‘s Agency of the Year list… Continue reading Sharewatch – W/E 10/1/97
The Guardiannewspaper was due to re-launch its media section today. This has been postponed until next Monday. The new media section will be an expanded stand alone supplement. The company say that today is too near to Christmas for a new launch.Film and TV Week, IPC’s new listings’ magazine, launches tomorrow. The title is to… Continue reading The Week Ahead
