Societe Europeene des Satellites, the Luxembourg company which operates the Astra satellite system has been split by boardroom difficulties and an attempt to oust the director general.An attempt was made last month to oust Pierre Meyrat, the director general, by a group of shareholdes. The main criticism against Meyrat was that he did not consult… Continue reading Board Split At Astra Operator
According to RAJAR figures leaked to the Sunday Times, Radio 1’s audience has slumped by almost 900,000 to less than 12.3m weekly listeners. Virgin 1215 has achieved its best performance yet with 3.4m weekly listeners, closing the gap with Classic FM at 4.6m listeners.The topline RAJAR data is embargoed until midnight tonight, and will be… Continue reading Radio 1’s Audience Drops Further
In October awards for 14 categories of advertising excellence in the regional press will be presented for the first time.Categories include Campaign of the Year, Advertisement of the Year, Media Planning Award of the Year and Colour Advertisement of the Year.Details from the Newspaper Society: 071 636 7014
Hugh Wright has been appointed database manager of the Newspaper Society’s Press-Ad database department.
A syndicate of 20 banks is planning to sell almost all its shares in WPP, the advertising group which includes JWT and O&M. The £200m placing is to be carried out this autumn.The banks received the shares as part of a £176m debt-for-equity swap two years ago when WPP ran into financial difficulties. The placing… Continue reading WPP Share Sale
Camelot has announced that the first draw in the National Lottery will be made on Saturday 19 November. The winning numbers will be revealed on a live TV show, likely to be broadcast on BBC1.A jackpot prize of around £1 million will be on offer in the first draw, dependent on ticket sales. It is… Continue reading Lottery Draw In November
The shareholders of the Independent have decided to cut the price of the paper; by how much will be decided at a meeting on Sunday. The price cutting decision is part of a number of editorial and business decisions that will form part of a formal agreement between MGN and Newspaper Publishing. No such formal… Continue reading Independent To Cut Price – Monday Likely
National NewspapersAmong the daily newspapers, the Sun and the Times fared best. The Times recorded the highest increase, with its Average Issue Readership figure increasing by 9.7% to 1,352,000. The Sun increased its AIR by 7.7% to break the 10 million mark, up to 10,336,000. No other daily newspapers increased their AIRs.The greatest fall in… Continue reading NRS Commentary Jan-Jun 94
BSkyB is set to become Europe’s top TV revenue earner by the year 2003, according to a report from Kagan World Media. BSkyB is forecast to earn $4 billion, an increase of 252% from 1994. Currently in 1994 German broadcaster ARD, is top with TV revenues of £2.5 billion.ITV is, however, the top advertising earner,… Continue reading BSkyB To Be Europe’s Top Revenue Earner By 2003
The next MRG Annual Conference is to be held on 8-11 November 1995, in Barcelona.
