Campaign articles from December 2007

Campaign archives from December 2007

Agencies line up for pounds 10m ING Direct.(advertising contract)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... ING Direct is talking to agencies about a review of its pounds 10 million advertising account. The online savings bank, which is part of the Dutch-owned ING Group, has approached several undisclosed shops with a view to holding a pitch in...

Huntington to head strategy at Saatchis.
December 7, 2007... Saatchi & Saatchi has hired Richard Huntington, the former United planning director, as its director of strategy. He will take responsibility for the agency's planning department, including staff from the agency's off-shoots such as...

CHI nets first media buying accounts.(formation of CHI and Partners Media)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... CHI & Partners is launching a media venture called CHI & Partners Media. Tiger Beer has already signed up, with its pounds 3 million media planning and buying business. The agency is also in talks with its Carphone Warehouse client and...

Nationwide reviews pounds 20m media business.(Nationwide Building Society)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Nationwide, the building society, has kicked off a review of its pounds 20 million media planning and buying account. The business is currently held by Mediaedge:cia, which has handled the account for the past 12 years. The review will...

London 2012 calls pitch.(London Organising Committee's advertising contract)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Competing agencies will be asked to create a worldwide communications plan. The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games has kicked off a communications pitch ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. The pitch is being handled by...

Bryant quits AMV to launch start-up.(George Bryant of Abbott Mead Vickers/BBDO Ltd.)(Jason Fretwell)(Jackie Stevenson of Craik Jones Watson Mitchell Voelkel)
December 7, 2007... George Bryant, the managing partner at Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, Jason Fretwell, an AMV senior creative, and Jackie Stevenson, the managing director at Craik Jones Watson Mitchell Voelkel, are launching a start-up. The venture has yet to...

DLKW lands Merlin theme park briefs.(Delaney Lund Knox Warren and Partners' contract with Chessington World of Adventures and Thorpe Park )(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners has scooped the pounds 2 million advertising account for Thorpe Park and Chessington World of Adventures. The agency won the business without a pitch. It will create campaigns to relaunch both theme...

JWT picks up Blue Dragon ad account.(JWT London)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... JWT has landed the advertising account for Blue Dragon, the oriental foods brand. The business, which had been at Mortimer Whittaker O'Sullivan since 2004, was awarded without a pitch. Blue Dragon has been a big spender on advertising...

Group M awarded pounds 15m pan-European Ubisoft media.(Ubisoft Entertainment )(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Ubisoft Entertainment, the French video games company, has handed its pounds 15 million pan-European media account to WPP's Group M. WPP's fourth-string network Maxus is expected to handle the business in markets where it has offices. The...

Parties at odds over political posters.(ban on poster campaigns for political parties)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Labour and the Tories have clashed over whether poster campaigns by political parties should be banned in the run-up to general elections. The threat to posters has emerged as a result of the scandal over Labour's secret pounds 600,000...

Thomson Local in DM agency search.(direct marketing )(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Thomson Local is on the hunt for an agency to handle the direct marketing account for its Thomson Directories brand. The company has approached a number of below-the-line shops with a view to holding a pitch for the business. Thomson...

Channel 4 creates surreal brand idents for E4.(Channel Four Television Company Ltd.)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Channel 4 has created a new on-air identity for its digital channel E4, introducing a series of surreal idents to replace its current animations. The brand refresh, commissioned through E4 marketing and conceived and directed by Noah...

Warner Music approaches agencies.(Warner Music UK Ltd's advertising contract)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Warner Music is talking to media agencies about its pounds 4 million media planning and buying account. The company, which has artists on its roster including James Blunt, Muse and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, has kicked off a review across...

Shops to battle for SodaStream brief.(Sodastream Ltd.)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... SodaStream, the carbonated fizzy drinks brand famous for its 'get busy with the fizzy' campaign, has kicked off a review ahead of an advertising push next year. Soda Club, the parent company, has approached at least three shops with a...

Pearman named managing director of AMV BBDO.
December 7, 2007... Ian Pearman, the joint managing partner at Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, has been promoted to the position of managing director. In his new role, he will take over the day-to-day operational running of the business - currently overseen by Farah...

