Campaign articles from February 2005

Campaign archives from February 2005

AMV and MediaCom head the Top 300.
February 25, 2005... JWT fails to overtake AMV, while MediaCom's 17 per cent billings growth keeps it comfortably ahead of its media rivals. Despite a lacklustre 2004, marred by account losses such as WH Smith and Halfords, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has...

Mark Palmer exits in OMD restructure.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... OMD UK has put in place a wide-ranging restructure and its executive strategy director, Mark Palmer, has left. Palmer, 43, joined OMD in 1997 from WCRS. He is planning to explore business ventures after his sudden exit on Monday. Toby...

Bisto dumps BBH and calls creative review.(Bartle Bogle Hegarty Ltd)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Bisto, the Centura Foods-owned gravy brand, has parted company with Bartle Bogle Hegarty after two years, citing creative and strategic differences. The move comes as part of a wider roster review by Centura's parent company, RHM Foods....

COI kicks off pounds 36m DM roster overhaul.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... COI Communications is set to overhaul its pounds 36.4 million direct marketing roster. The review covers all aspects of COI's direct marketing services, from creative agencies to call centres. Of the 80 companies on the roster, around...

Campbell Doyle Dye beats three to land AQA business.(Any Questions Answered)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Campbell Doyle Dye has been appointed to handle the advertising for the recently launched consumer text service AQA, following a four-way pitch. AQA, which stands for Any Questions Answered, was launched last year via PR activity. An...

Ad executives lose fraud case.
February 25, 2005... Two former Ogilvy executives face prison over fabricating hours and overbilling the US government. Shona Seifert and Thomas Early, two former executives of Ogilvy & Mather New York, have been found guilty of planning a scheme to defraud...

Orlov quits Express over free title delay.(Mike Orlov leaves Express Newspapers)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Mike Orlov, the ad director leading Express Newspapers' launch of a free evening newspaper for London, is leaving the company after 18 months. His departure is understood to be over the failure of management to provide a launch date for...

Omnicom reveals 12.2 per cent profit surge.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Omnicom declared itself upbeat about the future this week on the back of fourth- quarter figures that saw profits rise by 12.2 per cent. The world's largest communications group cited wins such as Subaru and Capital One, along with...

Telewest seeks agency for internet brief.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Telewest is looking for an agency to handle online communications that will boost take-up of its voice and data services among businesses. The brief, which is with the AAR, is for a communications strategy to convey the benefits of...

TBWA eyes pounds 140m Persil task.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Restructured Unilever signals marketing offensive in a move that also pitches Lowe against JWT. Omnicom's TBWA network has been approached to pitch against WPP's JWT and Interpublic's Lowe for the global Persil account, which is worth...

BAE Systems picks MPG for global task.(Media Planning Group UK)
February 25, 2005... BAE Systems has appointed Media Planning Group to handle its global media planning and buying. The agency won the business after a pitch run through the AAR. Its appointment follows the selection of Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R to...

OFT ruling worries magazine industry.(Office of Fair Trading )(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... The magazine industry's existing distribution system is under threat after the Office of Fair Trading ruled this week that it is anti-competitive. The current arrangement, which sees wholesalers including WH Smith and John Menzies...

Manpower seeks agency for global strategy.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Manpower, the global employment services group, is searching for a network to develop a global, through-the-line advertising strategy. The company's head office in Milwaukee has sent a brief directly to ad agency offices around the world....

Aegis wins KR Media appeal.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Aegis Media has won an appeal in the French courts that allows it to press on with action against KR Media for alleged breach of contract. KR Media, launched last year by the former Aegis Media executives Bruno Kemoun and Eryck Rebbouh,...

Elstein acquires Hallmark Channel.(David Elstein)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... David Elstein, the former chief executive of five, has led a successful bid for the Hallmark Channel's non-US TV operations for an estimated pounds 127 million. Elstein gained backing from the venture capital groups 3i and Providence...

Conde Nast unveils Easy Living launch date and ads.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Conde Nast's new monthly glossy, Easy Living, is launching on 3 March with a cover price of pounds 1.90, backed by a pounds 6 million marketing spend. The launch campaign, created by WCRS, draws on the fact the title covers eight subject...

Nabs reveals artist talent programme.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Nabs is launching a fundraising initiative to uncover and promote the talent of amateur artists within Britain's communications industry. The programme will include an exhibition of the best work, a series of art courses at Central St...

DLKW lands AA roadside.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners appointed to pounds 18 million creative brief. Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners has scooped the pounds 18 million creative account for the AA's roadside assistance service. The agency beat...

Tourism Australia calls pounds 25m review.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Tourism Australia is reviewing and consolidating its pounds 25 million creative and media accounts in a bid to cut costs and create a unified global brand campaign. The review threatens the organisation's relationships with Grey London...

Starcom picks up Blacks Leisure task.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Starcom UK has won the media planning and buying account for the outdoor leisure specialist Blacks Leisure Group. The account, which has been dormant for some time, is worth up to pounds 2 million. PHD Compass most recently held the...

