Marie Claire magazine has launched a Russian edition. Editor in chief, Carrie Doyle and managing editor, Anna Barinova have put together a team of young Russian journalists who have adapted the Marie Claire formula and layout to the Russian market. Marie Claire Russia will offer its readers a refined and sophisticated, yet practical and day-to-day… Continue reading Marie Claire Launches In Russia
Xfm 104.9, the successful applicant for the last remaining Greater London FM licence, has appointed Saatchi & Saatchi Media Department to handle its media launch this coming September. The proposed media expenditure behind the launch will be in the region of £2m over the first six months of transmission, while the creative strategy is still… Continue reading Xfm Names Agency For Media Launch
Carlton Communications is reported to be about to sign a $1 billion deal for New Line Cinema, the sixth biggest film studio in Hollywood.Carlton and the French media group Havas are looking to buy New Line from Time Warner. The studio is famous for hits like the Mask, Dumb and Dumber and Seven.If the deal… Continue reading Carlton Has Its Eye On Hollywood
Telewest Communications, one of the largest cable operators in the UK, has won the local delivery licence for the Lothian area, the ITC has announced.Telewest was the only bidder for the licence and made a cash bid of £10,000. The new franchise area consists of East Lothian District, Midlothian District and those parts of the… Continue reading Telewest Wins Lothian Licence
Virgin Cinemas has just announced record results for the year ending December 1996. The cinema chain’s net operating profits have increased by over 90% in its first full year of trading under Virgin’s ownership; they rose from £7 million in 1995 to £13.5 million in 1996. This rise has been solely generated from the 26… Continue reading Virgin Plans To Multiply
IPC Magazines’ SouthBank Group has appointed Stacey Paul as group head marketing; she will be responsible for the fashion, teenage, parenting, hair and bridal titles. Paul joins IPC from the Publishing Company where she was group sales director.In another SouthBank move, Chrissie Ferber, currently marketing and promotions manager at Mizz, 19 and Hair magazine has… Continue reading New Recruit At IPC
The election campaigning is beginning in earnest this week. Newsline is covering the leaders broadcast debate controversy and will be reporting on the story as it unfolds. ITN announces its election schedule on Tuesday, Newsline will run a full report. Lookout for the web review special, Newsline will be looking at all the main General… Continue reading The Week Ahead
AMRA Ltd has appointed two new staff to work in its display and classified divisions and to support its drive for increased advertising revenue for the regional press. Ian Page, currently a recruitment agency executive with The Daily Telegraph, joins the company on April 1 as its classified manager. Matthew Swift, previously advertisement manager at… Continue reading AMRA Expands
It was a good week for Abbott Mead Vickers. The advertising group put on 25.5p to reach 771.5p on Thursday after it announced strong profit and revenue growth for 1996. So far AMV’s shares have put in a good performance this year, bolstered by winning Campaign‘s Agency of the Year awards in January and topping… Continue reading Sharewatch – W/E 21/03/97
Revenue According to agency estimates, total TV revenue for February reached £159.81m, up 4% on the previous year. Of this, ITV came in at £121.81m, up 3.46%, and Channel 4 brought in £38m, up almost 6% year on year. This puts the ITV/C4 ratio at 76:24.Carlton boosted its revenue by almost 2% points year on… Continue reading TV Round-Up – February
