IPC’s football magazine, 90 Minutes, has had a complaint against it upheld by the ASA. The complaint was to do with an advertisement for Loaded magazine featuring actress Danniella Westbrook suggestively sucking a lollipop with the words “Suck this” underneath her. The Authority felt that as 90 Minutes was aimed at 15 to 24 years,… Continue reading Complaints Against IPC Title
At this morning’s “Feast of Magazines” seminar held by IPC Magazines, Iris Burton, editor-in-chief of IPC’s Women’s Weeklies group, said she thought the market was always ready for new titles.Her comments came as part of a series of talks on IPC’s magazines which focused on both editorial and advertising matters. She went on to point… Continue reading IPC Weeklies Ready For Further Projects
The IPA Society are holding an Advertising Effectiveness Awards at the IPA on Monday November 18th. The awards have been set up to demonstrate the contribution advertising makes to business success.There will be discussions about client spending, whether clients are getting better ads and are they buying them. Speakers include Hamish Pringle the Chairman of… Continue reading IPA Effectiveness Awards Evening
Liberty Broadcasting’s Rocket FM, one of the twenty five bidders for the new Greater London FM licence, has revealed the schedule it hopes will make it successful.Rocket says it is dedicated to “rock music, rock fans and rock culture”, broadcasting 24 hours a day with 80% of each airtime hour devoted to music. 10% of… Continue reading London Licence Bidder Reveals Schedule
TMD Carat Manchester has appointed Chris Broadbent to its main board. He leaves his post as an Associate Director to take up new responsibilities in Broadcast and New Business… As part of a rearrangement of staff in the company, David Abbott is to step down as group chairman of the Abbott Mead Vickers group at… Continue reading TMD Appoints New Board Member
MAGtrack, the media research company, has announced details of the survey it carried out on the Saturday 12 October issue of the Financial Times .The How To Spend It supplement, launched eighteen months ago, performed better than expected, with its ads generally having more consistent readership scores than the rest of the paper. Though the… Continue reading MAGtrack Carries Out FT Survey
A new research study has been carried out by the Newspaper Society into the role media plays in influencing consumer decision making. Consumer’s Choice III, carried out by BJM Research and Consultancy, examined behaviour across a wide range of goods and services.Some of the main findings were: 62% of people said regional press had the… Continue reading Newspaper Society Carry Out Media Study
Future Publishing have bought Aspen Litharne’s seven magazines and exhibition interests. The title’s purchased are Cake Decoration , Cross Stitch , Needlecraft , Machine Knitting News , Machine Knit Today, Sew Today and Christmas Baking as well as the Cake Decorating, Sugarcraft and Baking Show.Commenting on the deal, Future Publishing’s managing director Greg Inham said,… Continue reading Future Acquire Aspen Titles
CIA has confirmed that it has been issued with a writ by Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television for the sum of over £800,000 as its dispute with Laser now enters a legal phase *CIA Looks To ITC For Arbitration.YTTV, which is represented by Laser, is seeking the money which it claims CIA owes it for the share… Continue reading YTTV Issues Writ Against CIA
The London Financial News, the weekly financial newspaper which launched this year * Weekly Financial Newspaper To Launch, has suspended its publication due to financing difficulties. It is believed that around £500,000 is being sought to prop up the venture, with Chris Anderson, former owner of Future Publishing, being named as a possible backer.The paper… Continue reading London Financial News Suspended
