TSMS sales director Steve Platt is to join Carlton TV as sales director of the new Carlton/Central airtime sales organisation. Platt will report to Martin Bowley, managing director designate of the new organisation. The sales operation’s new structure is expected to be in place by April 15. 80 staff will be recruited in addition to… Continue reading Appointments
The board of Saatchi and Saatchi has decided that both chairman and chief executive, Maurice Saatchi and Charles Scott, are to stay in their jobs.In recent weeks there were open hostilities between the two men and it looked increasingly likely that one of them would have to leave.MEDIA RESEARCH SHOP MOVEThe Media Research Shop has… Continue reading Saatchi Chiefs To Stay
Weekend press reports that Peter Brooke intends to move the 9pm watershed to 10pm are groundless, the Department of National Heritage has told MediaTel this morning.The Heritage Secretary is to meet media regulators in the near future to discuss violence on television, but the moving of the 9pm watershed is not on the agenda.Currently the… Continue reading Watershed Likley To Remain
Auto Express ad manager Sue Prue has left to join Complete Car as key accounts manager, working alongside ad manager Jessica Trace.
The Design Council is to suspend publication of its monthly Design in May, following a restructure of the government-funded organisation. The Design Council is to scale down its commercial activities. Design may well be launched at the end of the year on a non-commercial basis.Construction Weekly from Morgan Grampian has been bought and closed by… Continue reading Magazine Closures
Capital Radio has increased its hold within the commercial radio sector with an agreed £32.6m takeover of Southern Radio. Capital has already received irrevocable undertakings covering 55.9% of the Southern shares.The deal is 115p in cash for each share of Southern. The Southern group was formed in 1991 by the merger of Invicta Sound and… Continue reading Capital Radio Expansion
IPC has today launched Marie Claire Health & Beauty as an off-shoot of the successful Marie Claire magazine. The new title will appear twice yearly in the Spring and the Autumn, with a cover price of £2.25 and a print run of 150,000.The first issue comprises 156 pages and covers health, beauty and fashion. It… Continue reading Marie Claire Health & Beauty
In a bid to improve Monday’s traditionally “dead” day for business news, the Financial Times is to revamp its Monday paper, making it more “female friendly”.The revamp is a continuation of the changes made in November to the second section. The first section’s beginning news pages will remain unchanged, then the new pages will begin… Continue reading Financial Times Revamp To Attract Women
The Government’s National Nutrition Task Force, a body set up to implement the Health of the Nation White Paper, has called for reviews in food advertising practices.The task force has rejected calls from campaigners to restrict or ban products from children’s programmes, asking only that the codes of practice from the ITC and Advertising Standards… Continue reading Review Of Food Ads Aimed At Children
Johnston Press, the Edinburgh-based local newspaper group, is to acquire the Halifax Courier group for £29.4m. Fred Johnston, chairman, said the acquisition was in line with the group’s strategy of extending its geographical coverage by acquiring titles which are local market leaders.Johnston Press also announced results for the 1993. Pre-tax profits were up by 28%… Continue reading Johnston Press Buys Courier Group
