The April issue of IPC’s Family Circle magazine will go on sale tomorrow with a new editorial focus and a new section devoted to supermarket shopping.IPC says that there will be a “re-focus of the magazine’s core values to concentrate on a number of key elements”. These include more of a focus on real life… Continue reading Family Circle To Get New Focus
The February edition of Mediapolis’s Media Monitor reports that box office takings for the top 5 grossing films in 1996 were up more than 50% year-on-year. Accordingly, cinema admissions showed an overall 8% increase year-on-year, reaching 123.5 million. In 1996, 12 films grossed more than £10 million at the box office, the previous year only… Continue reading Box Office Takings Up 50%
Advertising Works 9, the latest in the IPA Advertising Works series, is available from the IPA priced £48.A separate training manual and video, based on the 1996 winners and targeted at the academic community, are also now available from the Institute.IPA: 0171 235 7020
The percentage of female Internet users has grown over the past year from 27% to 35% of all UK surfers, according to the latest research from NOP.Findings also reveal that more than 4.5 million people in Britain have tried the Internet during the past twelve months, with home usage rising from around 420,000 in December… Continue reading Female Internet Users Grow
Abbott Mead Vickers is announcing its full-year results tomorrow and analysts are predicting strong figures for the ad group.It is predicted that there will be a 33% increase in pre-tax profits to roughly £14m. Billings have increased 24% to £306m, aided by major account wins such as Wrangler Jeans. Other major clients include Volvo and… Continue reading Good Results Predicted For AMV
The Oxford Mail comes out at the top of the charts in the newly released ABC figures for the period July to December 1996. The Newsquest owned paper has seen a 5.96% rise in its circulation figures since the same period in 1995, which now takes its total circulation for this years period to a… Continue reading Regional ABCs – Daily Paid Titles
The Network Centre has said that it has approached the main political parties with a view to screening a televised debate between the party leaders (see yesterday’s Major Ready For TV Debate).It has made a proposal for the programme and is currently awaiting the parties’ responses. A press release from the Network Centre says: “The… Continue reading ITV Approaches Politicians For Debate
IPC has made the shock announcement that it is closing its new listings title Film & TV Week after only ten weeks. The last issue will go on sale today.In announcing the closure, Nigel Davidson, managing director of the IPC Weeklies Group, said: “This market is a notoriously difficult one to enter, and we always… Continue reading IPC Closes Film & TV Week
IPC Magazines has announced the appointment of Jean Christie as display advertisement controller for the Specialist Group Country Magazines and Leisure Network.Christie will be responsible for core display advertising (including sponsorship and advertorials) across Country Life, The Field, London Portrait, Shooting Times and Sporting Gun, as well as retaining her current responsibility for the consumer… Continue reading IPC Specialist Group Appoints Ad Controller
Martin Sorrell, chief executive of global ad group WPP, yesterday picked up around £3m in company shares as part of an incentive scheme he initiated in 1994.The Capital Investment Plan allows for such a bonus if the group trades above the plan’s required 230p level for 60 consecutive trading days. Yesterday the group’s shares were… Continue reading WPP Chief Gets £3m In Shares
