Chronos Publishing, publisher of the two weekly gay magazines Pink Paper and Boyz, is to launch a new music and clubbing title called Fluid. The monthly, which launches on 22 April, will target the ‘burgeoning gay crowd’ involved in club dance nights.Fluid will be edited by the Evening Standard‘s Hot Tickets gay correspondent, David G.… Continue reading Gay Publishers Launch New Music And Clubbing Title
The Guardian is expected to announce a new look next week, including editorial changes and a different typeface. This would be the first redesign in over a decade for the national newspaper. The Daily Mail has appointed John Teal as advertisement director. He replaces Mike Ironside who became MD of the Mail On Sunday in… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Dialog Corporation, the online information company formed by the merger of MAID and Knight Ridder in 1997 (see Maid Acquisition To Go Ahead), is aiming to reduce its £155 million debt burden in order to invest in new internet-based products.Michael Mander, chairman of Dialog, admitted that revenues from Knight Ridder had taken longer to turn… Continue reading Dialog Focuses On Debt Reduction And New Net Products
Business magazine publisher, Reed Business Information, is to become the latest in a lengthening line of companies to offer free access to the internet. The new service, called Reed Connect, will target the readers of its business titles in four initial markets: property, science, agriculture and IT. RBI, a division of Reed Elsevier, will promote… Continue reading Reed Business To Offer Free Internet Access
The fact that this is a second issue review illustrates an early teething problem for the London Metro – namely its availability (apparently part of Associated Newspapers’ strategy (see Associated Newspaper Delays Launch Of London Daily)). My BR and Victoria Line route from North London into work has thus far only turned up one sighting… Continue reading Second Issue Review: London Metro
NTL has signed a number of content deals for its interactive Entertainment Channel which launches on 31 March (see NTL Unveils Interactive Services), including one with EMAP Metro. The telecommunications company will also carry content and e-commerce provided by Ticketmaster and the Internet Movie Database.Under the deal, NTL customers will have access to the online… Continue reading NTL Links With EMAP For Interactive TV Content
FilmFour, the subscription film channel launched by Channel 4 (see Film Four On Air), is planning a £2 million campaign to promote another free trial of the channel for cable and satellite viewers during Easter Weekend. The campaign, by Rapier and WWAV Rapp Collins will run on Channel 4, ONdigital, Sky TV and national press… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Channel 5 is continuing its jibes at ITV’s early evening news coverage with a campaign on perimeter boards at Chelsea’s away leg of the European Cup Winners’ Cup match against Valerenga. The boards at the game, which is to be screened on C5, will read: “ITV: You’re late and you know you are”, referring to… Continue reading Channel 5 Puts The Boot In To ITV News
Internet fever hit the Daily Mail & General Trust yesterday when its internet division, Associated New Media, announced a content deal with Dixons’ free service provider, Freeserve (see Freeserve And ANM Sign Web Content Deal). Shares rocketed following the news, closing 128źp up at 3,231źp.Yesterday’s Daily Telegraph report that the Monopolies and Mergers Commission has… Continue reading Sharewatch
Dixons’ successful free internet service, Freeserve, and Associated New Media (ANM), producers of the UK Plus sites, have signed a deal which will see UK Plus power the internet search and directory service for Freeserve’s million plus customers.ANM’s Soccernet service will also provide programming for Freeserve’s new football channel. ANM, which is the new media… Continue reading Freeserve And ANM Sign Web Content Deal