VCCP secures Coca-Cola's Minute Maid.(Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Coca-Cola has extended its relationship with Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest by awarding the agency its pounds 5 million Minute Maid account. VCCP will create a multi-media campaign, encompassing TV, print and point of sale, to help...

Mortimer Whittaker O'Sullivan wins Tiscali.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Mortimer Whittaker O'Sullivan has partially plugged the gap left by the departure of its AOL business by winning the UK creative assignment for one of the internet service provider's major rivals, Tiscali. The appointment, after a...

Media Forum: Do bulks benefit advertisers?
February 25, 2005... Are complimentary copies a legitimate marketing tactic, Alasdair Reid wonders. Bulks are back. They've been out of fashion for a while, but just take a look at the latest figures for The Daily Telegraph - because it was The Telegraph...

Media: COI Communications shortlists agencies.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... COI Communications has shortlisted five agencies to pitch for its pounds 20 million radio media planning and buying account. The incumbent, OMD UK, will repitch against Carat, MindShare, Starcom and ZenithOptimedia.

Media: Miranda Donaldson promoted at the Daily Mail.(Daily Mail and General Trust's head of agency sales)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Miranda Donaldson has been promoted to head of agency sales at the Daily Mail. She replaces Marc Lockley, who is leaving the paper, from 28 February.

Media: New black lifestyle magazine Noir will launch in UK.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Noir, Brownstone Publishing's new black lifestyle magazine, will launch in the UK on 25 February with a cover price of pounds 2.80. The magazine is targeted at the UK's black communities. It will initially be bi-monthly, moving to monthly in...

Media: Sony BMG whittles down nine-strong longlist.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Sony BMG has whittled down the nine-strong longlist for its pounds 30 million media account to Vizeum, Starcom UK, Manning Gottlieb OMD and Guerrilla Media.

Media: Hello! changes its on-sale date to Friday.
February 25, 2005... Hello!, the fortnightly celebrity title, is changing its on-sale date from Tuesday to Friday.

Media: The Brooklands Group launches three new magazines.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... The Brooklands Group is launching three new magazines to back the Channel 4 programmes You Are What You Eat, Property Ladder and Location, Location, Location.

Media: Video Networks makes first move towards advertising.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Video Networks, the company behind the video-on-demand service HomeChoice, has made its first move towards providing advertising in its channels with the launch of intros before its on-demand programmes. The intros could be used for ads,...

Media: Broadcasters resist demands of Richard Desmond.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Broadcasters including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are resisting Richard Desmond's demands that they pay to have listings of their digital channels appear in Express Newspapers products. Multichannel broadcasters were told that they would have...

Media: Capital Disney launches Most Requested Chart.(children music chart)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Capital Disney, the children's radio station, is launching the Most Requested Chart, the first music chart to be voted for by children. The Sunday Times supplement The Funday Times is supporting the programme launch.

Media: Men's weekly title Nuts launches its own beer.(Marston's partnership)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Nuts, IPC Media's men's weekly title, is launching its own beer and has tied up with Marston's Brewery, the UK's largest independent brewer, to develop a limited-edition brew.

Media: News Corporation brings in consulting company.(McKinsey and Company Inc.'s contract)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has brought in the consultancy McKinsey to advise on a new global internet strategy. The consulting company has been asked to find ways of improving links between News Corporation's television and newspaper...

Media: The Guardian publishes guide to Formula One season.(sports magazine)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... The Guardian is publishing a 68-page guide to the Formula One season. The supplement will run on Monday 28 February and will be backed by a national TV campaign through DDB London. MTV Networks is launching MTV Base across Africa. It...

Media: Chatter.(opinions of advertising executives)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... 'This is not a branding exercise. I never in my life thought about Prada as a brand.' - Miuccia Prada, the creative head of Prada, seems to think the words 'brand' and 'advertising' beneath her, after hiring Ridley Scott to shoot a 'movie'...

Media Headliner: Editing the customer's guide to the Sky galaxy.(Simon Geller, Matthew Cowen)(Interview)
February 25, 2005... Simon Geller, the editor of Sky the magazine, tells Matthew Cowen about running the UK's biggest-circulating title. Writers on assignment for Campaign are important people, and Headliner is an agenda-setting column for our age, so you...

Media: Lifeline - The Economist.(history and forecast of periodical circulation)
February 25, 2005... Launched as a mouthpiece for Victorian dissidents, it now sells more than one million copies 1843: Launched as a vehicle for campaigning against the Corn Laws, The Economist (incorporating in its early days the Banker's Gazette and...

Media: What's more useful, a nifty strapline or real media talent?(human resource management of advertising agencies)
February 25, 2005... The other night at a dinner, I saw the chap from 'Expect more' chatting to the man from 'Fueling brand power' (note the corrupt American spelling) who had just been sharing a joke with the bloke from 'People first better results'. He had just...

Media: Outdoor audience measurement.(advetising strategy of Postar)
February 25, 2005... The Postar spat over outdoor data could run and run, Alasdair Reid says. As media industry spats go, last week's misunderstandings surrounding Postar - specifically its ability to deliver on recent upgrade promises - constitute a...

