Figures just out from the Radio Advertising Bureau show that commercial radio’s share of display advertising revenue continues to soar. It reached 4.9% for July to September 1996. This is the highest share ever recorded by the medium. The previous record share in one quarter stood at 4.7%; this was achieved in July to September… Continue reading Commercial Radio Achieves Record Share Of Ad Revenue
1996 was another year of steady growth for the number of homes that could receive Cable and Satellite. The ITC’s October analysis of the Cable industry showed that the number of homes passed has grown by 2 million over the last year from 6.18 million to 8.22 million though the penetration rate grew by only… Continue reading Cable And Satellite Round-Up 1996
Total hours listened to radio in the London region has fallen for the majority of the commercial radio stations. For the second Rajar quarter in a row, Sunrise radio has recorded the biggest fall, down by 43.87% in comparison to Rajar Quarter 4 1995. The total hours listened to Sunrise Radio are 4.18 million for… Continue reading Q4 Rajar Figures: London Stations
Future Publishing has launched an innovative training programme for budding journalists. The training initiative, nick-named the Brat Pack, has been developed to ensure that new recruits gain insight and experience into the magazine industry by working across the company’s broad range of magazine titles.Future has already taken on 11 people for the scheme, they have… Continue reading Future Opportunities For New Recruits
According to press reports Channel 4 is considering converting the station into a charitable trust to prevent privatisation. Informal talks have apparently been initiated by a group of non-executive directors who would then lobby the ITC for support.The move follows Michael Grade’s departure last week as chief executive. Mr Grade was the leading opponent of… Continue reading C4 ‘Seeking Charitable Status’
Quarter 4 RAJAR figures released this afternoon reveal that the weekly reach of all local commercial radio stations has fallen from 52% to 49% year-on-year, while share of listening fell 0.9% points from 39.1% to 38.2%.Overall, gold stations seemed to perform particularly well. GWR’s Classic Gold 774 increased its weekly reach by 26.98% to 80,000,… Continue reading Q4 Rajar Figures: Local Commercial Stations
The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry has published the findings of a survey into the newspaper reading habits of London’s business leaders.The London Business Leader Panel, set up by the London Chamber of Commerce, found that the Times was the most popular newspaper among London business directors and senior business partners. 27% of people… Continue reading Business Leaders Reading Habits
The national newspaper ABCs are out for January, the figures show that the Sunday Telegraph has had the biggest year-on-year increase with a rise of 218,073 giving a percentage change of 32.12%, this was followed by the Daily Telegraph which had an increase of 8.45%.The newspaper which has fallen the most is the Sun which… Continue reading National Newspaper January 1997 ABCs
Reed Elsevier the Anglo-Dutch communications group has sold some of the most famous names in publishing. William Heinemann, Secker & Warburg and Methuen have been sold by Reed to Random House of New York. Random House bought the imprints for around $20 million.Reed is selling off its consumer business to concentrate on professional publishing. Reed… Continue reading Reed Sells Titles
The Media Business Group has announced six month financial figures which show that profits have risen 42% to £585,000. Sales also rose, by 29%, to £63m.Recent client wins for the group include RAC, IKEA and Mothercare. After expanding into Manchester last year *New Agency For Manchester, it was reported that the group was looking to… Continue reading TMBG Profits Rise 42%
