The Newspaper Society’s annual free newspaper conference will be held at the Swallow Gosforth Park Hotel, Newcastle, 2-3 September 1993. There will be speakers from the Advertising Association, Leo Burnett, Zenith Media and Lowe Howard-Spink. Contact Lynne Gardiner at the Newspaper Society 071 636 7014 Harpers & Queen has been redesigned for its September issue… Continue reading Press Snippets
Tyne Tees Television has renewed its football sponsorship deal with North East Ford Dealers to cover the 1993-94 season. Midland brewers Everards are to sponsor Central Television’s live Sunday football coverage. South Wales Electricity are to be the first to sponsor educational programmes; they will sponsor the Welsh Learner of the Year, on Welsh channel… Continue reading Sponsorship Snippets
Business Unlimited are to publish a new title, Form, specifically for small businesses.The bi-monthly magazine will launch on 28th October. It will be a free publication, distributed through small business centres, entertainment centres and the Training Enterprise Council. The editorial content will be a mix of news and features on any subject relevant to small… Continue reading NEW SMALL BUSINESS TITLE
The Radio Authority has received 4 applications for the re-advertisedExeter/Torbay AM and FM licences;Bay City Radio 0647 722208Gemini Radio 0803 862271Wild West consortium 0237 472464Devonair (incumbent) 0392 430703All the applicants have applied for both the AM & FM licences.The Authority has re-advertised the following ILR licences;Belfast FM (96.7BCR)Bradford FM (Sunrise FM)Kettering (KCBC)
Willott Kingston Smith has published a survey on the make-up of the gross income of ad agencies, with particular reference to performance related revenue.The survey found that despite recent debate on the merits of agencies being remunerated on a performance-related basis, less than 0.7% of agencies’ gross income is currently calculated by this method.In a… Continue reading Agency Income Survey
The Evening Standard is likely to drop its ES magazine when its weekly tabloid supplement launches in October.The last issue of the magazine is expected to be September, although it is possible it will be continued until Christmas. It is expected that the ES magazine will merge with the new supplement.The owner of the Evening… Continue reading STANDARD TO DROP ES MAGAZINE
You and Your Wedding, the independently owned brides’ style magazine is to increase its frequency from three times a year to quarterly in a bid to improve its market share. As a result of the move to a quarterly, You & Your Wedding will apply for its first ABC audit. The company currently claims sales… Continue reading Weddings Mag To Increase Frequency
The latest release of Jan-Jun’93 ABCs are for EMAP Metro: Total %Ch on ’92 UK&Eire O/Seas Smash Hits 350173 4.9 330499 19674 Kerrang 45692 0.4 43285 2407 Q 172485 7.1 152667 19818 Big! 302358 15.8 299993 2365 Raw 27570 14.7 26363 1207 Select 83671 10.7 76924 6747 Empire 117697 19.9 108502 9195
BBC Homes and Antiques is to be redesigned in October. There will be more pages and perfect binding.
Yesterday Saatchi & Saatchi announced an increase of £7.4m to £9.1m in the pre-tax profits for the 6 months to the end of June.Revenue was up 11.5% to £404m although favourable currency movements had been responsible for virtually all of the 13.4% improvement in continuing operations.Revenue for the whole of 1993 was expected to be… Continue reading Saatchis And CIA Announce Profits
