The weekly car magazine Auto Express is relaunching this week with a new look, a new price and a new issue day. Auto Express will now be published on Wednesdays instead of Fridays and its cover price has been reduced by 20p to £1.30.There will be a new “crisp, modern design accentuated by a change… Continue reading Auto Express Changes Gear
Zenith Media, split off from the Cordiant Group earlier this week (Newsline 21/04/97), is rumoured to be looking for another media partner. It is believed the company, which is now jointly owned by Saatchi & Saatchi and Bates, is looking especially towards Europe and Aegis has been mentioned in connection with this. Managing director Andy… Continue reading Zenith Looks For Partner
Jazz FM is the latest radio station to go on-line. Its Website can be found at . While, LBC Radio and its FM counterpart, London News Direct, are now broadcasting a live audio feed over the Net.Staying with broadcasting, the BBC has appointed Edward Briffa as its first head of on-line. This demonstrates that the… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 25/04/97
It has emerged that Alan Yentob, the BBC’s director of programmes, has decided not to put himself forward for the job of C4’s chief executive. The decision was apparently made after a meeting between Mr Yentob and Sir Michael Bishop, C4’s chairman.The C4 board will meet next Monday to discuss who will replace Michael Grade… Continue reading Latest On Race For C4 Job
Nynex CableComms has today announced unaudited total revenue for the first quarter of 1997 as £46.5 million. This is a 43% increase compared with the same period last year (£32.5m). It is anticipated that the full first quarter operating statistics and financial results will be announced by mid-May.Nynex: 0181 873 2000
The newly formed Teenage Magazine Arbitration Panel (TMAP) has adjudicated on 30 complaints concerning Just 17, Sugar and It’s Bliss.The panel believed that the Annabel G advice page in J17 was not technically in breach of guidelines but recommended more attention be given to ensuring that advice on sexual activity be more responsible, and the… Continue reading Teenage Mags Face Criticism
The listings asked: ‘Will Derek make it home in time for Mavis’s party?’, and this was enough to rocket The Street in to the number one spot, beginning the week with 16.37 million. The Street had a clear win over the Square, Eastenders peaked at 15.02 million.Moving down to South London, Delboy’s popularity once again… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 13/04/97
James Walker, joint managing director, Advanced Techniques Group Worldwide, JWTSo… Project Cosine – this has been all about creating cardinal indices to compare against cost premia in the UK national press market, for the effectiveness of different sizes of advertisements, and then to go on to quantify the impact of colour versus mono, positioning in… Continue reading James Walker – Does Size Matter…And Position, Colour And Content?
WCRS is expected to merge its media department into Mediapolis this summer, according to sources. The move, which has long been rumoured, will take place on July 1st, leaving no media representation at WCRS at all.An official announcement confirming this is believed to be imminent, though both Mediapolis and WCRS were unavailable for comment this… Continue reading WCRS Set To Merge Media Department With Mediapolis
Agency estimates put terrestrial TV revenue for March at £192.070m, which is an increase of 10.05% on the previous year. Of this, ITV brought in £148.070m (up 11.39%) and Channel 4 £44m (up 5.83%). This puts the ITV:C4 ratio at 77:23. Mar-96 Mar-97 % Change ITV 132,926,404 148,070,000 11.39 C4 41,575,000 44,000,000 5.83 Total 174,537,404… Continue reading TV Revenue – March
