Aspen Communications has taken over Boardroom Magazine, the monthly hand- delivered magazine for homes and businesses in London, and is planning a relaunch.Timothy Benn Publishing, publishers of Nurseryman & Garden Centre, has acquired the copyright and goodwill of Garden Centre Manager from Tempus House of Publishers. The magazine will continue to be published as a… Continue reading Acquisitions
Overnight ratings for last night’s England v Holland game give ITV a 60% plus share of the adult audience for each quarter hour from 20.30 onwards, dipping below 60% only at 2100 (half- time and start of BBC News, and peaking at 67.4% at 21.45.Men ratings peak at 39 during the second half of the… Continue reading Soccer Overnights
Sports Digest, the magazine from Sports Digest Ltd which launched on 16 Sept has released sales figures of 31,000 for the first seven days after the title reached the news stands. Second issue print run increases from 82,000 to 85,000. Sports Digest has applied to ABC and the first official figure should be released in… Continue reading First Issue Sales Reports
The satellite hard-core pornography channel, Red Hot Television, which has resumed transmission in Britain, is being investigated by Scotland Yard’s obscene publications squad. It had been banned from operating in Britain in May but the Government is unable to prevent it being beamed here from Sweden. The squad are looking for evidence of the channel… Continue reading Red Hot Television Investigated
Faulds Advertising has appointed an associate director of The Media Centre, Andrew Cole-Bulgin, as deputy media director. This is a new post according to Faulds, but the role was previously filled by Stuart Bell – now media director at Bridge Alliance (Glasgow).Peter Sheldrake is taking up the post of group advertisement director of IPC Specialist… Continue reading Media Appointments
The Radio Authority has awarded the ILR licence for the West Midlands to Heart FM. This is the fourth of the five regional licences to be awarded this year and is likely to begin broadcasting next September.Heart FM, which is backed by the Crysalis Group, will provide a ‘soft adult-orientated music’ format. Heart FM beat… Continue reading Heart FM Wins West Midlands Licence
ISBA is holding a conference on “Redefining the Agency Relationship to Produce More Effective Advertising”. The conference is to be held on Thursday 11 November, 8.45am, at the Forum Hotel, 97 Cromwell Road, London.Opening the conference will be Keith Holloway of Grand Metropolitan. Other speakers include Chris Baker, Planning Director of Bainsfair Sharkey Trott, and… Continue reading ISBA Client/Agency Conference
The Evening Standard plans to launch a separate stand-alone classified ads supplement, to appear on Saturdays.At the moment details are being confirmed and no launch date is set, but the supplement will be a paid-for title (possible cover price is 60p).The title will be available in a greater area than the Evening Standard, beyond the… Continue reading ES Plans Classified Supplement
Independent Radio News is to launch an entertainment news service available to all IR stations. John Perkins, IRN’s managing director, explained that the service comprises pop news from around the world, together with famous dates and celebrity birthdays. The individual stations can pick out the items they want and either use them in their existing… Continue reading IRN Launches Entertainment News
September’s Retail Price Index, released this morning, shows that inflation has risen to 1.8%. This is a rise of 0.4% on August, and is the third monthly rise in a row.The actual Retail Price Index for September, taking 1985 as the base rate was 149.9.