Glenfiddich searches for shop to handle pounds 2m DM brief.(William Grant and Sons Distillers Ltd.)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Glenfiddich, the whisky brand owned by William Grant & Sons, has kicked off a search for an agency to handle its pounds 2 million direct marketing business. The whisky brand has shortlisted three undisclosed agencies to pitch for the...

DDB hires Denney and Henderson.(DDB London)(Dave Henderson )(Richard Denney)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... DDB London has poached Dave Henderson and Richard Denney, the senior creatives behind the Carlsberg 'the best pub team in the world' ad, from Saatchi & Saatchi. Henderson and Denney, a copywriter and art director respectively, will join...

RPM3/Beechwood agencies to merge.(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... RPM3, the agency known for its controversial 'Bottle of Britain' campaign that advertised Spitfire beer, is to merge with Beechwood, creating a new operation with claimed billings of pounds 60 million. The merger is a result of two years...

The Week: Advertising news - Second ad curb bill tabled.(restrictions on junk food advertising)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... A second private members' bill has been tabled in the House of Commons calling for a pre-9pm watershed on junk-food advertising. The Promotion of Food to Children Bill, which was introduced by the Labour MP Nigel Griffiths, is also...

The Week: Advertising news - Adland will beat downturn.(forecast regarding advertising expenses)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... The advertising market is likely to be insulated from the prospect of an economic downturn, according to a forecast from ZenithOptimedia. The media network predicted that global ad expenditure would rise by 6.7 per cent in 2008, up from 5.3...

The Week: Advertising news - New 'celeb' ad guidelines.(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... The Committee of Advertising Practice and the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice have drawn up a new set of guidelines over the use of celebrities to endorse products. The two watchdogs said firm evidence was needed to back up any...

The Week: Media news - Facebook bows to protests.(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Facebook has changed the way it runs its Beacon ad system following complaints from more than 50,000 users over the issue of releasing information on their internet activities without permission. The system, which was introduced last month,...

The Week: Media news - Grolsch signs pounds 3m C4 deal.(Grolsch International B.V's contract with Channel Four Television Company Ltd.)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Grolsch, the Dutch beer brand, has signed a pounds 3 million, 12-month deal to sponsor all original British comedy programming on Channel 4. The deal includes 17 series on the main channel and 12 on E4, including Peep Show, Friday Night...

The Week: Media news - Switchover info is 'lacking'.(digitization)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Britain's most vulnerable TV viewers are not getting the information they need in order to make the switch from analogue to digital, according to a report from the Ofcom Consumer Panel. The report highlighted 'urgent, practical issues'...

The Week: Media news - IPC to launch NME Radio.(IPC Media Ltd's partnership with DX Media )(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... IPC is to launch NME Radio in mid-2008 in partnership with DX Media, the business run by Sammy Jacob, the founder of Xfm. The new station will broadcast 24 hours a day, and will play alternative music, as well as focusing on creating...

The Week: Media news - Kantar restructures media.(Kantar Group)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Kantar Group, the information, insight and consultancy division of WPP, has restructured its media business as Kantar Media Research to bring together its audience measurement assets and expertise into a single unit. Andy Brown will lead...

The Week: Media news - Chelsea unveils Bluetube.(Chelsea Football Club's website)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Chelsea Football Club have launched Bluetube, an online video service that will allow fans to upload their views on games, players and any upcoming club events. The service, which has been developed in partnership with Level 3, will be hosted...

The Week: Media news - Setanta signs three million.(Setanta Sports )(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Setanta Sports has signed up one million premium subscribers, just four months after it began broadcasting live football from the Barclays Premier League. The company has signed up more than three million customers in total, including two...

The Week: Media news - BBC announces Radio Pop.(British Broadcasting Corp's plans to launch a social networking site )(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... The BBC has announced plans to launch a social networking site for its ten national radio stations, which will allow users to access stations online, log their favourite programmes and share their listening preferences with friends in their...

