Today YTTV has announced that Clive Leach, chairman and chief executive, has resigned. The announcement comes less than one week after the company’s warning that the annual profits will show a loss, following disclosures about altering revenue figures.Ward Thomas (currently deputy chairman) has been asked to act as chairman, and John Fairley (managing director of… Continue reading YTTV Chief Resigns
Redwood Publishing has sold the computer magazine Acorn User to Europress Enterprise. Redwood sold its other computer title, Educational Computing, earlier in the year to Training Information Network. Redwood explains these sales by the fact that they are not specialist publishers, but mainstream.Europress also owns a second Acorn title, Acorn Computer, although the possibility of… Continue reading Acorn User Bought By Europress
Your Garden, the monthly gardening magazine from IPC which launched in March, has just been issued with its first ABC figures.Your Garden launched with an initial print run of 160,000. The ABC figure for June to August 1993 is 132,424.ABC CIRCULATION FIGURES AND BASIC DATA TITLE CP FQ CIRC DATE (p) 000s BBC GARDNRS WLD… Continue reading Your Garden Circulation Figures
Your Garden, the monthly gardening magazine from IPC which launched in March, has just been issued with its first ABC figures.Your Garden launched with an initial print run of 160,000. The ABC figure for June to August 1993 is 132,424.ABC CIRCULATION FIGURES AND BASIC DATA TITLE CP FQ CIRC DATE (p) 000s BBC GARDNRS WLD… Continue reading Your Garden Circulation Figures
The BBC is considering creating a range of international satellite television channels using its archives.Following last week’s confirmation that the licence fee will be linked to inflation, the corporation is set to maximise its earnings. According to Bob Phillis, BBC deputy director-general, the main opportunities lie in creating thematic channels in areas such as entertainment… Continue reading BBC To Move Into Satellite
The Sunday Mirror has attracted wide-spread condemnation over publication of photographs of the Princess of Wales working out in a gymnasium. Further photographs appear in today’s Daily Mirror, which says it will not be “cowed by the hysterical accusations now being made against it”.Lord McGregor, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission has described the Mirror… Continue reading MIRROR CONDEMNED OVER PRINCESS PHOTOS
The Sunday Mirror has attracted wide-spread condemnation over publication of photographs of the Princess of Wales working out in a gymnasium. Further photographs appear in today’s Daily Mirror, which says it will not be “cowed by the hysterical accusations now being made against it”.Lord McGregor, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission has described the Mirror… Continue reading MIRROR CONDEMNED OVER PRINCESS PHOTOS
Following a ministerial meeting this week, it looks likely that there will be a relaxation of the rules preventing the nine largest ITV companies taking each other over.Proposals would allow an ITV company to have a second licence; an extension of the moratorium seems unlikely as legislation would be necessary.If compromise proposals are accepted by… Continue reading Rule On ITV Takeovers
Ten thousand copies of the December issue of PC-Home have been withdrawn from sale after it was discovered that the free disk on the front contained instructions for making explosive devices out of light bulbs.PC Home, which has a print run of 80,000, carries a free disk with every issue; this month 10,000 extra copies… Continue reading Computer Magazine Issues Withdrawn
Magazine publishers yesterday released research carried out by the Periodical Publishers Association, showing that a majority of UK publishers are considering ways of avoiding the impact of 17.5% VAT.Many publishers would move all or part of their operations outside the UK. The survey shows that specialist publications such as Nature, Choice and Middle East Economic… Continue reading VAT: Publishers Would Flee Abroad
