The BBC is to launch a new popular news and current affairs programme in February. The programme, with the title Here and Now, will begin as a six week long experiment aimed at an audience not currently served by the present news, which concentrates on ABC1 viewers from the South East.Here and Now should attract… Continue reading BBC Plans News Programme
LWT yesterday issued its defence document against Granada’s bid to shareholders in which it outlined 5 reasons why Granada’s offer should be rejected. The document concentrates on reasons to reject the bid rather than detailing plans of future offers from LWT.The main criticisms of the offer were; LWT has a better record for delivering shareholder… Continue reading LWT Condemns Granada’s Bid
Agency Gold Greenlees Trott has announced interim results today. The results follow the warning two months ago from the agency that the market’s profits expectations for the year were over optimistic.There was a 3% rise in pre-tax profits to £2.24m. Revenues from media advertising were down by 15%; the benefit from the Nationwide Building Society… Continue reading Gold Greenlees Trott Results
A board meeting of Newspaper Publishing owner of The Independent and Independent on Sunday, to be held today will consider options for the struggling group. Patrick Morrissey, chief executive, is to announce a rescue plan which would require help from city institutions.However, both the Telegraph Group and United Newspapers have shown an interest in a… Continue reading Independent Seeks Backer
Continental Research and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International have released details of a report into Digital Audio Broadcasting.The report predicts that DAB could be a bigger audio revolution than the compact disc, providing CD quality sound to radio channels.The report examines the attitudes of broadcasters, listeners and manufacturers.The report is available from Glenn Monks, Deloitte Touche… Continue reading Digital Audio Broadcasting
Crystal Communications is launching a new automotive parts and equipment title on February 15. The bi-monthly will have a controlled circulation; it launches with an initial print run of 27,000.The A4 size title will concentrate on news analysis and product and promotions development. The target market is service garages and wholesale distributors. The title will… Continue reading New Business Auto Title
GWR has agreed to buy all the shares of Radio Trent, Mercia Sound and Leicester Sound from Capital Radio for £4.77m cash and more than 1m GWR shares. This means that GWR will have 17 radio licences.The Radio Authority told MediaTel that the full details of the acquisitions and share swap were not entirely clear… Continue reading GWR Takes 3 Stations From Capital
Garage News, the monthly title from Haymarket Publishing is relaunching in January as Automotive Aftermarket. This is a month before the launch of Aftermarket from Crystal Communications (Key 2 for details). Seafood News, from Emap Business Publishing has closed. From January the magazine will appear quarterly as a tabloid supplement in Fishing News. The new… Continue reading Magazine Changes
Crystal Communications is launching a new automotive parts and equipment title on February 15. The bi-monthly will have a controlled circulation; it launches with an initial print run of 27,000.The A4 size title will concentrate on news analysis and product and promotions development. The target market is service garages and wholesale distributors. The title will… Continue reading New Business Auto Title
Garage News, the monthly title from Haymarket Publishing is relaunching in January as Automotive Aftermarket. This is a month before the launch of Aftermarket from Crystal Communications (Key 2 for details). Seafood News, from Emap Business Publishing has closed. From January the magazine will appear quarterly as a tabloid supplement in Fishing News. The new… Continue reading Magazine Changes