The Week: Agencies on alert as Sky kicks off pounds 20m digital pitch.(Sky Television PLC )(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Sky has kicked off the official pitch for its pounds 20 million digital media planning and buying account, as exclusively revealed in Campaign (2 November). The broadcaster split with its incumbent, i-level, last week following months of...

The Week: Best of the blogs.
December 7, 2007... Carling comes up trumps It won't change the world, but the new Carling space ad is better than Cadbury's 'gorilla', Orange's 'rainbow', Sony's 'Play-Doh' and Guinness' 'domino' combined. Carling ads used to be good pieces of work for a...

The Week: City news - Virgin Radio sale on hold.(Halifax Bank of Scotland)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... SMG has arranged a new five-year pounds 90 million loan from Halifax/Bank of Scotland that will enable it to postpone the sale of Virgin Radio. The refinancing coincides with a rights issue that is expected to raise pounds 95 million for...

The Week: City news - Creston delays expansion.(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Creston, the owner of Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners and Tullo Marshall Warren, has called a temporary halt to its US expansion plans because of adverse market conditions. Steve Blamer, the former worldwide chief executive of FCB, who...

The Week: City news - Tycoon buys into Facebook.
December 7, 2007... Facebook has sold a 0.4 per cent stake in the business for dollars 60 million (pounds 29 million) to Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong billionaire behind the mobile network 3. The deal values the website at the same dollars 15 billion as the 1.6 per...

The Week: People news - Stenner lands IPC role.(IPC SouthBank Publishing Co. appointed Alicen Stenner)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... IPC Southbank has appointed Alicen Stenner, the group digital marketing director and publisher of Hearst Digital's Handbag.com, to the role of digital development director. She will join in February, reporting to the managing director, Jackie...

The Week: People news - Yahoo! swoops to sign Fahy.(Yahoo! Europe Ltd. appointed Kristof Fahy)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Kristof Fahy, the brand marketing director at BlackBerry Europe, has joined Yahoo! Europe as its vice-president of marketing. Fahy will manage the company's brand development, customer insight and communications strategies across the...

The Week: People news - Five's Hunt returns to BBC.(British Broadcasting Corp. appointed Jay Hunt)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... The BBC has appointed Jay Hunt, five's director of programmes, as the controller of BBC One, succeeding Peter Fincham. Five hired Hunt in May from the BBC, where she was the controller of daytime and early peak television for BBC One and BBC...

The Week: People news - Scaife moves to EHS Brann.(Neil Scaife)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Neil Scaife, the managing director of The Financial Services Forum and the former head of marketing at Post Office Financial Services, is to join EHS Brann as a board planning director. Andrew Porter, previously the chief executive of the...

The Week: Advertising Reviews - WCRS handed GSK brief.(GlaxoSmithKline PLC's contract with WCRS Group PLC)
December 7, 2007... GlaxoSmithKline has hired WCRS to handle the pounds 30 million pan-European advertising account for Alli, its US over-the-counter weight-loss drug. The company has made an application to get the drug approved for over-the-counter sale in Europe...

The Week: Media Reviews - MPG scoops Isklar media.(advertising contract with Hooper Galton)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Isklar, the Norwegian premium water brand, has picked Media Planning Group to handle its pounds 2 million media planning and buying account. Last week, the company hired Hooper Galton to work on its advertising account

The Week: Media Reviews - Feather Brooksbank in win.(California. Travel and Tourism Commission's contract with Feather Brooksbank)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... The California Travel & Tourism Commission has hired Feather Brooksbank to handle its pounds 2.4 million media business after a pitch against three London agencies. The agency has signed an initial one-year contract, but the commission is...

The Week: Media Reviews - MediaVest nets Regatta.(advertising contract)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... MediaVest Manchester has won the pounds 2 million media planning and buying account for the clothing company Regatta after a pitch against three undisclosed agencies. The incumbent was Feather Brooksbank. Separately, MVi, the agency's...

The Week: DM Reviews - First Choice picks WDMP.(direct marketing)(First Choice Group)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... First Choice has appointed WDMP to its direct marketing account after a pitch against an undisclosed agency. WDMP, which will now work on a campaign to increase bookings in the run-up to Christmas and the New Year, already worked for Thomson,...

