Real Life Publishing (071-482 4596) is to launch a new health and fitness magazine next February called New View. The monthly title will be targeted at ABC1 18-34 year olds and will also cover beauty and fashion. New View will have a pagination of between 116 and 135, a cover price of £1.95 and an… Continue reading Real Life To Launch New View
The RAC British Touring Car Championship will be sponsored by Esso for another three years.
Radio sales houses and advertising agencies may join together to produce a single planning system. The suggestion of one unified system was first put forward at the 1990 Radio Conference in Portugal. At present there are four different planning systems in operation within the five sales houses.
Colin Stone, ex-managing director of Touchstone Media, has set himself up as an independent; working on his own from Bygraves Bushell’s London offices.Stone Media’s first accounts include a golf equipment manufacturer and a travel client.
The Shadow Radio Authority (071 584 7011) will next week issue a revised draft sponsorship code. The new code is expected to relax some of the old restrictions, such as the watershed on alcohol sponsorship, although alcohol-related companies will not be allowed to sponsor programmes targeted at children.
Chiltern Radio looks set to buy Severn Sound and Three Counties Radio in a deal worth £1.3m. The takeover is subject to IBA and shareholder approval and would increase Chiltern’s hold on the West Country, where it already has a stake in FTP.
The Court of Appeal yesterday granted TSW’s application to seek judicial review of the ITC’s decision, reversing a ruling in the High Court.This decision raises the likelihood of legal action by other losers.TVNI (bidder for the Northern Ireland franchise licence), TVNI, is expected today to seek judicial review of the ITC’s decision.
Girl About Town Publishing is to launch a new title Man About Town on January 14. The free 48-page weekly magazine will take the same format as Girl About Town but will include business, finance and sports pages. Man About Town will launch with a print run of 75,000 and will be distributed at tube… Continue reading Man About Town Launch
Sunday Correspondent ad director, Rupert Miles, is to join Hatchette as publisher of the magazine Elle.
