Retail Revolution, which was set up to sell 32 mass market magazines through petrol stations, has folded following disputes over payments to Northern & Shell, who were producing the magazines. All but 2 of the magazines have now closed, Soap and Cable & Satellite are now handled solely by Northern and Shell.
Sky Sports has announced that it is adding Ian Botham to its commentary team for next winter’s England series in South Africa. It is reported that he will replace Geoff Boycott. Sky’s commentary team for the England tour of Australia (test matches start next month) includes two other ex-England players for the first time –… Continue reading Botham Joins Sky Cricket Team
The MRG will be considering the “Press Price War” on November 7th at JWT. No speakers are confirmed as yet, but we are promised representatives from WCRS, News International and The Guardian.
Staff at Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television have agreed to the new cost-cutting terms which they had been disputing over the past few weeks. The 185 employees would have been sacked if they had not agreed to the new terms.
The future of public service broadcasting is one of the issues to be considered by European Ministers meeting in Prague on December 7th and 8th. The ministers are expected to “adopt major policy texts on this issue”, and “the adoption of a political declaration on the media in a democratic society will also be tabled.”Council… Continue reading Media To Be Discussed By Council Of Europe
ABC is to hold its 3rd annual conference at the Royal Lancaster Hotel on November 21 focusing on circulation practice issues.ABC: 0442 870800
The Guardian Media Group, as part of a joint venture with Wired US, is to launch a UK edition of Wired next year. The American edition of Wired was launched 2 years ago and is a lifestyle magazine centred around the Internet. Editorial in the magazine focuses on the digital revolution and other evolving technologies.This… Continue reading Guardian To Publish Uk Edition Of Wired
Next Monday the IPA is to hold an evening entitled ‘Advertising to Men’. John Bacon, creative director of FCB, will be discussing the best way of tapping into the ‘inner bloke’ and resolving the issue of whether ‘men will be men’ in advertising for the Nineties. The evening starts at 6.30pm at the IPA offices.IPA:… Continue reading Advertising To Men
The combined revenue figure for ITV and Channel 4 came in at £171.7 million, up by 9% on September 1993 and 35.2% on August 1994. This is the second highest figure this year, behind May. ITV’s revenue for the month was estimated at £136.27 million and Channel 4’s £35.44 million.The contractor shares show Carlton’s share… Continue reading September TV Revenue
According to figures published today in Media Week, the extracts from Prince Charles’ biography took The Sunday Times’ sales to an all-time high of 1.63m last week. The cover price was also cut to 50p for one week only. The other quality Sundays, possibly helped by that price cut, are each thought to have boosted… Continue reading Sunday Times’ New High