The Week: DM Reviews - AOL kicks off DM pitch.(AOL Time Warner Inc.)(direct marketing)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Time Warner's AOL has called a review of its direct marketing account. The account involves marketing for the portal side of the business, which was separated from the UK and European ISP and broadband business after Time Warner sold it to...

The Week: Digital Reviews - HBOS appoints Profero.(advertising contract)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Profero has won the search and digital media planning and buying account for HBOS group's international divisions after a pitch against the incumbents Isobar and the search agency Spannerworks. The account includes marketing for the banking...

The Week: McCann retains spot on pounds 26m Premier Foods roster.(McCann-Erickson Manchester)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... McCann Erickson has been picked as the final agency to join Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy on Premier Foods' pounds 26 million advertising roster. The agency triumphed against WCRS in the final stage of the five-month review. MCBD was...

The Week: i-Q - The Internet Question - Is there too much violence in advertising?
December 7, 2007... Generally speaking, there's not a lot of violence in UK advertising. The storm over the Shoot 'Em Up posters is bit of a knee-jerk reaction to the terrible spate of murders of young people that we've experienced this year. I seem to...

The World: Los Angeles - Deutsch picks up dollars 150m PlayStation business.(Deutsch Advertising)(Sony Corp.)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Deutsch has won the pitch for Sony PlayStation's dollars 150 million US account. The Interpublic-owned shop takes over from TBWA\Chiat\Day, which had held the business for more than a decade. Deutsch will handle creative and media,...

The World: San Francisco - Virgin America ends contract with Anomaly.(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Virgin America, the low-cost airline that began services in August, has ended its three-year relationship with Anomaly. The airline said it was undecided about what its approach to agency relationships would be after its contract with...

The World: Paris - Sky News signs deals with French IPTV platforms.(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC. Sky News)(Neuf Cegetel)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Sky News has increased its presence in Europe by signing new deals with a number of internet protocol TV platforms in France. IPTV provides TV through a broadband connection rather than through an aerial or cable. Sky News launched last...

The World: Mumbai - Ashish Bhasin named Lowe Worldwide executive VP.(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Ashish Bhasin, one of Lintas India's longest-serving senior managers, has been promoted to the newly created role of Lowe Worldwide executive vice-president as well as the Asia regional director for integrated marketing. Bhasin will...

The World: Shanghai - P&G tops bids at China's TV network auction.(Procter and Gamble Co.)(CCTV)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Procter & Gamble topped the bidders at this year's auction for CCTV, China's national TV network, where the upcoming Beijing Olympics helped push figures to a record high. The auction reported an 18 per cent increase over 2006, netting...

The World: New York - DDB hires Ortiz to run Latin American operation.(DDB Worldwide)(Juan Carlos Ortiz)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Juan Carlos Ortiz, the former co-president of Leo Burnett North America, is joining Omnicom's DDB to head its Latin American operations. Ortiz, who will report to Chuck Brymer, DDB's worldwide chief executive, will oversee about 1,700...

The World: Boston - WPP creates shop to handle dollars 4.5 billion Dell brief.(WPP Group PLC)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP has scooped Dell's global marketing account and will set up a new agency to handle the business, which is expected to bill dollars 4.5 billion over the next three years. The new operation will have more than 1,000...

The World: Mumbai - MediaCom vies with Starcom for P&G account.(MediaCom Holdings Ltd.)(Starcom MediaVest Group)(Procter and Gamble Co.)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Procter & Gamble has invited its roster agencies Starcom and MediaCom to pitch for its media business in India, in a move expected to result in consolidation of the business. The world's biggest advertiser currently splits its Indian media...

The World: Singapore - Burnett, Saatchis withdraw from SingTel pitch.(Leo Burnett Company Inc.)(Saatchi and Saatchi)(Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Two major agencies have pulled out of the dollars 20 million creative pitch for SingTel, the Singapore-based telecom provider, amid allegations of unreasonable demands by the client. Leo Burnett and Saatchi & Saatchi withdrew over what was...

