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The Periodical Publishers Association’s annual magazines conference took place yesterday centering around five major pieces of magazine related research which has been conducted since last year.The studies consist of:1. The Value of The Business Press2. The Profitability Of Magazine Selling3. Magazine Cover Prices4. The Environmental Implications of Periodical Publishing5. Customer MagazinesFurther details of this research… Continue reading PPA Conference Centres Around Research

The Board of the Observer has given its backing to the Guardian and Manchester Evening News’s offer to buy the paper. Following a two-hour meeting at the Observer’s headquarters in Battersea directors confirmed the deal, which is believed to value the Sunday newspaper at around £27m. If everything goes according to plan the Guardian will… Continue reading Observer Sale Backed By Board

Marie Claire emerged as top glossy in the Periodical Publishers Association magazine awards held at Grosvenor House last night.The magazine won the top award for consumer magazines for the second time in three years. Runner up was Company magazine published by National Magazines.Specialist title of the year went to Today’s Golfer, editor of the year… Continue reading PPA Magazine Award Winners

Marie Claire emerged as top glossy in the Periodical Publishers Association magazine awards held at Grosvenor House last night.The magazine won the top award for consumer magazines for the second time in three years. Runner up was Company magazine published by National Magazines.Specialist title of the year went to Today’s Golfer, editor of the year… Continue reading PPA Magazine Award Winners

The Periodical Publishers Association’s annual magazines conference took place yesterday centering around five major pieces of magazine related research which has been conducted since last year.The studies consist of:1. The Value of The Business Press2. The Profitability Of Magazine Selling3. Magazine Cover Prices4. The Environmental Implications of Periodical Publishing5. Customer MagazinesFurther details of this research… Continue reading PPA Conference Centres Around Research

Speaking at the PPA Magazines ’93 conference yesterday Clive Foskett of the Builder Group suggested that British industry would be a great deal less informed and would be stripped of one of the most easily available and cost effective means of communication without the existence of business magazines.Commenting on recent research entitled ‘The Value Of… Continue reading The Value Of The Business Press

The Press Complaints Commission will be made up of non-press members and a complaints hot-line may be set up for readers if the newspaper industry takes on the self-regulation guidelines issued by the Press Standards Board of Finance (PRESSBOF) yesterday.The body, which finances the Press Complaints Commission, stated that it was easier for newspapers to… Continue reading Press Body Announces Privacy Plans

Latest trend data released by Irish research companies JNLR/MRBI shows that: Listenership to local radio stands at 50% compared to RTE Radio 1 at 44% and 2FM (Also RTE) at 27% On a regional basis, listenership to local radio in the Connaught/Ulster region has increased by 3 percentage points to 51% In Dublin, FM 104… Continue reading Irish Radio Listening

Publisher of the Financial Times, the Pearson Group, is interested in buying a stake in Hong Kong-based station, Star TV, having just taken over London company, Thames Television.

Figures on new installations of satellite TV dishes compiled by Continental Research will be released on a quarterly basis in future instead of the previous monthly issues. The research company has stated that “growth in the market is now quite small”, averaging at fewer than 50,000 sales and rentals a month.Continental Research: 071 490 5944