This morning there are various differing rumours surrounding future ITV takeovers…According to the FT, LWT is considering making a bid for Yorkshire-Tyne Tees.Media Week however predicts that Granada is preparing a bid for LWT.Broadcast suggests that Channel Television is planning to court Anglia and LWT in a bid to be taken over, to protect themselves… Continue reading Rumours Rife Over ITV Takeovers
At the meeting last Friday held by the IPA and PPA, and attended by agency buyers and magazine sales managers, new ways were called for to improve efficiency and better understanding between the two groups.The delegates’ suggestions, which will now be looked at by both IPA and PPA involve the development of best practices guidelines,… Continue reading Agencies And Mags – New Understanding
Airtime sales company The Time Exchange has made two senior appointments; Sue Blakemore joins as Internal Sales Controller, to manage advertisers’ airtime deal delivery; Jeanette Wilkins has been appointed Financial Director. Mike Yershon, executive media director at McCann Erickson is leaving the agency. Abby Rawson has joined Optimedia to work with Rosemary Taylor in the… Continue reading Appointments
According to research carried out by Millward Brown International on behalf of the Weekend Reader Research Group, the Saturday edition of The Daily Telegraph is read on average for longer than any other Saturday quality newspaper – readers spend an average of 82 minutes reading it.Readers spend an average of 76 minutes on The Guardian… Continue reading Saturday Section Research – Qualities
The BBC’s Christmas Day schedule is a mix of one-off comedy specials and film premieres – a package worth an estimated £40m.Comedy specials come in the form of the stable ‘Birds of a Feather’ and ‘Only Fools and Horses’; film premieres are ‘Ghost’ and ‘Back to the Future III’. Although repeats, variety classics such as… Continue reading BBC Christmas Schedule
Airtime sales company The Time Exchange has made two senior appointments; Sue Blakemore joins as Internal Sales Controller, to manage advertisers’ airtime deal delivery; Jeanette Wilkins has been appointed Financial Director. Mike Yershon, executive media director at McCann Erickson is leaving the agency. Abby Rawson has joined Optimedia to work with Rosemary Taylor in the… Continue reading Appointments
At the meeting last Friday held by the IPA and PPA, and attended by agency buyers and magazine sales managers, new ways were called for to improve efficiency and better understanding between the two groups.The delegates’ suggestions, which will now be looked at by both IPA and PPA involve the development of best practices guidelines,… Continue reading Agencies And Mags – New Understanding
The Daily Telegraph is to axe its Friday supplement, You and Your Family on December 10. The material covered by the section is to be transferred to extra feature pages Monday to Friday, and in the Weekend section on Friday.Phat, the magazine launched in July aimed at teenage boys has closed after three issues. The… Continue reading Press Closures
According to research carried out by Millward Brown International on behalf of the Weekend Reader Research Group, the Saturday edition of The Daily Telegraph is read on average for longer than any other Saturday quality newspaper – readers spend an average of 82 minutes reading it.Readers spend an average of 76 minutes on The Guardian… Continue reading Saturday Section Research – Qualities
The BBC’s Christmas Day schedule is a mix of one-off comedy specials and film premieres – a package worth an estimated £40m.Comedy specials come in the form of the stable ‘Birds of a Feather’ and ‘Only Fools and Horses’; film premieres are ‘Ghost’ and ‘Back to the Future III’. Although repeats, variety classics such as… Continue reading BBC Christmas Schedule