The World: Wellington - Ogilvy beats three in New Zealand Rugby contest.(Ogilvy Group)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... The New Zealand Rugby Union has picked Ogilvy to handle its advertising and media after a four-way pitch. Saatchi & Saatchi, the incumbent on the business, was defending it against agencies including TBWA\Whybin, which produced the...

The Work: New Campaigns - UK.(advertising)
December 7, 2007... SELFRIDGES - DISCOVER CHRISTMAS CREDITS Project: Discover Christmas Client: Sally Scott, marketing director, Selfridges Brief: Position Selfridges as a magical wonderland of Christmas delights Creative agency: Beattie McGuinness Bungay...

Pitch Update.(advertising contracts)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... There's a collective sigh of relief emanating from Fallon's Beak Street offices; the agency has retained the number-one slot on Campaign's final new-business league table for the close of 2007 Phew! The agency fought off stiff competition...

New-Business Rankings: 7 December 2007.(Company rankings)
December 7, 2007... Rank Rank Agency/ Total Total Net Wins this last Last three wins billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

Hotline: Goodstuff appointed for 'Back Boris' campaign.(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Goodstuff has been appointed to handle communications planning for the 'Back Boris' campaign ahead of the London Mayoral election. The agency will work on developing ideas for Boris Johnson, the official Conservative Party candidate. Perfect...

Hotline: Regulations covering alcohol advertising.(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... The rule-making Committee of Advertising Practice has been advised by the working party looking at possible code revisions not to merge the regulations covering alcohol advertising. At present there are different sets of rules covering TV...

Hotline: Craik Jones Watson appoint head of digital planning.(Craik Jones Watson Mitchell Voelkel )(Richard Calvert)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Craik Jones Watson Mitchell Voelkel has poached Richard Calvert, a group strategy director at Tullo Marshall Warren, to take the new role of head of digital planning. Calvert will report to the planning director, Caroline Parkes

Hotline: Omnicom Media appoints chief executive.
December 7, 2007... Omnicom Media Group has appointed Ian Clarke as the chief executive for Central and Eastern Europe. He replaces Barry Cupples, who has moved to an equivalent role in Asia. Clarke previously ran OMD's international Vodafone business. He will be...

Hotline: The ASA bans breast enhancement ad.(Advertising Standards Authority )(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a breast enhancement ad after complaints it suggested the operation was 'easy'. The campaign, which ran on London Underground escalator panels, featured a 'before and after' sequence. The Harley...

Hotline: Marriott Hotels and Resorts hires Amp.(Marriott Hotels and Resorts)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Marriott Hotels and Resorts has hired Amp to develop a dollars 10 million global brand campaign that will launch next year. The campaign will run across TV, press, outdoor and online from January

Hotline: BT Vision set to trial free films.(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... BT's television service, BT Vision, is set to trial an offer of free films for viewers willing to watch relevant advertising within them. The three-month trial will apply to three films from Freemantle - Mischief Night, Played and The Punk Rock...

Hotline: Association of Online Publishers named new director.
December 7, 2007... Ruth Brownlee has been named as the new director of the Association of Online Publishers, replacing Alex White. Brownlee has worked in digital media for 13 years, most recently as a consultant. She has also worked at Handbag.com, Yahoo! and...

Hotline: Beat: Life on the Street recommissioned.(ITV Network Ltd. ITV1)(Brief article)
December 7, 2007... Beat: Life on the Street, the ITV1 show funded by COI to raise awareness of Neighbourhood Policing Teams, has been recommissioned for a second series. ITV is working with COI to develop online webchats and other interactive content around the...

Close-Up: Another year of adland grind, but do real people remember your work?
December 7, 2007... Campaign took to the streets in an utterly unscientific bid to discover whether this year's pounds 19 billion ad booty has been money well spent. According to the most recent Bellwether Report, released in October, UK marketing spend is...

Close-Up: Live Issue - Does the BACC need to be improved?(Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre appointed Chris Mundy)
December 7, 2007... Will rebranding as Clearcast make the BACC better at its clearance role, Matthew Warren asks. The BACC will come back to work in the New Year with a new name and a new man in charge. It will be rebranded as Clearcast and headed up by a new...

