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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

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.

The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) is to introduce the first generic advertising campaign for more than ten years to promote magazines, it has been revealed. Details of the campaign, which will run in Marketing, Campaign, Media Week and Marketing Week throughout the year, are to be announced later today at the ‘Magazines ’93’ conference.Chief executive… Continue reading PPA To Launch Generic Campaign

.. Observer Publications has relaunched Seahorse, an ocean yacht racing monthly…. Haymarket title, Litho Week, is believed to be changing its name to Print Week as of May 11, with increased pagination and better quality colour…. Plays & Players and Improving Your Home, once published by liquidised Pickwick Publishing, are re-emerging in the hands of… Continue reading Magazine Snippets..

A 2.4% stake in Newspaper Publishing has been sold to an unknown bidder, a share originally owned by Robert Maxwell. The remainder of his stake – 3.5% – is also due to be sold shortly.

The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) is to introduce the first generic advertising campaign for more than ten years to promote magazines, it has been revealed. Details of the campaign, which will run in Marketing, Campaign, Media Week and Marketing Week throughout the year, are to be announced later today at the ‘Magazines ’93’ conference.Chief executive… Continue reading PPA To Launch Generic Campaign

.. Observer Publications has relaunched Seahorse, an ocean yacht racing monthly…. Haymarket title, Litho Week, is believed to be changing its name to Print Week as of May 11, with increased pagination and better quality colour…. Plays & Players and Improving Your Home, once published by liquidised Pickwick Publishing, are re-emerging in the hands of… Continue reading Magazine Snippets..

Mirror Group Newspapers is to move out of its Holborn Circus headquarters after the owners rejected a bid by the newspaper group to buy it. Three alternatives are being considered including Canary Wharf and the Ark in Hammersmith.

A report entitled “The Value of The Business Press” was examined this morning by three speakers at the Periodical Publishers Association Conference – Magazines ’93 – indicating the crucial role played by business and professional magazines in all stages of the buying process. The report, put together by Clive Foskett of The Builder Group and… Continue reading Magazines ’93 – PPA Conference