Q Gold, a magazine for 60’s rock fans, is said to be the latest planned launch for Emap Metro who publish music glossy ‘Q’.Managing director, Sue Hawken, was unavailable for comment this morning but sources have reported that the magazine is due to launch in the autumn targeting the thirty-something reader.Q Gold will follow in… Continue reading Emap Goes For Gold
Shares in Carlton Communications have shot up following the announcement this morning of a 16% rise in profits, increasing from £47.4m to £55.1m for the six months to March 1993.Results were as follows;Interim dividend: 7.4pEarnings per share: 18.3pPre-tax profit: £55.12mTurnover: £508.27m
Following last week’s report that TMP Communications is to close Mega Sports, it has now been confirmed that the imminent launch of Encore, a magazine for women in the 45+ bracket, has been postponed and will likely be released in October with a print run of 175,000 Blakebeck Magazines has put off the launch of… Continue reading Magazine Briefs
Five potential bidders have moved in on Argus Newspapers, published in west and south London. All incumbents have current newspaper interests, according to the publishers, and it is hoped that an official takeover will be settled by the end of June.. This week sees the relaunch of the Herald & Post titles recently acquired by… Continue reading Regional Snippets..
The Times Magazine editor, Nick Wapshott, has confirmed to MediaTel his involvement with the ‘Radio Greater London’ consortium, which will be applying for one of the London FM licences on June 8 (Newsline 20/5).Wapshott described the consortium’s bid as an attempt to “privatise GLR.” Their proposed format of “intelligent talk” combined with music, would be… Continue reading Wapshott Confirms GLR Involvement
Inflation has fallen to 1.3% with the Retail Price Index for April standing at 148.6 (taking 1985 as base rate). Last month’s figure is an increase of just 0.9% on March.
Cut-backs in BBC programming budgets have been reflected all year in their consistently poor showing in BARB’s weekly top thirty programme rankings. The latest available rankings (w/e 9th May) tell the typical story with only two episodes of Eastenders making the top ten and a strong drama line up from ITV dominating with the likes… Continue reading BBC Struggling In Ratings Battle
Motormart magazine, a joint venture between Southern Newspapers and Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers, launched this week with an initial print-run of 25,000.The weekly title, which aims to concentrate on indexed classified advertising, is distributed in Hampshire, Dorset, South Wiltshire and West Sussex with a cover price of 70p. Advertising is handled by Tessa Legg.Mono Page:… Continue reading Regional Motor Mag Launched
The BBC has been criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Council for a number of its programmes which fell short of the acceptance barrier, in the eyes of the council.The final episode of Casualty shown recently (which attracted 17 million viewers) was excessively violent, according to the report. The highly successful One Foot in the Grave… Continue reading BBC Taken To Task By Council
The Times Magazine editor, Nick Wapshott, has confirmed to MediaTel his involvement with the ‘Radio Greater London’ consortium, which will be applying for one of the London FM licences on June 8 (Newsline 20/5).Wapshott described the consortium’s bid as an attempt to “privatise GLR.” Their proposed format of “intelligent talk” combined with music, would be… Continue reading Wapshott Confirms GLR Involvement