Close-Up: 24 hours with ... Richard Alflord, M&C Saatchi.(M and C Saatchi London)
December 7, 2007... Name: Richard Alflord Job: Joint managing director, M&C Saatchi Professional mission: It's easier to work hard when you're happy Personal mantra: He who smelt it, dealt it 8.30am Consider getting up, decide not to. 9.05am Itching...

Media Perspective: Rivals beginning to reap the rewards of MindShare's vision.(MindShare UK's tenth anniversary celebrations )
December 7, 2007... Last week, the WPP network MindShare continued its tenth anniversary celebrations with a bash at London's Hippodrome club. Its global chief executive, Dominic Proctor, led the festivities as staff enjoyed an apparently riotous night,...

Media Forum: Can brands/musicians gel?
December 7, 2007... Are brand/music partnerships the next big deal? Alasdair Reid reports. It has taken the digital world less than a decade to suck the goodness out of the record industry - and how feebly a once vibrant, swaggering and almost omnipotent...

Media: Chatter.
December 7, 2007... 'This is a glorious time to think and act creatively. In art history terms, we're at the dawn of the Renaissance after the Dark Ages.' - Maurice Levy, the chairman and chief executive of Publicis Groupe, on the potential of web advertising ...

Media Headliner: Blackden ticks all the right boxes for Omnicom.(Omnicom UK PLC appointed Damian Blackden)
December 7, 2007... OMG is confident it has found the right man to smooth the transition between old and new media models. The Universal McCann media network hasn't had the easiest of times over the past few years. However, on the upside, it has been notable...

Media Lifeline: Future plc.(Future Publishing)
December 7, 2007... No longer compromised by financial uncertainty, the magazine publisher can look forward to a rosy future. June 2006: Under Greg Ingham, Future has grown to become the UK's third-largest consumer publisher, despite flirting with bankruptcy...

Media Perspective: We should be about changing behaviour, not just attitudes.(Viewpoint essay)
December 7, 2007... This is the smartest thing I've read all year: 'I think if you set out to build a great business, you'll stand a fair chance of building a great brand. I am not equally confident that someone aspiring to build a great brand will build a great...

Media: All about ... The launch of Kangaroo.(British Broadcasting Corp., Channel Four Television Company Ltd., ITV PLC's new service)
December 7, 2007... Will Kangaroo confound its critics and prove a success, Alasdair Reid asks. Recently, one of the national newspapers was in gloriously mischievous mood when it illustrated its story on the launch of Kangaroo with a picture of Rowan...

Media: Things we like.
December 7, 2007... SETANTA SPORTS Its advertising may be excruciating (we're not massive fans of 'Setanta Claus'), but congratulations to the broadcaster for reaching the one million premium subscriber mark just four months after launching its Premier League...

Media: Double Standards - 'Having declined of late, radio's on the rise again'.(Global Radio S.A's Don Thomson)(UTV Radio's Scott Taunton)(Interview)
December 7, 2007... Two industry heads describe the challenges facing commercial speech radio and reveal their hopes for one of the earliest exponents of user-generated content. DON THOMSON - CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, GLOBAL RADIO - What is the profile of...

The World: More to MDC than just Crispin Porter & Bogusky?(MDC Partners Inc's acquisition plans)
December 7, 2007... The holding company says it's in good shape despite claims the 'talent gets a little thin' after the Miami shop. One key to the success of MDC Partners, the Toronto-based holding company with a portfolio of 36 or so advertising, design and...

The World: Insider's View - Turkey.(advertising sector)
December 7, 2007... A number of factors driving change and growth in Turkey make what is an increasingly Westernised nation fertile ground for investment, David Blois writes. Turkey is a market with great investment prospects. Unlike the marketing...

Editorial: Ad industry has to grab the initiative next year.(Editorial)
December 7, 2007... It didn't come gift-wrapped, but it was still a welcome Christmas present that the Public Health Minister, Dawn Primarolo, delivered to the ad industry last week. In a letter to Baroness Peta Buscombe, the Advertising Association's chief...