Ikon, the lifestyle magazine launched in July last year as a British equivalent of Rolling Stone magazine and which set out to target the rapidly expanding men’s sector has closed and gone into receivership after only five issues.After an initial print run of 160,000 and first issue sales of 80,000, sales of the £2.20 glossy… Continue reading Ikon Magazine To Fold
Clacksons have been appointed National Advertising sales representatives for the Herald Newspaper Group, the publishing group purchased by Home Counties Newspapers late last year. The titles include the Harlow/Stortford Herald Series and the Bedfordshire Herald Series. Clacksons now represent all of Home Counties 49 titles.Clacksons now have a portfolio of 165 titles which represents 5.25… Continue reading Clacksons Win Herald Newspapers National Sales
David Herro, the Chicago fund manager who instigated Maurice Saatchi’s departure from the Saatchi advertising group last year, has sold a £4.2m stake in Cordiant.He has also taken stakes for a new fund in two other British companies: Vardon, the leisure group, and Powerscreen, the Northern Irish engineering group.Herro said that the move did not… Continue reading Herro Fund Sells Cordiant Stake
Weekend newspaper reports state that Maurice Saatchi has asked Cordiant, the advertising agency formerly known as Saatchi & Saatchi, to have back use of the Saatchi name.Sir Tim Bell, spokesman for Maurice Saatchi, said: “We would like the name back because it is ours.” However, Jennifer Laing, the chairman of Saatchi and Saatchi Advertising which… Continue reading Saatchi Wants Name Back
European Commissioners are to start broadcasting to European countries in a bid to get more in touch with European voters. Broadcast via Eutelstat, the commission’s own satellite receiver, you could receive ‘total allowable catches’ in full. as they are announced at a press briefing. Or viewers could enjoy a ‘thematic dossier’ of European capitals, before… Continue reading European Union Turns To Satellite
The Edgbaston Chronicle, a free weekly newspaper with a VFD figure of 24,576 (01/95-01/95) delivered in south-west Birmingham closed on Friday. Its publisher, Wolverhampton based Express & Star said there are no plans to replace the title.
FT Conferences is holding its fourteenth annual conference on New Media & Broadcasting at the Hotel Inter.Continental, One Hamilton Place, London on 26th and 27th February 1996.The conference will discuss the impact of new technologies on the media industry, including digital satellite and terrestrial television and electronic superhighways.Speakers include:-Mr Marc-Andre Feffer, Vice-President Delegue General Groupe,… Continue reading FT Conferences’ 14th Annual Conference
At a meeting on 4th January, the Members of the Radio Authority decided to fine Choice FM Birmingham £1,000 for failing to provide tapes of its output on two occasions. These failures to provide tapes prevented the authority from carrying out a monitoring exercise in connection with a complaint.
A new measure was passed in Parliament just before Christmas scrapping the tight controls on aerial advertising.The measure, pushed through by the Department of Transport, will mean that airlines will be able to sell space on the bodies of their jets to advertise products or services. Illuminated signs can now be attached to aircrafts enabling… Continue reading Relaxation Of Ban On Aerial Advertising
The Advertising Association has forecast advertising expenditure to grow by 4% year on year in 1996 compared to 3.5% in 1995 (figures in real terms).It is predicted that real growth should continue in 1997 but it is inevitably subject to potential alterations.Jonathan Bullock, Head of External Affairs at the Advertising Association said that they were… Continue reading Advertising Expenditure Sees Steady Growth
