Practical Classics, Emap Nationals’ classic car magazine, is set to merge with its sister title, Popular Classics. The merger will take effect in the August issue (on sale Friday 19th July) with the title becoming Practical Classics Incorporating Popular Classics.The magazine will have a new look which includes a nostalgia element, with regular photographs of… Continue reading Practical Classics In Merger
An index for the 1996 ISBA Policy Conference featuring summaries of the speeches for media issues over the last year and a look to the future.ISBA Media Update Conference: Getting More Bang For Your Media Buck ISBA Conference : Can C5 Deliver? ISBA Conference: How Do You Reach Generation X? ISBA Conference Report: Pulling On… Continue reading ISBA Conference ’96 Index: Getting More Bang For Your Media Buck
CLT UK Radio Sales has announced a raft of senior sales appointments: Gary Perry joins from Classic FM as group head on Atlantic 252, while George McCracken joins as a sales executive on Atlantic from being group head at Mirror Group. Dina Subhani, currently a sales executive at CLT, is being promoted to group head… Continue reading New Sales Staff At CLT UK Radio, MTV And Sky Magazine
The Internet edition of The Times has won the award for the “hottest and fastest Web site” in the UK. This comes as The Times claims that over 250,000 readers have registered at the site.The Hot Off The Net trophy was presented to Mike Murphy, Internet Editor of The Times, and Christopher Lloyd, Internet Editor… Continue reading Times Wins Internet Award
Chris Evans’ Ginger Productions and an anonymous consortium are the latest bidders hoping to run the new London FM licence which will be announced next week.Ginger Productions was unavailable for comment on its proposed plan for the new station, but it is believed that backers include Michael Caine and George Soros. ‘The Edge’, a working… Continue reading More Contenders To Bid For London Licence
Classic FM is leading a band of broadcasters and industry associations in a Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) experiment. As part of its commitment to the future of digital broadcasting, Classic FM will launch the venture in Birmingham and hopes that it will demonstrate the potential and opportunities of DAB (see Newsline 07/03).Sir Peter Michael, Chairman… Continue reading Classic FM Demonstrates Commitment To Digital Broadcasting
Bravo, the Flextech Television-owned cable and satellite channel, has joined forces with brewing company Whitbread in an Independence Day thematic sponsorship deal.The deal will help launch Whitbread’s new Amercian-styled flavoured alcoholic seltzer and will last for today only. The sponsorship of Bravo’s “Stars, Stripes and Shott’s” programming is the first above-the-line work for the Whitbread… Continue reading Independence Day Sponsorship Deal For Bravo
There was disappointment yesterday after stock-market speculation that Granada would bid for Yorkshire Tyne-Tees Television again proved unfounded (see yesterday’s Newsline). Some analysts believe that an acquisition of Yorkshire would be hard to justify and may have a negative effect on Granada’s shares.Yesterday afternoon Granada fell 11p to 838p with Yorkshire dropping 3p to 1235p.… Continue reading Granada Bid Fails To Materialise
Saatchi & Saatchi received the accolade of world’s best advertising agency it was given the “Agency of the Year” award. The ceremony took place at the Cannes Advertising Festival and is the most prestigious in the industry.Jennifer Laing, Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising said: “This award, which Cannes billed as the Olympics of Advertising,… Continue reading Saatchi & Saatchi: World’s Best
Channel 4 has created two new commissioning appointments to help develop a new strategy for the daytime schedule. Fiona Chesterton, the channel’s deputy commissioning editor for News and Current Affairs since 1992, is to be C4’s first commissioning editor for daytime, and her deputy is to be Julia Foote LeStage, who joins from Thames Television.C4… Continue reading Channel 4 To Develop Daytime Strategy
