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
IPC is claiming that Loaded, its “lads” style magazine which launched earlier this year has achieved average sales for its first three issues of 69,363. Arena and Esquire have circulations of 80,406 and 96,405 (J-Jun 94) respectively.
The Sun has from today increased its cover price by 2p to 22p, just over a year after the initial price cut from 25p started the price war. News International stressed that there were no immediate plans to increase the price of any other of their papers. This latest move means that the Times, at… Continue reading Sun Eases Price War
The ITC has approved minor variations to the licences held by Central, Grampian, LWT and STV. The variations apply to the proportion of original productions/commissions required to be broadcast.Most licensees originally indicated they would expect to achieve 65%, the required minimum. Central, Grampian, LWT and STV proposed higher figures, but did not achieve them. The… Continue reading Variations To Channel 3 Licences
VNU has announced that it is to close its information technology title, Infomatics, replacing it with two titles, Infomatics Digest, aimed at sales and marketing readers, and Business IT Strategy, aimed at corporate readers. Both titles will have a controlled circulation.
FourFourTwo magazine is a new football magazine launched this week from Haymarket Publishers. It has an initial print run of 100,000 and a cover price of £2.10 which consists of 132 pagesIn it’s first issue there is an interview with England manager Terry Venables, a look at some of the best and worst transfers in… Continue reading Fourfourtwo Magazine – First Issue Review
The Daily Express is launching a new pull-out supplement on Monday 22 August called Sportsday.The colour supplement will appear every Monday, focussing on all the main sporting events of the weekend, to complement existing sports coverage in the paper. As well as the coverage of the weekend’s sports, it will carry features including “My Sporting… Continue reading Daily Express Launches New Supplements
IPC is launching a new baby title this September, Our Baby, in the same month that National Magazines launches the She spin off title, Having a Baby.Our Baby will be monthly, with an intial print run of 150,000. The title will be aimed at first time mothers, with product information as well as articles on… Continue reading IPC To Launch Baby Rival
