Channel 5 has cut a new deal with the US National Football League (NFL). C5 will broadcast live coverage of American Football each week on the late night sports show Live and Dangerous, and show higlights on Saturday afternoons.Robert Charles, 5’s controller of sport, commented: “We are delighted to add another top class sport to… Continue reading Channel 5 Scores With NFL
The Mirror Group has denied reports that it is backtracking on plans to relaunch the suspended Sporting Life paper this Autumn (see Sporting Life To Close).A Mirror Group spokesperson this morning told Newsline that any suggestions that the project was a ‘dead duck’ were totally untrue and that the Group is completely committed to the… Continue reading Mirror Group Denies Sporting Life Postponement
Latest data from CAA/EDI shows that cinema admissions for June fell by 19% year on year to 6.80 million. Average weekly admissions during the month was 1.58 million.June film releases included City Of Angels, The Wedding Singer and The Object Of My Affection.Subscribers can access the Cinema database by selecting “Cinema” from the drop-down box… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Down 19% For June
RAJAR figures for Q2 1998, released this afternoon, show that commercial radio has increased its lead over the BBC stations taking a 51.1% share of total radio listening. Overall radio weekly reach is down very slightly by 0.2% to 40.29 million. Average hours per listener increased by 2.0% from 20.3 in Q2 1997 to 20.7… Continue reading Q2 1998 RAJAR Summary – Commercial Radio Pulls Away From BBC
The Q2 RAJAR results for London stations, announced today, show a mixed bunch of results. In terms of weekly reach, 963/972 AM Liberty showed the biggest increase (up 105% year on year), with Spectrum Radio and Virgin 105.8 next in line (up 32.5% and 31.5% respectively).One of main market players, Capital 95.8 FM, lost 8.4%… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR 1998 – London Stations
Cabal Communications, the publishing venture launched last Thursday by Sally O’Sullivan, has poached more staff from IPC (see Newsline). Brant Richards and James Beechnor-Collins, formerly at Mountain Bike Rider, are amongst the newcomers, along with Keith Simpson and Amanda Edwards, IPC’s former ad director and chief sub respectively.Cabal’s new communications and marketing manager, Jennifer Press,… Continue reading New Publisher Acquires Fresh Faces
http://www.nme.com/This week, the NME website is up for review again due to its recent relaunch. For many, the NME has been a bible at some point in their lives. As an adolescent it was an entity I ritually bought and read cover to cover, not just for the obvious reasons of wanting to keep up… Continue reading Website Of The Week – NME
IPC is to relaunch two of its titles – Motor Boat & Yachting and Yachting World.Yachting World is the oldest yachting magazine in the world, first published in 1894. It was closely followed by Motor Boat & Yachting, which first appeared in 1904.Amongst the changes planned for the relaunch of both titles are a new… Continue reading Re-Christening Of IPC Boat Titles
Following the appointment of a new editor, Roger Alton (see Newsline), Paul Webster has moved up from assistant foreign editor to deputy editor on The Observer.Roger Alton commented: “Not only is Paul one of the best news people around, with wide experience of both domestic and foreign, he is also hugely liked. I enjoyed working… Continue reading Deputy Editor to Follow Alton On The Observer
ABC//electronic released figures this week which names BBC Online as the most visited UK content website.The audit period for June 1998 recorded 34,852,743 million page impressions for BBC Online, which is a 64% increase on the March audit figures.Mark Frost, head of BBC Online said, “BBC Online has acheived incredible success in just eight months.… Continue reading BBC Online Makes A Big Impression
