Stockbroker Panmure Gordon has upgraded its profit expectations for next year for Midland Independent and Southern Newspapers. The broker tips both companies’ shares as ‘good’ investments.Panmure Gordon has raised its pre-tax forecast on MIN to £20.2 million, a rise of £4.2 million on the 1996 estimation. The broker predicts that Southern’s profits will increase by… Continue reading High Expectations For Midland Independent And Southern Newspapers
Three titles have released early ABC figures. Slimmer, published by the Turret Group, shows a significant decrease while DMG’s Perfect Home put in a strong performance. The full set of consumer ABCs for July-December will be released next Friday along with accompanying Newsline items. Title Jul 95 – Dec 95 Jul 96 – Dec 96… Continue reading Slimmer Magazine Suffers In Early ABCs
EMAP has announced the launch of a new sales house to represent UK Web sites to advertisers and their agencies. EMAP Internet Sales is part of the new specialist Internet publishing company EMAP Online which launched this week.The aim of EMAP Internet Sales is to provide media buyers with a single point of contact from… Continue reading EMAP Creates Web Sales House
The Radio Authority has put back the launch of Digital Audio Broadcasting until Spring 1998 in an effort to give the “maximum impact necessary for it to succeed.”The original launch date was supposed to be later this year but the Authority has adopted what it calls a “slow burn” approach whereby it will advertise the… Continue reading Radio Authority Revises Digital Timetable
News Corp, Rupert Murdoch’s global media company, has posted six month financial results which show that after tax profits have risen 17% to US$576 while revenues grew by 11% to US$5.6 billion.News International, the group’s UK newspaper division, performed well, with operating profits increasing 18% due to strong revenue and advertising growth. BSkyB, 40% owned… Continue reading News Corp Profits Grow
The results of an outdoor advertising survey show that clothing advertisers like Nike and Burton doubled their annual poster spend last year to £8.4 million. It is reported, in MediaWeek, that the research, carried out by Poster Publicity and Media Monitoring Services, reveals that the clothing sector is now one of the top-ten outdoor advertising… Continue reading Star Bill-Board Spenders
McCann Erickson are talking with Barker and Ralston about a potential link up between the two companies.A spokes-person for McCann told Newsline that the reports of a full-scale take-over of Ralston by the international agency are wildly over exaggerated; discussions are still in the preliminary stages.It is known that Barker and Ralston need some extra… Continue reading McCanns In Talks With Ralston
Rajar data for Quarter 4 will be released at 5pm tomorrow afternoon accompanied by relevant Newsline items. To be notified when the data is available, subscribers should go to the new MediaTel Alert section by clicking here and choosing Rajar.
With the exception of Casualty the top ten this week is dominated by soaps. Emmerdale in particular, following extra publicity and a spicing up of storylines has improved its ratings and is now attracting an extra million or so viewers for each of its episodes. Sundays episode of Coronation Street has at last begun to… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 26/01/97
The ITC announced this morning that Channel 4 will pay £87.1m to the Independent Television Commission which will then distribute it to the ITV companies.The ITC has determined that for 1996 total terrestrial qualifying revenue was £2,256.7m with C4’s coming in at £490.3m. Because this exceeds 14% of the total revenue figure, 50% of the… Continue reading C4 Pays £87.1m To ITV Companies
