Regional newspaper group, Bristol United Press (BUP) has made £2.2 million from Wessex Newspapers, which it bought in October last year, in the six months ending 30 September 1998.BUP has also reported pre-tax profits of £11.4 million, up 64% on the same period last year. Turnover at the publisher stood at £36.7 million of which… Continue reading Bristol United Press Benefits From Wessex Acquisition
Dennis Publishing’s PC Zone has promoted its former deputy editor, Chris Anderson, to editor. The title’s former editor Jeremy Wells has left to go freelance. Channel 5 has announced a theme night called ‘Boyz Night In’, sponsored by Scalextric. It will be broadcast on 2 December and feature classic male orientated programmes including a vintage… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Classic FM is to enter the digital age on 9 December when it begins broadcasting from its new state-of-the-art broadcast centre in the heart of London’s West End. The former department store on the corner of Oxford Circus and Regent Street has been renamed Classic FM House, as the broadcast complex covers three floors of… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Carlton Communications has appointed Steven Cain managing director of the Carlton group. Cain will replace June de Moller (see Newsline) in the new year and will work alongside chairman Michael Green.Cain is currently marketing director on the board of Asda Group, and has been with the group for the past six years. Despite the fact… Continue reading Carlton Appoints New Chief Executive
The licence fee payment changes introduced by the Independent Television Commission yesterday (see GMTV Sees Cut In Treasury Payment),have been met with a mixed response from the eleven ITV franchise companies involved. In is understood that six of the franchises have agreed to the new terms and have pledged to pump the money they will… Continue reading ITV Companies Give Licence Payments Mixed Response
The main battle for audiences during the festive period kicks off on Christmas Eve, with BBC1 showing the premičre of the Disney film The Santa Clause and the action thriller Speed, while ITV opens with its best film of the whole holiday season: Tim Burton’s, Nightmare Before Christmas. BBC2, Channel 4 and Channel 5 all… Continue reading Christmas Day TV Viewing
Ad agency, Abbott Mead Vickers (AMV) has confirmed that it is in discussions with US advertising giant, Omnicom, and is preparing to accept a £350 million takeover bid. Omnicom already holds a 27.7% stake in AMV’s ordinary share capital and if this deal goes through it will take control of all the remaining shares.AMV decided… Continue reading Omnicom Moves In On AMV With £350m Offer
Loaded, the magazine that started the lads’ mag phenomenon, has lost its current editor and regained its co-founder at the same time. Editor Derek Harbinson is leaving to pursue other projects after 18 months in charge and will be replaced by Tim Southwell.The Loaded style was the brainchild of Southwell and launch editor, James Brown,… Continue reading Loaded Co-Founder Returns To The Helm
Future Publishing is to launch another new title based on video games and computers. Playstation Max is due out on 18 December, and will be targeted at 7 – 15 year olds.Publisher Dominic Beaven said: “Official PlayStation Magazine is the best-selling video games magazine in the UK (current ABC 314,114). PlayStation Max will increase our… Continue reading New Video Games Title Set For Release In The Near Future
The latest development at Talk Radio, recently acquired by Kelvin MacKenzie’s TalkCo consortium (see Newsline), is the appointment of Tom Petrie, who used to work on The Sun with MacKenzie, as news editor.Other ex-Sun staff who are now at Talk Radio include Mike Parry and Stuart Higgins.Petrie will be forward planning across all programmes, and… Continue reading Talk Appoints New Editor To ‘Jazz Up’ News
