IPC Magazines’ previous publishing director, Heather Love, is understood to be joining BBC Magazines to act as a consultant to a number of planned title launches.BBC Magazines is believed to be keen on expanding its portfolio into the women’s interest and lifestyle markets in which Love has a great deal of experience. At IPC she… Continue reading Love Goes To BBC Magazines
Predictions by Zenith Media show that ITV’s share of total commercial viewing is likely to fall to 50% by 2005; in 1997 it averaged 61%. The Network’s share of overall viewing is predicted to fall from 31% in 1997 to 27.5% by 2005.The report, UK Television Forecasts To 2005, also predicts that ITV’s ad revenue… Continue reading ITV Share Of Commercial Viewing Will Fall To 50% By 2005, According To Research
The consortium headed by Kelvin MacKenzie, which is to propose a takeover bid for Talk Radio with a 20% backing from Rupert Murdoch’s News International, has come under attack from Tory MP, Nicholas Winterton.Winterton is concerned that the consortium (see Murdoch Backs MacKenzie’s Talk Project), should it succeed in buying Talk, would take control of… Continue reading Conservative MP Asks Parliament To Examine MacKenzie’s Talk Bid
At the Annual General Meeting of Saatchi & Saatchi yesterday, chairman Charlie Scott said that ‘truly great ideas’ have lead the agency to winning ‘numerous accolades’.Scott went on to say that the company previously had a mediocre reputation in the US and that morale was low. This has been turned around, he says, and now… Continue reading ‘Truly Great Ideas’ Lead To US Success For Saatchi & Saatchi
IPC Magazines is closing its product development division of the Southbank Publishing Group after less than a year since its launch.The department was set up last year, headed by Maureen Rice, to handle new products and magazine launches. The first of these was Made Up!, which launched in October 1997 but was suspended after only… Continue reading IPC Appoints Editor For Woman’s Weekly And Closes SouthBank Publishing Development Division
It is understood that the deputy managing director of MindShare, Mike Wood, is leaving the company to join Portland Outdoor. This news comes before MindShare has even officially opened for business.In April this year MindShare appointed Simon Rees as managing director (see MindShare Appoints Managing Director), above Wood who has been at JWT for 15… Continue reading MindShare Deputy MD Leaves Before The Business Opens
Emap Radio have linked up with Capital Radio to discuss a possible local digital licence bid. September this year will see licences in the Manchester, Birmingham and Greater London areas being made available by the Radio Authority (RA).This venture will be seen as a cautious move by both companies, after Capital recently declined the opportunity… Continue reading Emap Radio’s Local Licence Masterplan
Quality Market The overall drop in circulation for the quality market continues for this period with total broadsheet circulation down 1.6% to 5.7 million copies for December ’97 – May ’98. Again The Independent suffered the most severe fall year on year – down 13.93% to 220,000 copies. The paper itself shrewdly chose to compare… Continue reading National Newspaper Round-Up – May 1998
The chairman of ITV, Leslie Hill, is asking 300 MPs and Peers for their support in preventing BSkyB from “dominating the future of digital television”.Hill’s response stems from BSkyB’s attack on ITV after it decided not to allow its programmes to be carried on the satellite broadcaster’s digital service, launching this summer (see Sky’s Digital… Continue reading ‘BSkyB Is Trying To Dominate The Future Of Digital Television’, Says ITV Chairman
The overall drop in circulation for the quality market continues for this period with total broadsheet circulation down 1.6% to 5.7 million copies for December ’97 – May ’98. Again The Independent suffered the most severe fall year on year.In the mid market the Daily Mail and Mail On Sunday are fairing better than the… Continue reading National Newspapers Round-Up – May 1998
