August’96 Year on Year Comparisons Title August ’95 August ’96 % Ch Actual Change TIMES 678,451 764,617 12.7 86,166 FINANCIAL TIMES 281,178 289,384 2.91 8,206 GUARDIAN 375,981 385,496 2.53 9,515 DAILY TELEGRAPH 1,054,032 1,073,016 1.8 18,984 INDEPENDENT 291,724 266,802 -8.54 -24,922 DAILY MAIL 1,842,810 2,104,216 14.18 261,406 EVENING STANDARD (LONDON) 410,374 412,254 0.45 1,880 DAILY… Continue reading National Newspaper ABCs
“He believes the good things in life are often worth bribing for. He dines out on food that suits his mood – hungry or hungover – and drinks to change it. He pays by credit, because he’s got no cash, and drives fast because he’s late. And when he arrives at a table, he always… Continue reading First Issue Review – Eat Soup
The national newspaper ABCs, released today, show that among the broadsheets The Times has once again performed the best. The News International title showed a 7.85% increase in circulation year-on-year to 709,374 copies. The FT and Guardian both showed slight increases, while The Daily Telegraph‘s circulation dropped 1.22% to just over 1 million and the… Continue reading August ABCs Released
Sky Television today announced details of its £130 million programming package for the Autumn, boasting several new channels and a range of new shows.The choice of entertainment will supposedly be broadened on Sky 1 and its new sister channel Sky 2 with the inclusion of Xena: Warrior Princess, Nash Bridges, High Incident, The Lazarus Man… Continue reading BSkyB Unveils Autumn Schedule
Bauer Publishing have confirmed details of their new launch, Enjoy!, which goes on sale Monday. It will be a weekly title aimed at women aged 18-34 and aims to bridge the gap between teen titles and the traditional women’s weeklies.The first two issues will have a cover-price of 20p and the regular price will be… Continue reading New Title From Bauer
Scottish Television has today confirmed rumours New Scottish Satellite Channel Rumoured and announced plans for a new channel, Sky Scottish, to be broadcast as a joint venture with BSkyB from November 1st.The channel will initially operate on a two hour per day basis, focusing on news, sports and current affairs including 450 hours of original… Continue reading STV Announces New Channel
United News & Media this morning announced interim financial results which reveal profit before tax reached £151.9m, up 21.5%. Turnover also improved, increasing from £906m to just over £1 billion.In terms of United’s broadcasting interests strong performances by Anglia and Meridian helped lift the division’s profits by 75% and encouraging growth was also reported at… Continue reading United Sees Profits Rise 21.5%
Scottish Television today announced interim results for the six months ending 30 June 1996. A record profit before tax is confirmed, up 39% to £10.3 million with turnover up 15% to £52.2 million. Operating profit from continuing operations is up 22% to £8.8 million.Scottish Television says these figures result from a 7% improvement in advertising… Continue reading STV Announces Record Profit
John Beadell, chief executive of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, has left the organisation to become an independent consultant. No replacement has yet been found.He had worked at ABC for five years, during which time various developments were implemented including electronic auditing, Internet auditing, exhibition auditing and the simultaneous release of consumer magazine audits.…Mark Soden,… Continue reading ABC Chief Exec Leaves
The first weekend of the new autumn schedule has seen a lot of new shows appearing on the top thirty programmes list. The highest entry of the new batch of programmes is LWT’s London’s Burning, which was watched by 12.21 million people. The next best new programme was Heartbeat which achieved an audience of 12.14… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – New Autumn Schedule A Loss With Viewers
