TMP Communications is launching a new sports title in the spring, aiming at boys in the 11-16 age range. The full colour magazine, which will cost £1.95, will have a print run of 100,000 and aims to concentrate mainly on rugby, cricket and football. Chris Hunt has been named as the editor of the title.… Continue reading Mega Sports Title For TMP
The coastal edition of the Evening Leader has closed due to low sales, following attempts last year to boost the paper in the area. The Wrexham and Mold editions are showing signals of success with both gaining a recent increase in circulation.
It is not only angered Radio 4 long wave listeners who believe the BBC’s plans for a 24-hour news service is a bad move, according to “Airing the Future” a debate on the future of the BBC, broadcast on Radio 4 yesterday. Charles Wheeler, a broadcaster with the corporation for many years believes it is… Continue reading BBC News Service Gets Mixed Response
Future Publishing is set to launch a monthly caravan magazine entitled Caravan Plus, which is due for release in mid-Febuary.The A4, full-colour, glossy magazine will cover articles on touring caravans cars, motor homes and lifestyles, aiming for a younger age group than other caravan titles available on the market today.With a print run of 75,000,… Continue reading Future For Caravans
A spokesperson for UK Gold told MediaTel this morning that rumours of a relaunch for the vintage satellite channel are ‘completely untrue’, claiming that UK Gold chiefs are satisfied with recent viewing figures and are in no way questioning the channel’s future.A report in Sunday’s Independent implied that repeats of soaps such as Eastenders and… Continue reading UK Gold Attempting To Up Ratings?
The High Wycombe and Watford divisions of Westminster Press have been retitled the Free Press Group and will be made up of the Bucks Free Press Group, the Watford & St Albans Observers and the Hendon Times. The papers will share production and administration costs but intend to operate at their current bases.
Fines of £5,000 will be imposed on newspapers invading individual’s private lives in future, or so it seems according to Governmental response to the Calcutt report published yesterday. Ministers are also backing the QC’s recommendations that the Press Complaints Commission should be reviewed and pulled up for its ineffectiveness.National Heritage secretary, Peter Brooke says that… Continue reading PCC Ineffective Says Government
Following the announcement that Screensport and Eurosport are to merge it has now been revealed that the Lifestyle channel will be the first casualty to emerge from the partnership.At a press conference yesterday Rick Spinner, chief executive officer of European Television Networks announced that Lifestyle will cease transmission at the end of this month. Transponders… Continue reading Lifestyle To Cease At End Of January
Rank Organisation had a bad year at the box office according to pre-tax profit figures released yesterday. A fall of over £20m resulted in profits of £230.1m, substantially lower than expected by city analysts.Earnings per share for the year ending October 30 went down from 38.4p to 37.8p. Dividends remained stable at 31p. The city… Continue reading Rank Profits
Fines of £5,000 will be imposed on newspapers invading individual’s private lives in future, or so it seems according to Governmental response to the Calcutt report published yesterday. Ministers are also backing the QC’s recommendations that the Press Complaints Commission should be reviewed and pulled up for its ineffectiveness.National Heritage secretary, Peter Brooke says that… Continue reading PCC Ineffective Says Government
