Rosie Boycott has been announced as the new editor of the Independent On Sunday. She replaces Peter Wilby who left the paper last week *Appointments.It is believed that Mr Wilby was asked to leave the paper by David Montgomery, the Mirror Group’s chief executive, due to poor sales. The latest ABC figure for the title,… Continue reading Independent On Sunday Gets New Editor
According to recent reports, Carlton Television is planning the launch of a subscription based movie channel on digital terrestrial television. A spokesperson from Carlton could not comment on the issue but it is believed the company will apply for a licence to the ITC for one of the 20 channels available when digital television is… Continue reading Movie Channel For Carlton
Qualities September ABCs released on Friday show that among the daily quality newspapers the Times has performed the best, further narrowing the gap between itself and the Daily Telegraph. The News International title increased its circulation by 18.9% to 810,493 copies in comparison to the Telegraph which grew 1.25% to just over 1 million copies.… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – September
There was little excitement in the media markets last week with most companies experiencing only normal fluctuations in share prices.At the start of the week there was disappointment with United News & Media’s failure to make a move on HTV, resulting in a 10p drop in HTV’s price to 374.5p. United fell 5.5p to 659.5p.Pearson… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 11/10/96
Bill Gates, the Microsoft technology tycoon, and Rupert Murdoch may take advantage of recent changes on the rules for cross-media ownership *(Government Makes Amendments To Broadcasting Bill) with the launch of a new newspaper entitled Equal. According to sources, the British newspaper is planned for launch on March 1 1997 and will be available twice… Continue reading Murdoch/Gates Newspaper Venture
Future Publishing is launching a new technology magazine entitled T3 later this week. As reported in August *(New Magazines), the magazine is priced at £2.95 and has an initial print run of 65,000. A spokesperson from Dennis Publishing confirmed that last week’s launch of Escape magazine was postponed. The revised launch is scheduled for this… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Gwenan Davies and Sophie Reeves have been appointed as assistant publishers at IPC magazines. Gwenan will be working with Jackie Newcombe on Woman, Woman’s Own and Eva.Sophie will report to Sandy Gale working on Chat, Woman’s Realm and Woman’s Weekly.IPC Magazines: 0171 261 6575
Telewest Communications, together with various cable operators, are launching a common set-top box for digital cable television next year. The move could be a direct assault on BSkyB which is launching its own digital service next year. Earlier this year, cable companies voiced their opinions on BSkyB’s dominance in the market *(BSkyB Escapes Monopoly Investigation)… Continue reading Cable Companies Stiffen DTV Competition
http://www.erack.com/FHM/Web sites are funny places, often when you open a Web site for the first time it’s a bit like going to one of those established chain restaurants where everything is very plastic, it takes ages for you to wade through the menu and actually find something both appealing and satisfying. Things can go either… Continue reading Website Of The Week: For Him Magazine
OKTV, a new interactive television service on cable, was successfully launched in Scotland last Saturday. The station believes itself to be the first of its kind in the UK. A spokesperson from the channel said: “OKTV carries soaps, quiz shows, Oprah Winfrey style programmes, etc. It is similar to Channel 4 and ITV.” OKTV also… Continue reading Successful Launch For OKTV
