Eve Pollard has resigned as editor of the Sunday Express, and will be replaced by Daily Star editor Brian Hitchin.Eve Pollard has been editor of the Sunday Express for three and a half years and will retain her links with the newspaper as a consultant.She said today that she had greatly enjoyed her time at… Continue reading Eve Pollard Resigns Sunday Express
Michael Connolly, chief executive of Trans World Communications, the radio company currently being takenover by Emap, has resigned.
Stan Myerson was unavailable for comment this morning following trade press rumours that he is about to leave Express Newspapers. Myerson, the former deputy advertisement director was recently appointed assistant to the managing director, following the sudden departure of Mike Moore, ad sales director last month.
With all the Jan-Jun ABCs for the male general interest consumer magazines now in, the sector as a whole still looks very healthy. In terms of market growth, there has been an increase of 5.3% year on year. As was the case in the previous round of ABCs, Esquire performed best, this time up 28.9%… Continue reading Male Interest ABC Round-Up
The Telegraph Group has announced interim results this morning for the sixmonths to June 30. Profits before tax and exceptional items were up 7.8% to £30.3m. Pre-tax profits alone, discounting exceptional items showed a decrease of 12%. The price cut, which occured within one week of the reporting period, reduced profits by £1m. Analysts had… Continue reading Telegraph Profits Up 8%
There have been calls for the resignation of the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, Lord McGregor, after he admitted he had not read the article in the News of the World regarding Princess Diana and the nuisance telephone calls, despite the fact he had ruled earlier that it did not constitute a breach of… Continue reading Calls For Chairman Of PCC To Stand Down
REVENUEThe combined ITV/C4 revenue, based on agency estimates, came in at £142.23m, an increase of 7.5% on last year. The ITV figure was £111.37m, up 4.8% on last year, and C4, with £30.86m was up 18.7% on last year’s figure, with an ITV:C4 ratio of 78:22. GMTV’s revenue figure came in at £5.46m; satellite revenue… Continue reading Television Round-Up – July
It is expected to be announced by the Football Association that Premier League referees will be equipped with microphones to enable Sky, which has exclusive rights to live Premiership games, to broadcast referees remarks.…Bob Wilson, BBC soccer presenter, is involved in talks about a move to ITV, it has been confirmed today.
