BBC Journalists belonging to the National Union of Journalists yesterday voted by 79% in favour of strike action. This follows the support of staff in the BECTU union in favour of striking. A series of 24-hour lightning strikes is being planned in a dispute over pay and conditions. Sport, news and current affairs would be… Continue reading BBC Strikes More Likely
Attic Futura is planning to launch a magazine aimed at young women, to compete with Emap’s Just Seventeen and IPC’s 19. Details of the magazine are not yet available. Emap is also said to be looking at launching into the young women’s sector, to compete with IPC’s Me.MAGAZINE LATESTAccountancy Age Magazine is to close in… Continue reading Rival To Just 17 And 19
Flextech, Britain’s only quoted cable and satellite TV company, reported pre- tax losses of £6.6m in 1993. Flextech has recently taken a 20% stake in HTV. Roger Luard, managing director said, “The results are academic in the sense that our circumstances have been transformed.” Flextech has merged with United Artists European Holdings.
Acme Media has changed its name to Equinox Communications. The company will continue to plan and buy media, but will also offer clients a marketing service. Simon Mathews, chief executive of Equinox has appointed Dave Hughes, former head of planning at Y&R, as a director of the agency.JELFS LEAVES BBJColin Jelfs, a founding partner of… Continue reading Acme Becomes Equinox
Westminster Press has launched three weekly newspapers in northwest Yorkshire; The Craven Star, Ilkley Star and Wharfedale Star. Each title will have a pagination of 42, with the combined circulation being 45,000.NOTTINGHAM POST TO BE SOLD FOR £80MThe Nottingham Evening Post is to be sold for more than £80m, according to Media Week sources. The… Continue reading New Yorkshire Titles
John Smith, Labour leader has died this morning after suffering a major heart attack at his London flat. He was 55. Mr Smith was taken to hospital but resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at 9.15am.He suffered a major heart attack in 1988, but he appeared to have made a complete recovery.
Omnicom has acquired a 75% stake in Premier Magazines, the contract publisher of British Airway’s magazine, High-Life.
Any early lifting of the ban on BT carrying entertainment over its network was ruled out yesterday. Patrick McLoughlin, communications minister, told the Commons trade and industry committee that “Any premature review of that policy would have a devastating impact on the investment of the cable companies.” At present the ban on BT providing entertainment… Continue reading Ban On TV Via Phone To Stay
There are plans to launch a new business daily newspaper to rival the Financial Times, according to a report in today’s Independent.The plan is the idea of the city editor of the Mail on Sunday, Clive Wolman. At the moment he is approaching publishing groups to back the paper; those believed to have been approached… Continue reading Business Daily To Rival FT
MTV Europe is likely to become encrypted in the first quarter of next year. After a promotional period of around three months, MTV’s Astra feed will be encrypted in both of the common VideoCrypt variants and will be made available to subscribers through Sky’s Multi-channel package and the MultiChoice packages, although MTV claims no firm… Continue reading MTV Europe To Become Encrypted
