MediaTel will be running some further training sessions in July/August at our offices. The sessions will concentrate on different aspects of the database; the general introduction to the service will cover the basics and is ideal for new users. The other sessions offer more in-depth training in specific areas.Training is very important to ensure you… Continue reading Mediatel Training Sessions
AMRA has been appointed to handle national advertisement sales for Mid Anglia Newspapers, who produce the Royston & Buntingford Crow, Dunmow Broadcast & Recorder and the Sawston Reporter. The company is part of Eastern Counties Newspaper Group, who have used AMRA as its sales force for a number of years.In May AMRA was appointed to… Continue reading Mid Anglia Newspapers Appoints AMRA
Figures released by Rank Screen Advertising confirm that Jurassic Park’s first weekend accumulated a record total of £4.87m – over £2m more than the box office success Batman Returns, which hit the screens last July. RSA figures, quoted to MediaTel today, estimate admissions for the weekend at 1.7m-1.8m people, but the final figure has yet… Continue reading Jurassic Park Has Record Weekend
Scottish Field will relaunch later this year, in an attempt to increase the magazine’s circulation. Sales for the Glasgow-based title have fallen from over 12,000 in 1991 to 9,000 for July-December 1992.. The chancellor, Kenneth Clarke, has indicated that he will impose VAT on newspapers and magazines in November’s budget, a move strongly opposed by… Continue reading Magazine Snippets..
Trinity International has bought out 26 Argus Press titles, in a deal worth almost £23m.Other potential bidders in the deal included Reed Publishing and Emap, but although both could match Trinity in the cash stakes, they risked opposition from the Monopolies and Mergers Commission because of clashes with titles currently being published by the groups.Papers… Continue reading Trinity Buys Argus Press Titles
A new magazine for the visual arts, “Tate”, is to be launched on 21 September by Wordsearch Publishing. The editor will be Tim Marlow, art critic and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Kaleidoscope. Although Tate has both financial and editorial backing from the Tate Gallery, it will be editorially independent. Aiming at a general market… Continue reading New Visual Arts Magazine
Press reports suggest that Today newspaper has emerged the weakest of all the tabloids in the first week of a price war, started by The Sun last Monday.The paper is thought to have lost 5-7% of sales last week, with Friday’s figure falling by 26,000 on the previous week’s sales. The Daily Star has also… Continue reading Today Suffers In Tabloid Battle
Scottish Field will relaunch later this year, in an attempt to increase the magazine’s circulation. Sales for the Glasgow-based title have fallen from over 12,000 in 1991 to 9,000 for July-December 1992.. The chancellor, Kenneth Clarke, has indicated that he will impose VAT on newspapers and magazines in November’s budget, a move strongly opposed by… Continue reading Magazine Snippets..
12.00: It has just been announced that Granada, Scottish, Grampian and Border Television have reached an agreement to set up a unique new sales force, responsible for all aspects of airtime sales and related commercial development for the 4 ITV channels. The new sales company will be headed by Mick Desmond, currently executive sales and… Continue reading New TV Sales Houses Announced
A new magazine for the visual arts, “Tate”, is to be launched on 21 September by Wordsearch Publishing. The editor will be Tim Marlow, art critic and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Kaleidoscope. Although Tate has both financial and editorial backing from the Tate Gallery, it will be editorially independent. Aiming at a general market… Continue reading New Visual Arts Magazine
