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Gruner & Jahr will be moving from its office in SW1 to Marsh Wall in the Docklands area. With effect from 22 September the publisher will be based at:197 Marsh Wall London E14 9SG Telephone: 0171 519 5500 Fax: 0171 519 5521

AGB’s Commercial Director Peter Marsh is leaving for a senior marketing position at Laser Sales at the beginning of October. The post is to be filled by Nick Burfitt, presently AGB’s Television Bureau Business Development Director.Steve Hibbert has joined the company from BMRB as Technical Support Manager, reporting to Nick Burfitt. AGB promises a number… Continue reading Personnel Changes Within AGB

Pearl & Dean are to host the only UK screenings of the winners of the Cannes Lions ’97 Advertising Awards Festival. The first of three screenings will be held at Warner West-End, Leicester Square on 25 September. Further screenings are to be shown at Manchester Corner House Cinema, Oxford Street on 1 October and Edinburgh… Continue reading Pearl & Dean Host Cannes International Advertising Festival

Agency estimates put August’s terrestrial television revenue at £143 million. ITV brought in a total of £104.8m, up 3.9% year on year, while Channel 4 came in at £31.5m, up 0.5%. Channel 5’s revenue was estimated to be £6.7m, down from £8m last month. GMTV’s revenue fell 8% to £5.3m.There were relatively minor year on… Continue reading TV Revenue – August

Cable & Wireless Communications has said that the cost of integrating its four constituent companies – Mercury Communications, Nynex, Videotron and Bell Cablemedia – will be around £200m.It is expected however that there will be more than £100m in savings for this financial year. The news was announced yesterday, the same day that the company… Continue reading CWC Integration Costs Put At £200m

The Independent Radio and Television Commission is to advertise seeking parties interested in obtaining a number of contracts for community broadcasting services. Michael O’Keeffe, IRTC Chief Executive, said that the Commission is also seeking expressions of interest for a specialist interest licence specifically for the Dublin area.In both cases any interested parties have until 5.00pm… Continue reading IRTC Seeks Expressions Of Interest In Irish Community Radio

The ABC figures for March-August reveal that among the daily broadsheets the Financial Times recorded the largest year on year growth, with an increase of 6%. The Daily Telegraph remains the biggest selling quality daily, with a circulation of 1.112 million while the Times and the Guardian both had respectable growth rates of 5.2% and… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – August

Speculation mounted at the weekend that Chime Communications, the public-relations group headed by Sir Tim Bell, was in takeover talks with Howell Henry Chaldecott Lury. It is reported that Chime would be looking to spend up to £20m on acquiring HHCL, best known for its work with Martini and Tango. Chime owns nine businesses, including… Continue reading Takeover Of HHCL Rumoured To Be Near

IPC has launched an Internet web site for Yachting and Boating World magazine. The site will contain a searchable web directory allow users to know which are boats available to buy, articles from current issues, some web only material, a feature called ‘The Confessional’ which allows users to share their experiences on the internet and… Continue reading Yachting And Boating World Goes Online

The Independent will reveal a revamp tomorrow which, according to editor Andrew Marr, will “shock” many people. As well as “looking different” by being “fresher and sharper looking”, the broadsheet will also be edited and written in a “different” way. According to Marr the move is the result of ‘soul-searching’ by the paper’s team who… Continue reading Revamp For Independent