EMAP are among five bidders thought to be left in the race to take over Maclean Hunter European Publishing (publishers of BRAD) from Rogers Communications, which itself is taking over Canadian parent company, Maclean Hunter.It is claimed that up to 25 bids were made. Others remaining on the short list include Bertelsmann and Pearson.
Radio Times, which is to publish its largest single issue on November 29th (164 pages, the same size as the Xmas double issue of six years ago), could see a sales rise in 1995, according to publisher Rupert Miles, quoted in UKPG todaySales for the first six months of this year were at 1,441,280.
Qualities Among the dailies, the Times has yet again fared best in the latest round of ABC monthly circulation figures, although the effects of the price war seem to be slowing down. The Times’ circulation for October is 614,477, an increase of 38.2% year on year, but just slightly up on September, at 1.2%. The… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – October
The audience for the National Lottery peaked at 21,700,000 on Saturday night easily winning the ratings war for the BBC. Blind Date and Diana: Portrait Of Princess each won less than 8,000,000 viewers.Official figures follow after midday.The MediaTel “Guess the Lottery Audience” competition, which like the Lotter itself had an unexpectedly high number of entrants,… Continue reading Lottery Draws Over 21 Million
Speaking on The Money Programme last night, Michael Heseltine confirmed that the ban forbidding BT to offer video-on-demand and home shopping on an electronic superhighway would not end early.” I’ve made it absolutely clear we will not break the government’s word. There is effectively a commercial, contractural relationship upon which people have invested millions of… Continue reading BT TV Services Ban To Stay
Mediawatch and Independent Sports Publications have combined to produce a basketball title which will cover the UK and American seasons.Slam Dunk. – 0608 811266
On Saturday the Financial Times launched the first edition of its quarterly colour magazine, How To Spend It. The glossy tabloid supplement, not surprisingly, has an up-market feel; it is uncluttered and full of elegant photographs. To prevent the supplement’s fashion editorial from alienating male readers, there are articles on male fashion and opinions.Aiming to… Continue reading FT – How To Spend It First Issue Review
Denise Gardner has joined Zenith Media as Research Manager. She joins from Leo Burnett, and was previously at BBH.
Tony Steward, who was heading up the Newspaper Society’s Press-Ad presentation unit, has left the company suddenly. Steve Brown is to take on some of his database responsibilities.
EMAP ‘s interim results announced this morning show pre-tax profit up from £16.6m to £22.2m, with turnover at £234.2m.
