The latest round of national newspaper circulation figures, released by the ABC this afternoon, shows that the Financial Times is still performing stronger than the rest of the market year on year. Between the six months to February this year and the same period last year, the FT gained 39,689 (11.8%) in sales. Most other… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Summary – February 1999 (Subscribers)
The current advertisement director of IPC’s Marie-Clare, Claire Portis, is to take up a new role as ad director across the SouthBank Publishing Group’s portfolio of fashion and beauty titles as from April. Scene has appointed a new editor in the form of Andy Pemberton, who was previously associate editor of Q. He is expected… Continue reading Appointment Brief
Stephen Byers, the new Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, is to face possibly his toughest decision yet when the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC) hands over its report on the BSkyB bid for Manchester United Football Club today. The MMC has been investigating the matter since October last year (see Newsline).BSkyB, 40% of… Continue reading MMC Submits Report On BSkyB Man Utd Bid To DTI
The Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown are to give a joint live interview this morning on Talk Radio, from 9am onwards. This marks the first time in broadcast history that the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have shared a studio to take calls and questions direct from the public. BBC News Online… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Bob Seelert, chief executive of global ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi, today set the company a target of achieving a 25% earnings per share growth (EPS) during 1999. The agency also posted a 30.6% rise in pre tax profits and EPS up by 28.8% to 8.5p for the year ended 31 December 1998.So far this… Continue reading Saatchi & Saatchi Chief Sets 25% EPS Growth Target For 1999
Stan Park, former commercial director of Talk Radio, has joined radio news and information provider, MetroNetworks. He will fill the same role, newly-created role at MetroNetworks, and will have a seat on the company’s board.MetroNetworks provides news, sports, traffic and travel information to over 70 commercial and BBC Local Radio Network stations across the country.… Continue reading Former Talk Commercial Director Joins MetroNetworks
Anglo-Dutch publisher, Reed Elsevier, this morning posted a fairly gloomy set of annual financial results and warned that less favourable trading conditions in some markets suggest 1999 will not be a year of any significant profit growth. Pre-tax profits were down by 6% to £773 million whilst turnover grew by 6% to £3.2 billion. The… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Warns Of No Growth In 1999
The first in the planned series of James Bond films, Goldeneye, saw ITV gain an audience of 12.1 million last night, according to unofficial overnight figures from the Network Centre. This represents an average 52% share of all viewing across the film’s two hour slot, from 9pm to 11pm.ITV’s peak-time salvo against the BBC was… Continue reading Goldeneye Nets 52% Share For ITV
http://www.empireonline.co.uk/Empire magazine is, as you all know, shiny colourful and lightweight – a fluffy compendium of Hollywood gossip and glossy pictures of attractive stars. It’s cinema glamour as seen by teenage boys and romance as imagined by girls infatuated with Leonardo Di Caprio (why? Why?).So I was expecting the online version to be full of… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Empire
Pearson suffered an 85p drop in its share price, falling to 1,337p. This follows a fairly positive set of financial results released yesterday, which reported a 19% leap in operating profit (see Newsline). By 10:30am today, the group’s price had fallen a further 13p to 1,324p.Carlton Communications, on the other hand, saw a 7˝p rise… Continue reading Sharewatch
