Performance was generally poor in February this year as far as readership levels were concerned, according to the latest NRS figures. The Daily Mail, Financial Times and the Mirror were the only national titles to show improvements in readership during the second month of 1999. The Daily Mail and the FT showed readership increases of… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – February 1999
A poster ad for Irn-Bru, which featured a Jersey cow next to the line, “When I’m a burger, I want to be washed down with Irn-Bru,” was the most complained about ad in 1998, according to the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA) annual report. The Authority received 589 complaints about the ad for A G Barr’s… Continue reading Irn Bru’s ‘Cow’ Ad Offends Consumers
Performance was generally poor in February this year as far as readership levels were concerned, according to the latest NRS figures. The Daily Mail, Financial Times and the Mirror were the only national titles to show improvements in readership during the second month of 1999. The Daily Mail and the FT showed readership increases of… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS – February 1999
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) gave its submission today to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport for the BBC Funding Review Panel. The Group’s submission comes after similar ones from ITV and the CRCA (see Newsline) and ISBA (see Newsline).The IPA feels that before the idea of supplementary funding for the BBC… Continue reading ‘No Case For Supplementary BBC Funding’ Says The IPA
Adscene’s share price fell by 3˝p by the close of trading yesterday to 195˝p. The group received a takeover approach earlier this week (see Newsline).Pearson gained 51p rising to 1411p. The media group’s 1998 annual report, released this morning, shows that chief executive Marjorie Scardino’s pay package exceed one million pounds: Scardino saw a 39%… Continue reading Sharewatch
A number of US companies yesterday issued a warning about a new and potentially dangerous computer virus which is currently being distributed through the internet. The virus is embedded in an executable file which can be attached to an email message and sent to hundreds of users in one go.These emails contain a file called… Continue reading New Net Virus Threatens Office Workers
The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) and ITV have today submitted a letter to the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Chris Smith. Both are voicing a shared view as regards the future funding of the BBC.The two bodies feel that the BBC Funding Review Panel, which is asking for money for further… Continue reading Commercial Broadcasters Say BBC Should ‘Live Within Its Means’
The Scottish Media Group (SMG), owner of Scottish Television and the Sunday Herald, has announced that it has acquired the Scottish outdoor advertising companies Baillie Advertising and Baillie Lite.Baillie is based in Edinburgh and has a total of 357 larger 48-sheet sites and 367 smaller 6-sheet sites spread across Scotland. The acquistion adds to SMG’s… Continue reading Scottish Media Group Expands Outdoor Portfolio
EMAP fell sharply yesterday following an analysts’ briefing which caused profit forecasts to be downgraded. Shares closed down 61p at 1,220p. The TV campaigned for EMAP’s Heat magazine has this week been banned by the Independent Television Commission (see ITC Bans Hot Emap TV Advert)Adscene, the regional newspaper publisher, was boosted by the news that… Continue reading Sharewatch
The deadline for entries to the 1999 Online Journalism Awards is fast-approaching. The awards for internet-based journalism will be presented at this year’s NetMedia Conference which takes place 1/2 July 1999 at City University, Northampton Square, London EC1.Entries for the Journalism Awards should be submitted before 7 April. More information on award categories and entry… Continue reading NetMedia ’99 Online Journalism Awards
