BT is the latest big corporation to create new Internet facilities, taking space at the BarclaySquare shopping mall. BT has opened a shop which allows users to purchase any of a number of products by credit card.Users can browse through BT products, clicking on each to get more information and then can order by credit… Continue reading BT Shop Opens On Internet
Johnston Press has announced it has acquired the newspaper interests of W&J Linney Limited for £20 million cash. The deal, which is subject to approval by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, covers 11 local newspaper titles which circulate in and around the Mansfield and Worksop areas.Two of the titles, the Mansfield Chronicle… Continue reading Johnston Press Acquires 11 Mansfield Titles
The Audit Bureau of Circulations, ABC, has announced that its proposed plans for introducing ABC staff auditors for consumer press audits have been postponed, from 1 January 1996 to 1 January 1997 at the earliest.In what the ABC calls the most fundamental of all changes in recent years to the system for auditing consumer circulation… Continue reading ABC Auditors Postponed Until 1997
Last night saw yet another national newspaper lose its editor; Ian Hargreaves, editor of the Independent resigned yesterday. He has been editor of the Independent since August last year, when circulation was at 289,000. During Hargreave’s editorship circulation peaked at over 303,000, in June this year, but the latest circulation figures, for October, show the… Continue reading Independent Editor Resigns
Virgin TV, one of the unsuccessful applicants for the Channel 5 licence has confirmed that it is to mount a legal challenge over the award of the licence. The group issued the following short statement: “On the basis of robust legal advice from Anthony Scrivener QC, the directors of Virgin Television have decided to move… Continue reading Virgin TV Confirms Legal Action
Today saw the launch of the ITV 1996 Winter Schedule which aims to keep the pressure on to maintain their high viewing share against the BBC and also to maintain ITV’s position as the most successful commercial channel in the wake of the Channel 5 announcement.Highlights include comedy from Jack Dee, Paul Merton and Freddie… Continue reading ITV Winter Schedule
Details of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s plans for the Express Newspapers are given in this week’s Sunday Times. It is reported that the composer is prepared to invest up to £100m in a consortium bid for all the newspaper interests of United News and Media.It is believed Lloyd Webber is looking for print partners in his… Continue reading Lloyd Webber Plans Independent Express
Press reports today that the Government is to ban the satellite porn TV channel Erotica from British screens are unconfirmed. The Department of National Heritage today denied that National Heritage Secretary Virginia Bottomley has made any statement to this effect.Controversy over the Swedish-based station which calls itself ‘Europe’s hottest adults movie channel’ follows just two… Continue reading Porn Channel Ban?
Football Association officials have announced that they have withdrawn their £118.5 million television offer to the Football League after clubs failed to meet the deadline for a decision. The 72 Endsleigh League chairmen met in London for three hours to discuss the five-year offer by the FA and a rival bid from the Premier League.The… Continue reading FA Withdraw Football Coverage Deal To League Clubs
This was the first MRG conference I have attended where you could state with any confidence that the industry is satisfied with the research it pays for.No BARB-bashing or NRS-knocking this time. The industry contracts are all likely to be extended (for slightly different reasons). Only sections readership in the national press has drummed up… Continue reading MRG Conference 1995 – Barcelona – Round-Up
