CIA UK Holdings is rumoured to be about to buy the 50% of Morgan CIA it does not already own from the Morgan Partnership.According to Marketing, CIA wants to buy outright the jointly-owned Scottish media shop to form a CIA Medianetwork Scotland agency. CIA Morgan is currently the second largest media independent in Scotland behind… Continue reading CIA Bid For Morgan Rumoured
The Independent today revealed its new City+ section. The 56-page tabloid supplement contains 8 pages of editorial, covering topics such as investment advice, job profiles, a guide to office politics and lunchtime calorie advice. The rest of City+ is taken up by classified ads for financial, legal and secretarial positions.
Granada Group this morning announced six month financial results to March 1997 which show that pre-tax profits have risen 33% to £243 million while turnover increased 34% to £2.03 billion.Among the Group’s interests its media activities produced profits of £89.3m, which is up 13% on last year. This puts media third among Granada’s four interest… Continue reading Granada Profits Rise 33%
This was the message that dozens of people received on a mailshot from Empire Stores. The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint regarding what it saw as dishonest and misleading information. The ASA considered that although the true nature of the draw was clear from the rules, the rest of the mailing implied that… Continue reading Win £30,000 Now
ITV was the most highly honoured British broadcaster at Promax, the international electronic marketing and promotion festival held in Chicago last week.Central’s CITV promotions won both the gold and the silver award in the Promotional Animation category, while the company’s Presentation Kit won a second silver in the same section. Central also won gold for… Continue reading ITV Wins Promo Awards
Simon Ward, an executive director of GWR, will head up the group’s new radio sales house. The radio group today revealed it would be setting up its own sales outfit as it announced annual financial results (see GWR Hits £11m Profit).Ward will be supported by Duncan George who becomes sales director. George was previously sales… Continue reading Ward To Head Up GWR Sales House
At this year’s European Advertising Effectiveness Symposium in Paris on the 26th-27th of this month, John Philip Jones of the University of Syracuse will present accounts of two important developments in the US which could have significant implications for the European advertising industry.Jones claims that studies conducted in the States indicate that the waste of… Continue reading John Philip Jones Set To Cause Stir At Conference
Radio group GWR this morning announced financial results for the year ended 31 March 1997 which show that pre-tax profit has risen from £5.5m to £11.9m. Turnover increased from £39.1m to £63.8m.The group also announced that it would be selling its St Albans radio station to Essex Radio and that it would be setting up… Continue reading GWR Hits £11m Profit
Gerry Robinson, chairman of Granada, confirmed today that the group has made a successful bid for Yorkshire Tyne Tees television. The move has been expected for months; Granada chose to act now because the two companies have reached agreement on the price, set at £525 million or £11.75 a share. The deal has been agreed… Continue reading Granada Swallows Yorkshire
Advanced Techniques Group Worldwide was opened as an independent company, under the J. Walter Thompson umbrella, in March. Yet, the company has already conducted an immense amount of valuable research and has broken even on its first year’s cost provision.It is no wonder then that James Walker, media development director of the research company, is… Continue reading Interview – James Walker,Joint Managing Director, Advanced
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