Regional newspaper publisher, Adscene, has sold Flair Press, which comprises the substantial part of the Commercial Printing Division, to Spectrum Press for approximately £1.3 million. Adscene describes Flair’s operations as non-core and a drain on the Group’s management resources.Adscene says that its publishing operation is showing improvement on the previous year and that advertising is… Continue reading Adscene Disposes Of Non-Core Assets
BSkyB announced a deal with Wilcon Homes today that will give Sky guaranteed access to 5,000 more homes. During 1999, the house-building company will build homes which come complete with a SkyDigital minidish.The deal makes Wilcon the first developer to make a policy decision to install SkyDigital capability in all of its houses. Sky, however,… Continue reading BSkyB To Be Built In To Homes
Quality MarketTotal broadsheet circulation fell year on year by 3.5%, resulting in a total circulation of 5,633,201 for the June-November period. The Financial Times was the only title to show a substantial rise in circulation, showing a growth of 11.5% to 363,525. The Sunday Times has the highest circulation of all the quality newspapers, currently… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – November 1998
Inflation has hit the Government’s target rate for the fourth month in succession, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics put underlying inflation for November unchanged at 2.5%.The headline rate of inflation, which includes mortgage interest payments, continued to fall, dropping from 3.1% year-on-year to 3.0%.Subscribers can access RPI trends by selecting “Encyclomedia”… Continue reading Inflation On Target Again
Publishing giant, EMAP, is making a bid to move into the US publishing market in a deal that could see the company become the largest magazine publisher in the world. EMAP has made a £720 million bid for The Petersen Companies, the US special interest publisher which produces Guns & Ammo and Teen. Teen, a… Continue reading EMAP Makes £720m US Move
IPC Magazines is launching a £9 million marketing drive for its women’s weeklies magazines, what it calls “the lifeblood of the magazine industry”. In alliance with IPC’s newstrade distributor, MarketForce, a series of roadshows has been organised, along with national TV campaigns for five of the six IPC women’s weekly titles.IPC’s big sellers in this… Continue reading IPC Launches £9m Women’s Weeklies Drive
Carlton Online is to take part in a fast access internet trial with BT, it announced late last week. Viewers will be able to access the internet and experience high quality audio and video on their PCs.Carlton also announced recently that it was to take part in an interactive television trial in London and Liverpool… Continue reading Carlton And BT Trial Fast Access Internet
FT.com will supply Yahoo! UK and Ireland with a regularly refreshed news alert service. FT.com content will be accessible to Yahoo users through the Yahoo! news and finance services.Yahoo! visitors will be able to keep up-to-date with news from FT.com, and Yahoo!’s users can go to FT.com to access further news or delve more deeply… Continue reading FT and Yahoo! Strike Content Agreement
Total broadsheet circulation fell during November this year by 3.5% The Financial Times was the only title to show a substantial rise in circulation, showing a growth of 11.5%, and The Sunday Times has the highest circulation of all the quality newspapers. The title to suffer the biggest actual loss in circulation was The Sunday… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – November 1998
Lord Lew Grade, the infamous television and film mogul, died over the weekend at the age of 91.Chairman of Associated Television for 20 years, Grade died two weeks after being admitted to a London clinic for heart failure.
