According to figures released by the Office of National Statistics this morning, the headline rate of inflation stood at 1.3% for July 1999. The headline rate has remained static at 1.3% since May this year. Underlying inflation for July stood at 2.2%, below the Government’s current target of 2.5% and also unchanged from June 1999.A… Continue reading Headline Inflation At 1.3%
United News & Media has announced the appointment of Bernard Gray to the newly-created position of director of group strategy. Gray, a former Government advisor to George Robinson, defence secretary, will be responsible for group strategy, corporate development and communications. He will report directly to UNM’s chief executive, Clive Hollick.Commenting on the appointment, Hollick says:… Continue reading UNM Appoints Government Advisor As Director Of Strategy
Marketing and advertising giant WPP has unveiled plans to set up a new company to coordinate its internet and new media activities across all its subsidiary companies.The group said it would set up the new wpp.com business as a parent company to oversee the group’s new media activities at all its operations, which include advertising… Continue reading WPP To Open Umbrella Internet Company
The last six months have seen a significant decline in sales for most titles in this sector with 90% showing a decrease in circulation. Prima held its position as market leader in the sector despite its net sales falling by 46,098 (8.7%) to 485,580.Many titles suffered similar losses, Minx falling by 17.8%, Company and Bliss… Continue reading Women’s Monthlies Suffer Widespread Sales Decline
Satellite broadcaster, BSkyB, is reported to be in negotiations to acquire stakes in both Leeds and Chelsea football clubs.Under new FA guidelines, which limit media companies to less than a 10% stake in each club if they have interests in more than one club, Sky is expected to be negotiating for 9.9% in each. BSkyB… Continue reading BSkyB In Talks To Buy Football Stakes
ITV’s flagship current affairs programme Tonight was cleared by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) after fifteen viewers complained when it broadcast interviews with five suspects in the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry.The Commission decided that rather than providing a ‘platform’ for the men to defend themselves, as was claimed by the complainants, the robust questioning of… Continue reading ITV’s Tonight Cleared Over Lawrence Programme
Shares in media company EMAP fell by 59p to 1,072p as circulation of some of its most popular titles fell in the latest ABC consumer magazines audit. Average monthly sales of the men’s magazine FHM dropped 9.6% during the six months to the end of June.As marketing group WPP prepared to announce its interim results,… Continue reading Sharewatch
Cordiant, who unveiled strong interims results earlier this week, saw it share drop. At close of trading yesterday the company’s share price stood at 175p, down 2˝p on the previous day.The closing prices of media company shares yesterday were:
BSkyB has announced that it is to join forces with videogame manufacturer Sega, next month, in a cross-promotional campaign for the launch of Sega’s new Dreamcast console. The deal, the first BSkyB has struck with a hardware company, will include traditional and online marketing, as well as the launch of a Sky-branded football game for… Continue reading Sky And Sega Join Forces For Dreamcast Launch
After numerous successive increases year on year, FHM finally experienced a dent in sales figures for the first half of 1999. Still the 74,362 buyers who left the magazine were compensated for by FHM Collections‘ debut with over 80,000 sales. The loss only represented a 9.6% deficit, whilst Arena, Sky and Face experienced more substantial… Continue reading Bizarre For Him As FHM Finally Slides
