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woman&home, IPC Southbank’s monthly glossy for 40-plus women, has appointed David Dowding as its new creative director and Gaby Huddart as its new deputy editor.Dowding is currently art director of modern homes magazine Livingetc. He has also worked at Cosmopolitan as art director and was on the launch team for Maxim in Russia.Huddart joins woman&home… Continue reading New Creative Director And Deputy Editor For woman&home

Associated Newspapers is apparently close to finalising a deal which will see it increase the circulation of its national morning freesheet Metro by about 250,000 copies.The deal would increase the London edition’s circulation by about 200,000 copies and that of other areas by about 45,000, according to a report on MediaGuardian.co.uk.An increase in circulation, which… Continue reading Metro Could Increase Circulation

Last night saw the return of Kirstie and Phil to Channel 4 with Location, Location, Location. The show did wonderfully, picking up a peak audience of 4.5 million viewers (a 23.6% viewing share) in its 8pm slot.This week, our dishy duo were in Glasgow, where property prices have risen an amazing 42% in the past… Continue reading Triumphant Return For Kirstie And Phil

Simon Marquis, chairman of the National Readership Survey, has been confirmed as the final panellist for MediaTel Group’s forthcoming ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar.Marquis joins Jo Blake, head of press at BLM; Ian Clark, general manager of thelondonpaper; Stuart Taylor, commercial director of Guardian News & Media, and Ray Snoddy, media journalist, as well as… Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Final Panellist Confirmed For Newspaper Seminar

Emap’s Magic 105.4 has announced an exclusive year long partnership with English National Ballet.The partnership starts this week with a campaign promoting English National Ballet’s performances of Swan Lake at the Palace of Versailles in July.A series of 30-second trails will promote the show and are intended to drive traffic to magic.co.uk, where listeners will… Continue reading Magic 105.4 Partners With English National Ballet

A new report commissioned by the Audit Bureau of Circulations will challenge newspapers and magazines to implement major changes to the way they report audience figures.Douglas McArthur, former chief executive of the Radio Advertising Bureau, has apparently been working on the consultancy project and revealed his findings this week at meetings with the Periodical Publishers… Continue reading ABC Could Make Major Changes To Reporting Structure

Channel 4 is to restructure its executive team, including the appointment of its first dedicated director of new media and technology, with a view to expanding its activities on new digital platforms.The holder of the new role will report directly to the chief executive, Andy Duncan, alongside the channel’s executive directors including group finance director,… Continue reading Restructure For Channel 4 Digital Team

The BBC’s on-demand broadband TV service, iPlayer, is launching on 27 July, it was announced today by Ashley Highfield, the BBC’s director of future media & technology.Once viewers have accessed BBC iPlayer at bbc.co.uk/iPlayer and have downloaded a programme, they will have up to 30 days in which to watch it. Once watched, the programme… Continue reading BBC iPlayer To Launch In July

Tiscali has announced a deal with BSkyB that will add the full set of Sky’s basic channels – including Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Three, Sky Arts, Sky Travel, Sky News and Sky Sports News – to its channel line up.Today’s deal will see the channels become available to Tiscali TV customers over the summer.… Continue reading Tiscali TV In Sky Channel Deal

The second instalment of ITV1’s business-themed reality show Tycoon fared no better than the first, with a peak of just 1.8 million adults (a 9.3% viewing share) tuning into the hour long programme last night.The show, hosted by ex-Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones, was beaten by both terrestrial BBC channels as well as Channel 4… Continue reading Another Bad Night For Tycoon