The Monopolies and Mergers Commission has given its consent to Trinity International taking over Argus Newspapers, published in South London, Surrey and Berkshire, and the daily Huddersfield Examiner and other weekly newspapers owned by Joseph Woodhead in Yorkshire. This increases Trinity’s share of regional and local newspapers from 3.5% to 5.3%.COMPUTING GAINS ACCESS TO US… Continue reading Trinity Given Argus Go-Ahead
MTV Europe has signed a deal with Sony. Sony will be sponsoring each edition of MTV’s Big November Most Wanted show, broadcast Tuesdays to Fridays at 20.30 CET, and the Big November weekend programming.The package included a competition which ran throughout October, and a new advertisement created specifically for MTV.
Mintel is to release a report this week on the special interest magazine sector and the results look good for the future.The report covers 860 specialist titles covering 50 areas of interest, not including general activities such as television viewing or men/women magazines.The survey suggests that this sector of the industry seems to have been… Continue reading Good Prospects For Specialist Mags
Agony Line, the monthly women’s problem magazine which launched on 23 September is to suspend publication after only the first issue.The publisher, WW Publishing, has not ruled out the possibility of relaunch- ing the title. The decision has been blamed on poor sales; (initial figures indicate that sales were only 25,000); and the A5 size… Continue reading Early End For Agony Line
The Monopolies and Mergers Commission has given its consent to Trinity International taking over Argus Newspapers, published in South London, Surrey and Berkshire, and the daily Huddersfield Examiner and other weekly newspapers owned by Joseph Woodhead in Yorkshire. This increases Trinity’s share of regional and local newspapers from 3.5% to 5.3%.COMPUTING GAINS ACCESS TO US… Continue reading Trinity Given Argus Go-Ahead
Mintel is to release a report this week on the special interest magazine sector and the results look good for the future.The report covers 860 specialist titles covering 50 areas of interest, not including general activities such as television viewing or men/women magazines.The survey suggests that this sector of the industry seems to have been… Continue reading Good Prospects For Specialist Mags
Agony Line, the monthly women’s problem magazine which launched on 23 September is to suspend publication after only the first issue.The publisher, WW Publishing, has not ruled out the possibility of relaunch- ing the title. The decision has been blamed on poor sales; (initial figures indicate that sales were only 25,000); and the A5 size… Continue reading Early End For Agony Line
MTV Europe has signed a deal with Sony. Sony will be sponsoring each edition of MTV’s Big November Most Wanted show, broadcast Tuesdays to Fridays at 20.30 CET, and the Big November weekend programming.The package included a competition which ran throughout October, and a new advertisement created specifically for MTV.
AIRC has told the Office of Fair Trading’s enquiry into the Consumer Credit Act 1974 that the regulations introduced in 1990 have affected radio unfairly as compared to other media.Compulsory warnings have to be spoken at the end of all radio ads for credit, probably halving Independent Radio’s income from this kind of advertising in… Continue reading AIRC Says Credit Rules Should Change
Nielsen has today released results of its review of the leading grocery brands in Europe.The largest selling brand is Coca Cola, whose sales exceed the combined values of the number two and three brands; Ariel and Pampers.While some brands featured are strong in particular countries, most are truly pan-European. Research shows that any European shopping… Continue reading TOP EUROPEAN BRANDS
