The individual responsibilities of the RAJAR executive team have been selected and are as follows: Erhard Meier: Survey director and managing director of RSL Media Steven Finch: Group Head responsible for research and technical standards, survey design, developments and enhancements Hilary Jones: Client Services Manager responsible for customer support, special analyses and report admin. Andy… Continue reading Rajar Executive Team
London Weekend Television has introduced an amendment to its rate card which allows airtime to be purchased for a commercial time length of fifteen seconds. It will be available in a multiple or multiples of two fifteen second spots per break and will be priced at 0.7 per spot of the current 30 second rates.
At this week’s MRG meeting Colleen Ryan and Neil Swan presented a paper entitled ‘Facing The Press – new ways to make press advertising research more effective.’They argued that current methods used for researching press advertising are inadequate and that there is a need to move towards response research, concentrating on an advertisment’s saliency and… Continue reading MRG Meeting – Press Research
Thames Television has today bowed to a cash bid from the Pearson Group, allowing it to forge ahead with the proposed takeover.Pearson, publisher of The Financial Times, offered the television company a £99m deal which was accepted by its controlling shareholder, Thorn EMI.Confirmation of the takeover means that Thorn will receive 200p a share for… Continue reading Thames Bows To Pearson Bid
Research advisor to the Advertising Association, Mike Waterson, told a Newspaper Society conference in Edinburgh yesterday that he believed newspaper advertising levels are set for major growth in the next two years, with very considerable increases in the next decade.He pointed out that : Television advertising has grown rapidly in the past year, showing growth… Continue reading Growth Predicted For Regional Papers
Thomson Free Newspapers plans to dispose of another 7 of its Herald & Post titles before the end of the month, with Midland Independent Newspapers (MIN) in the forefront as potential buyers. MIN bought eight free newspapers from the regional company last month and the latest titles will cover Corby, Kettering, Northampton, Stamford, Daventry, Wellingborough,… Continue reading Herald & Post Titles Continue Sale
..Cathy Buchanan has been appointed editor of HHL’s monthly title, The Gardener, taking over the position from Ian Hodgson….The Sunday Times has decided to pool its magazine and newspaper sales team in an attempt to break down the boundaries between magazine and newspaper advertising….Publishing company, The Quarto Group has announced pre-tax profits of £3.81m for… Continue reading Magazine And Press News..
..Gold Greenlees Trott is understood to be in final talks with The Media Business discussing a takeover deal which would give the two agencies joint billings of around £85m….Media director at Poulter Communications, Mike Rosser, has left the Leeds-based company due to a cost cutting operation within the company…. Simon Andrews has quit his position… Continue reading Agency Snippets..
Northern & Shell’s most recent launch, OK!, is to sponsor the Fashion Theatre, a fashion show to take place over three days in Battersea Park at the end of this month.
The future of Independent Radio Sales now seems more secure, with the announcement that Kiss FM has decided to set up a national sales team based at the sales house. Kiss will use IRS’ sellers and will in return inject cash into the company. The sales team will be headed by Clive Jordan and is… Continue reading Kiss FM Sets Up National Sales Team
