Despite claiming that EMAP’s offer of 181p a share does not reflect the company’s “improving performance” (see results, Newsline yesterday), Trans World Communications has recommended EMAP’s £71m bid.Last week The Guardian Media Group, which owns 20% of TWC, failed in a High Court bid to prevent EMAP’s takeover, claiming it broke rulings restricting the number… Continue reading Trans World Gives In To Emap Offer
All figures relate to the percentage reach of that particular programme to all reader of that particular newspaper (e.g Coronation Street reached 29.8% of Daily Mail readers during June).The data was calculated by Media Audits using BARB data from June 1994 where the panel registered newspaper readership. Sun Mirror Star Sport Today Mail Express Coronation… Continue reading Television Viewing By Newspaper Readers
National Magazines’ House Beautiful, which cut its cover price to £1 for the August issue “to boost a weak summer market”, has announced a more permanent price cut from £1.40 to £1.30. Its most direct competitor, Homes & Ideas costs £1.20 monthly.House Beautiful announced a new ABC of 320,396 recently, 6.7% down on July-Dec but… Continue reading House Beautiful Cuts Price
Director of programming, David Elstein, and deputy MD, David Chance, are being tipped as the leading contenders to fill the slot vacated at Sky News by Kelvin Mackenzie last week. An outsider for the role is Bruce Gyngell, former TV-am boss, and now working for Kerry Packer’s Channel 9.
The Newcastle Chronicle & Journal is launching The Journal Business Magazine on September 5th (circ 30,000, distributed with the City edition of the paper). York & County Press has launched Admart, a shopper-style free newspaper (circ 62,000 to homes and businesses in York and Wetherby.
National Heritage Sectretary Stephen Dorrell announced yesterday that Sir George Russell has been reappointed as chairman of the ITC for a further two years from 1 January 1995.
UPN’S daily title, The Sheffield Star will relaunch as a tabloid on September 14th. The paper has seen sales drop by about 30,000 in the last five years to 105,446 (July-December 1993). A change in “editorial culture” will see news and features being combined. UPN is said to be planning other relaunches, but not as… Continue reading Sheffield Star To Go Tabloid
Saatchi & Saatchi has today released pre-tax profits of £15.3m for the 6 months to June 30, an increase of 68% on last year’s profit of £9.1m. Operating profit rose from £18.9m to £21.7m.
Latest ITC statistics show a 22% increase between July 1994 and April 1994 for the total number of telephone lines installed by cable operators. The ITC can provide a full list of cable franchises now offering a telephone service. (071 306 7743). Franchises Residential Business Total Lines Providing Lines Lines Installed Telephony Jul-93 32 167,457… Continue reading Cable Telephone Figures Show Steady Increase
