Media Moment 2004 - David Newell
14 Dec 2004 | by MediaWeek
David Newell, director of regional press industry body, The Newspaper Society, realised 2004 was going to be a good year when an email from the Advertising Association arrived in June.
Mediaweek.co.uk is looking out for the turkeys and crackers in medialand in the run up to Christmas. But what will Sheelagh Doyle, our senior reporter, make of the Standard Lite?
David Newell, director of regional press industry body, The Newspaper Society, realised 2004 was going to be a good year when an email from the Advertising Association arrived in June.
Disney’s new entertainment channel ABC1 has announced it will dispense with traditional end breaks between programmes in a bid to retain viewers and increase stand-out for advertisers.
Used car magazine Auto Trader has sent its key industry contacts early Christmas presents of free mobile phones and £10 phone cards as part of a direct mail campaign to promote its section for new cars.
Associated Newspapers’ Standard Lite hit the streets today amid growing concern within media agencies that an increased audience obtained from the free title will be used to hike up ad rates.
IPC tx – the TV listings publishing division of IPC Media – has appointed Capital Radio’s former network sales manager, Marc Beeney, as its advertising director.
The latest Ofcom update on digital take-up, published today, showed that an increasing number of new sales of set top boxes are now going to homes that have already switched to digital.
LONDON – Google has signed deals with seven major libraries, including Oxford University and Harvard University, and plans to put their collections on to the web.
Mediaweek.co.uk is looking out for the turkeys and crackers in medialand in the run up to Christmas. Chief reporter Ian Quinn was home early last night to catch the launch of LivingTV2.
LONDON – BBC Four is asking if there was ever anything good on British television in 'TV on Trial', which debates the worth of presumed classics, including 'I, Claudius', and 'Brideshead Revisited', and asks were they really as good as we remember?