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National Newspaper Promotions Summary

National Newspaper Promotions Summary

The national newspaper’s autumn battle to win readers means that the price changes and the new supplements launching have dramatically changed the look of the nationals. There follows a summary of the major alterations:

QUALITIES
CHANGES DATE 1994
D.TELEGRPH- Considering newsections 20/9
& redesign
FT – 10 sponsored colour 4/9
magazine supplements
GUARDIAN – A5 pocket Guide for 12/10
London; A3 version
for rest of UK
INDEPENDT – Two section format 10/10
S.INDEPEN- Adding sports section 26/10
Business to broad-
sheet; more editorial
pages
OBSERVER – New culture mag; new 3/10
Life mag; separate
tabloid sports section
S.TELEGPH- New sports section 6/9
THE TIMES- Price cut to 30p week 9-Dec
Price cut to 40p Sat.
S.TIMES – New sports section 13/8
MID-MARKETS
D.EXPRESS- New London section 9/10
New Saturday Review
D.MAIL – New Saturday Review 16/10
S.EXPRESS- New Review section 19/9
Revamp second section
TODAY – Cut Price to 20p in 16/8
Liverpool
EV STD – New Weekly review 22/10
supplement to replace
ES mag
POPULAR
THE SUN – Price cut to 20p 12/7

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