Reed Elsevier yesterday announced the first set of results since their merger – there was a 24% increase in pre-tax profits.Currency movements favoured the first half figures, which rose from £227m to £281m before tax.Professional publishing showed a 30% profit rise to £60m, and the consumer division was up 23% to £54m with a good… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Success
Compagnie Generale des Eaux has linked with Singapore Telecom and Yorkshire Water to invest about £200m in a cable system for Yorkshire.Singapore Telecom and CGE will each take a 45% stake, with Yorkshire Water putting up the rest. The money will be invested in Yorkshire Cable, which holds six franchises in the county. The company… Continue reading New Yorkshire Cable System
The Audit Bureau of Circulations is to split its business press titles into 2 groups which will be assigned separate audit periods. The 2 groups will be service and industrial,with the service group covering building, architecture and retail titles and the industrial group covering engineering, electronic and computer titles.The industrial group will submit returns for… Continue reading ABC Business Audit Periods
Reed Elsevier yesterday announced the first set of results since their merger – there was a 24% increase in pre-tax profits.Currency movements favoured the first half figures, which rose from £227m to £281m before tax.Professional publishing showed a 30% profit rise to £60m, and the consumer division was up 23% to £54m with a good… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Success
As the new football season begins, both the Daily Express and Today are to launch major soccer-based promotions.The Daily Express will launch a Spot the Ball game tomorrow which will also run in the Sunday Express. It offers £50 prizes, and a daily draw with a £1000 jackpot. It will be supported by a £500,000… Continue reading Football Fever For Express And Today
The Rajar data just released for the second quarter of 1993 shows few major changes in the London market, but ILR’s lead over the BBC national and local stations is extended slightly. ILR Total BBC Total Quarter 1 ’93 52.8 43.7 Quarter 2 ’93 55.5 41.2 The ILR figure includes “other”, which in Quarter 2… Continue reading LONDON RADIO LISTENING UPDATE
Redwood Publishing has finally released details about BBC Top Gear, a new monthly motoring magazine launching on September 16. The title will be linked to the BBC series of the same name and will comprise a combination of news, features and information covering all aspects of motoring.While it will be targeted at a core readership… Continue reading TOP GEAR LAUNCH
The Family Channel, which launches on the BSkyB satellite service on September 1st, will provide a positive, uplifting service, with “Tune in to the affirmative” as one of its jingles.The aim will not be to mirror today’s violent society, but rather to set their own basic values of old-fashioned adventure and romance.Most programmes will be… Continue reading Family Values For Family Channel
The Daily Express is to launch a weekly Friday section in London on 13 August. The 28 page tabloid supplement is to be called New London, and will provide competition for the Evening Standard. New London will have an estimated circulation of 290,000; the June ABC figures for the Evening Standard were 461,732.New London will… Continue reading Express To Launch London Section
London news radio station LBC is to sponsor Premier League football club Wimbledon, in a deal worth £250,000.LBC, under its new ownership with Dame Shirley Porter as chairman, is also increasing its sports coverage; there will be live coverage of a mid-week London soccer match.
