James Walker, director of media consultancy at the Henley Centre, is leaving to become Media Development Director at JWT. He will create a new department at JWT which will aim to expand the agency’s research and consultancy resources, as well as broadening the media department’s activities and forge closer links with trade bodies such as… Continue reading Henley Centre Walker Joins JWT
Cordiant, the renamed Saatchi and Saatchi agency is to reduce staff numbers by 470. The cuts will cost Cordiant £10m in redundancy costs, shareholders were told at the annual general meeting.In a press release, Charlie Scott, Chief Executive and Acting Chairman of Cordiant said “Action has been taken to reduce staff numbers which will result… Continue reading Cordiant Job Losses
http://www/batmanforever.com/The internet, these days, is much like every other medium – you can’t move for Batman hype.In fact, the hype is several stages more advanced on the net than it is anywhere else. If it manages to filter through to all the other media with a similar success, we can look forward to another summer… Continue reading Net Site Of The Week
Future Publishing has announced an October launch for a monthly rugby magazine First XV. The magazine will be edited by Stuart Barnes, ex England international flyhalf, current rugby correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and presenter of Sky’s Rugby Union coverage.News of XV’s launch comes at a time when rugby popularity is at a peak with… Continue reading Future To Launch Rugby Magazine
The Guardian Media group has announced pre tax profits of £27.00m from £11.66m a percentage increase of 131.6%.The chairman, Mr Harry Roach said: “Looking ahead the trading conditions in the current year are more difficult. As the price of news print continues to escalate and the national newspaper cover price war continues, the pressure on… Continue reading Guardian Media Group Results
BBC1’s new soap opera about a middle-clase family which started on Wed 31 May, attracted just 7.67m viewers. This is half a million less than the last new BBC soap, Eldorado which attracted 8.3 millions for its first episode, before it was doomed to failure.ITV’s policy of ignoring bank holiday seems to be backfiring on… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – Castles Only Attracts 7.67m
Viewing figures for the second week of the Rugby World Cup have been released and they show a marked increase in viewing compared to last week’s figures. The top figure this week was the 8.3m who saw England beat Western Samoa.Here are the viewing figures for the latest week’s live matches: Date Match Viewing Figures… Continue reading Rugby World Cup Viewing Figures
Northcliffe Newspapers have embarked on a new inititative which will sell to national clients direct. The new Client Direct Team has been developed from the national sales operation in Nottingham. The team will report to Debbie Kinlay, London Sales Director.
David Lees, sales and Marketing Director of Talk Radio UK has appointed Steve Johnson as his deputy. Steve Johnson will join Talk Radio as sales controller.In another move to strengthen the sales team, Lees has appointed Caroline Harnett as Sponsorship and Promotions Manager.David Lees said “Both Steve and Caroline have been integrally involved in successfully… Continue reading New Appointment At Talk Radio
The Sun yesterday added 2p to its cover price, bringing it back to 25p, which is what it was before it started the price war in July 1993. This rise in cover price has been attributed to increases in newsprint prices, of around 30% and due to take effect from next month. News International made… Continue reading Sun Back To Full Cover Price
