This week saw the launch of MTV’s new magazine Blah Blah Blah (Newsline 16/01). The monthly publication costs £2.50 and has a matt finish. The appearance of Blah Blah Blah is extremely modern and tries to capture the ‘fragmented nineties’ in the style of its layout. While this may appear stylish and innovative to look… Continue reading Magazine Review: Blah Blah Blah
The Mirror Group is to raise the cover price of the Daily Mirror to 30p from 28p from Monday, it has announced today. The move is an attempt to counter the increased costs of newsprint. The Sun currently has a cover price of 25p.Pre-tax profits for the group were up to £87.2m from £84.7m (before… Continue reading Mirror To Increase Price To 30p
At a conference this morning IPC Magazines released its research findings covering specialist titles. The surveys covered readership, quality of reading and in-depth reader and attitude data. It was carried out by RSL between July 1995 and January 1996 and consisted of over 18,000 individuals being interviewed regarding 90 specialist magazines in nine sectors: men’s… Continue reading IPC Release Magazine Research
Vauxhall and Opel have awarded The Lowe Group and The Guardian the task of creating a new web site – Eurosoccer.com – to support their official sponsorship of the Euro ’96 football tournament. The investment is the largest to date in a European sports website and is likely to be in excess of £300,000.The site,… Continue reading Vauxhall And Opel To Launch Euro ’96 Net Site
BARB estimates for the first quarter of 1996 show total penetration has passed the 5,000,000 mark (5,007,000).Cable penetration continues to grow at a faster rate than dishes up 2.6% between January and March 1996, compared to a 0.8% increase for dishes over the same period.Year on year figures (March 95 vs March 96) show cable… Continue reading Non Terrestrial Penetration Reaches 5 Million
The recent March edition of Madame Figaro, the bi-monthly fashion magazine of the Observer was the last issue. The troubled Observer has abandoned the joint venture due to the high cost involved after just four issues.France based Madame Figaro has been successful in its worldwide expansion plan, but has found breaking into the competitive UK… Continue reading Observer Closes Madame Figaro
Radio 3 is to start broadcasting for 24 hours a day from May 4 as part of its response to competition from the 24-hour Classic FM. The new service, between 1am and 6am, Radio 3 Through the Night, will include European concerts and music supplied by the European Broadcasting Union.Schools programmes will be removed from… Continue reading Radio 3 Responds To Classic FM
Press rumours that Independent Radio Sales, part of Katz International, would be disbanded after losing major clients including EMAP and GWR (Newsline 29/02) have been scotched after revelations that the company is being restructured and renamed.IRS will now be called Katz Radio Sales and is part of the shake-up which has resulted from the imminent… Continue reading IRS Renamed As Katz Radio Sales
Advertising group Cordiant has announced pre-tax losses of £22.6 million for 1995, compared to profits of £32.4 million in 1994. Loss of clients totalled £40m in annual revenue, with Saatchi & Saatchi particularly hit by client defections in the first half of last year.Charlie Scott, Cordiant’s chairman, pointed out that although revenue had increased by… Continue reading Cordiant Losses Slide To £22m
The Radio Authority has made a formal complaint to the government regarding proposals in the Broadcasting Bill now before parliament which would allow a BBC-owned commercial radio station to exist.Although the BBC itself would not be able to run a commercial station the proposed clause would allow a BBC-owned station to broadcast. The Bill does… Continue reading Radio Authority In Broadcasting Bill Complaint
