Noel Edmonds and the top rating Saturday show Noel’s House Party, has chosen to stay with the BBC having been offered a “competitive” financial deal to prevent a move to ITV.The deal comes just over a week after a similar offer to French & Saunders, who have signed a £2m contract with the BBC tying… Continue reading Noels House Party Stays With BBC
IPC is beginning a new series of 20- second regional TV commercials this summer to help boost sales of Woman magazine. The series of ads will appear in the Tyne Tees and Granada regions over a period of two months and will test creative treatment, media schedules and covers of IPC magazines.Woman: 071 261 6744
Ted Glynn has been appointed chairman of the Joint Industry Committee of Regional Press Research (JICREG), following Mike Costello’s resignation. Glynn has been a director of JICREG since its formation and is also a member of the Newspaper Society’s advertising committee.. National heritage secretary, Peter Brooke, has announced the appointment of Jane Leighton as a… Continue reading Industry Appointments
AMRA has been appointed to handle national sales for free regional paper, Streetlife, which covers Portsmouth, Havant and Fareham. The paper is part of Portsmouth Publishing & Printing Ltd and has been in operation since 1981.MCCORMACK – NEW CHAIRMAN FOR PRESS CLUBMike McCormack, managing director of AMRA, has been made chairman of the Regional Press… Continue reading Amra To Cover Streetlife
Ted Glynn has been appointed chairman of the Joint Industry Committee of Regional Press Research (JICREG), following Mike Costello’s resignation. Glynn has been a director of JICREG since its formation and is also a member of the Newspaper Society’s advertising committee.. National heritage secretary, Peter Brooke, has announced the appointment of Jane Leighton as a… Continue reading Industry Appointments
News Corporation, publisher of The Times, has shown a 47% increase in profits to A$643.5m (+47%) for the nine months to March 1993. BSkyB has come out as being firmly in profit with operating profits standing at £1.7m a week. Earnings per share for the group rose to A$0.38 from A$0.32.COX REFUTES DYKE’S ARGUMENTMajority shareholder… Continue reading News Corp Profits
London Weekend Television Holdings has lifted its shareholder limitation which currently restricts companies to stakes of under 10% – a move which could result in a takeover in the near future.“We took the view that no company directors should hide behind the 10% limit” says chairman Sir Christopher Bland, but he stresses “We want LWT… Continue reading LWT Heading For Takeover
VNU Publishing has set up a networking sales portfolio which will aid advertisers to target the best magazine for their ads. The company has issued a booklet outlining its titles, giving details of circulation and showing title overlap. Morgan Grampian has revealed discount rates which allow advertisers to place ads across its titles in the… Continue reading Magazine News
London Weekend Television Holdings has lifted its shareholder limitation which currently restricts companies to stakes of under 10% – a move which could result in a takeover in the near future.“We took the view that no company directors should hide behind the 10% limit” says chairman Sir Christopher Bland, but he stresses “We want LWT… Continue reading LWT Heading For Takeover
GGT’s plans to take over GGK London have been put on hold following the announcement that it had won GGK’s £15m Nationwide account… David Jones is to rejoin Publicis as senior media planner after four years with Grey as planning group head… Simon Leadsford has been appointed as advertisement director with Harpers & Queen, taking… Continue reading Industry Snippets..
