The latest round of newspaper ABCs, for April, show the Independent and its sister title the Independent on Sunday both recording much healthier ABCs. The Independent was up 7.4% year on year to 291,369; this is its highest monthly figure for over a year, since February 1994. The same applies to the Independent on Sunday;… Continue reading Independent Fares Better In April
Compaq computers are to use the regional press for the first time with a £20,000 test campaign through The Word starting May 15.Fifty four members of The Word, including the Yorkshire Evening Press, the Glasgow Evening Times and the Irish News, will be running quarter page, mono direct response advertisements in their business pages promoting… Continue reading Compaq First For The Word
Rupert Murdoch has made a bid for Silvio Berlusconi’s publishing and television empire.He has offered slightly under £1.4bn for 51 per cent of Berlusconi’s three television stations and Publitalia, the advertising arm of his Fininvest group. Fedele Confalonieri, chairman of Fininvest and the manager most directly involved in the Murdoch bid, made it clear he… Continue reading Murdoch In Berlusconi Media Bid
Lord Blakenham, chairman of Pearson, has told the annual meeting that profits would be boosted by £25m of accumulated interest payments arising from its investment in BSkyB.However, the closure of the East India Dock printing facility has written off £29m. Lord Blakenham also warned that high paper prices would continue to have an impact on… Continue reading Pearson In BskyB Profits Boost
The latest Average Issue Readership estimates for the 6 months from October to March 1995 show that the controversy over Sky’s high readership figures seemed justified. The male interest title, which has had a readership second only to Readers Digest, of well over 2.5 million, had its prompt card changed by NRS in October to… Continue reading Sky Loses Over One Million Readers
Regional Publishers Adscene, have moved sales responsibility for all their titles to saleshouse Mediaforce. Adscene’s Kent and Lincolnshire Standard groups had been sold by Mediaforce for 9 years until the last year when Amra took over.Mediaforce will again have responsibility for Adscene’s Kent and Lincolnshire Standard groups; sales for Four Counties Newspapers, the Scunthorpe Star… Continue reading Amra Loses Adscene To Mediaforce
This Wednesday saw the advertising and programming launch of SelecTV, the new national entertainment cable channel which begins on 1st June, broadcasting from 5:00pm till midnight weekdays and from midday to midnight during the weekend.Alan McKeown, the chief executive of SelecTV, presented a preview of the programming schedule which includes Lovejoy, Birds Of A Feather… Continue reading SelecTV Programming Launch
May 10th saw the first issue of Muzik, a dance music magazine covering House, Techno, Jungle, Garage, Hip Hop, Ambient and Soul genres. The first issue features on DJs, venues, and DJ groupies. Among regular articles are: News, readers letters, club guides, charts, album and single reviews. It has a coverprice of £2.20 (but the… Continue reading Muzik – First Issue Review
Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, publicly rebuked the editor of the News of the World, Piers Morgan for the invasion of privacy and treatment of Countess Spencer.The reprimand came after the Press Complaints Commission found Mr Morgan guilty of a serious breach of its code of conduct. The newspaper had published an article and… Continue reading Tabloid Editor Reprimanded By Murdoch
TeleWest Communications, the cable television provider and telephony services floated last November have announced a jump in reported sales from £14.9m to £26.4m up 78%, for the three months to March 31.TeleWest share price rose 4p to 155p and capital expenditure stood at £62.7m (£38.1m) for the quarter. Pre-tax losses for the quarter grew to… Continue reading Telewest Sales Up
