MediaTel is pleased to announce the addition of Retail Locations data within our Regional Media and mapping database from today.Retail Locations has become the industry standard for details of motor dealers to supermarkets, building societies to opticians. Postcode locations are held for over 180,000 retailers in all.The powerful combination of this data and MediaTel functionality… Continue reading Retail Locations Launches On MediaTel Today
It has been reported today that a major shareholder in the Mirror Group has urged the company to resume merger talks with regional newspaper publisher Trinity International. The negotiations, which have been on and off since last year, broke down again at the weekend (see Mirror Group-Trinity Talks Fizzle And Die).Phillips & Drew Fund Management,… Continue reading Mirror Shareholder Urges That Trinity Talks Resume
RAJARTopline data release dates as follows:Full audience RAJAR data will be available on the following dates: 20 May (Q1), 16 August (Q2), 8 November (Q3) and 15 February 2000 (Q4). These dates are yet to be confirmed.ABC’sNational Newspaper Release Dates As Follows:July-December ABC’s for consumer titles will be released on 12th February 1999, while regional… Continue reading 1999 Data Release Calender
Channel 5 has announced a deal with RTL Germany and pan-european news channel EuroNews to provide the first European news advertising package.The European TV Newslink is a single purchase of advertising spots in and around the early morning news on major national channels in 13 countries, and the spots will also be shown in the… Continue reading Channel 5 Joins Pan-European TV Newslink
In a landmark case, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is today presenting a case to the Restrictive Practices Court claiming that the Premier League’s 20 football clubs are operating as a ‘cartel’ in collectively selling TV rights to broadcasters (see Premier League Pledges Live Football For All). The outcome of the case could dramatically… Continue reading OFT Embarks On Case Which Could Change The Future Of Televised Football
Takeover talks between the Mirror Group and regional newspaper publisher, Trinity International, broke down for a second time yesterday amid rumours of clashes within Mirror’s management.Mirror Group has been in intermittent talks with Trinity since May last year but pulled out early in negotiations saying that it did not want to compete with rival bidder… Continue reading Mirror Group-Trinity Talks Fizzle And Die
After a long wait, Emap Metro has revealed details about the publisher’s ‘top secret’ venture, Project J (see Newsline). The title is to be called Heat and is due for launch on 2 February.The weekly entertainment magazine is to be aimed at the 20-30 year old age group, and is to feature interviews, reviews and… Continue reading Emap’s Project J Turns Up The Heat
Freestyle Publishing is to launch a new men’s title in February called Boy’s Toys. The title is being described as a men’s lifestyle magazine, looking at ‘gadgets and real-life situations’.Freestyle denies that Boy’s Toys will be in direct competition with typical men’s titles such as FHM, Loaded and Maxim, claiming that it has taken a… Continue reading Men’s Magazine Market Gets A New Toy
Regional newspaper publisher, Newsquest, is launching a new internet auction service which aims to allow people to sell anything from cigarette cards to cars, boats and planes. The site, www.auctionhunter.co.uk, launches on 18 January and will be linked to Newsquest’s existing network of This Is… websites.The project is the result of a collaboration between Newsquest… Continue reading Newsquest Launches Internet Auction Sites
Online retailers are yet to compel consumers to shop online, says the latest report from UK based Fletcher Research. Despite evidence that British shoppers are beginning to overcome their qualms and starting to shop online, Fletcher claims that online commerce has barely begun in earnest in the UK.Fletcher suggests in its report Window Shopping? that… Continue reading UK Online Shopping To Soar, Says Research