Media: Double Standards - Our cross-track is better than your Cromwell Rd.(Tom Goddard of Viacom Inc. and Jeremy Male of JCDecaux)(Interview)
February 25, 2005... Wild nights out in Amsterdam, snowmobiling in Lapland and mixed Jacuzzis in Palm Springs; who would have thought that outdoor was so much fun? TOM GODDARD, chief executive, Viacom Outdoor - What are the implications of the Transport...

Media: A Grazer's Guide to TV.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... COMIC RELIEF DOES FAME ACADEMY - BBC1/26 February/6.15pm. The countdown to Red Nose Day begins with celebrities beginning their training for a performance to generate money for Comic Relief. FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY - ITV1/26 February/9.15pm....

The World: Santiago - Initiative wins dollars 20m Hyundai media business.(Hyundai Electronics America's advertising contract)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Initiative has won the South American Hyundai media planning and buying account in a competitive pitch involving nine agencies, including Group M, Starcom and OMD. The account, valued at dollars 20 million, will see Initiative working...

The World: New York - Berlin - Cameron/Red Cell wins WSJ business.(Wall Street Journal's advertising contract)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... The Wall Street Journal has hired Berlin Cameron/Red Cell to create a campaign in support of the launch of its new Weekend Edition, which is scheduled to start publishing in September. The additional publication, which will be dedicated...

The World: New York - Schwab's dollars 100m media account goes to review.(Charles Schwab & Company Inc.'s advertising contract)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Three media agencies are vying for the dollars 100 million Charles Schwab business. The San Francisco-based broker has shortlisted Media Planning Group, PHD and the independent shop RPA to pitch. PHD is the incumbent on Schwab's...

The World: Dublin - Sky and Viacom launch Irish services after complaints.(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC. Sky Sports )(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Sky Sports 1 and 2 and Viacom's MTV and Nickelodeon channels are launching dedicated Irish services. The moves were delayed by months of complaints by the companies regarding charges for access to Nielsen ratings. The ratings, which cost...

The World: Luxembourg - Gallup: Metro International's readership up.(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Metro International's readership has risen by 19 per cent since last year, with a total of 15.2 million readers now picking up the paper. According to a global readership survey by TNS Gallup, the largest regions for growth were in the...

The World: Sunnyvale - HP marketing head Johnson moves to Apple.(Allison Johnson of Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Allison Johnson, the senior vice-president of corporate marketing at HP, has joined Apple in a move that was negotiated before the departure of the HP chief executive, Carly Fiorina. Johnson, who was behind the 'everything is possible'...

The World: Barcelona - MPG picks up Mitsubishi media account.(Havas Media Planning Group USA's advertising contract)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Havas' Media Planning Group has strengthened its automotive portfolio in Spain, winning the media planning and buying account for Mitsubishi. MPG already runs the Peugeot and Citroen media accounts in Spain. The Mitsubishi business,...

The World: Milan - Direct Line insurance appoints Armando Testa.(advertising contracts)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Armando Testa has won the Italian communications account for the car insurance company Direct Line. The Milan-based agency pitched for the business against the incumbent, JWT, Red Cell, Selection and Clemmow Hornby Inge, which holds the...

The World: Singapore - Air Force and Navy accounts go into review.(advertising contracts)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Two Singaporean armed forces advertising accounts have been put up for review. Both the Singapore Navy and Singapore Air Force businesses will be decided by public tender. Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore has held the Navy account for the...

The World: Melbourne - DDB Melbourne announces new creative head.(Michael Faudet)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... DDB Melbourne has appointed Michael Faudet (pictured) to the joint position of executive director and creative director. The role will see Faudet manage the agency's creative output, while also working closely with the DDB Melbourne...

The World: Havas battles on as Breton buccaneer hovers.(Vincent Bollore, investor relations and economic aspects)
February 25, 2005... The chairman, Alain de Pouzilhac, is bullish, but what about the corporate raider lurking in the wings? The Havas headquarters looks serene. A giant, angular structure in red brick and glass, it rides above the Seine like a liner. When...

The World: Insider's view - Kazakhstan.(advetising industry overview)
February 25, 2005... The country now boasts a 10 per cent GDP growth rate and a population that is 99.5 per cent literate, heralding an interesting future for advertising. Fifteen years ago, commercial advertising barely existed in Kazakhstan. Cliched...

Close-Up: Live Issue - New breed of predator eyes independents.(acquisitions in marketing industry)
February 25, 2005... The stock market has welcomed the resurgence of acquisition activity in the marketing sector. Bob Willott investigates. This month's announcement that Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners is selling up to the publicly listed Creston group...

Close-Up: Live Issue - Do agencies undervalue creativity?(opinions of advertising executives)
February 25, 2005... Andrew Cracknell argues agencies should aim to supply ideas, not to be clients' business partners. As an example of the medium being the message, I'd like to start with a chart. Along the bottom, it marks decades from 1965 to 2005;...

Close-Up: Live Issue - 24 Hours with ... Polly Cochrane.(personal narrative of activities in a day)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Name: Polly Cochrane Job: Director of marketing, Channel 4 Professional mission: Get Channel 4 talked about Personal mantra: It's only telly 8.00am Somehow over the past hour, Tom and I have managed to wash and get dressed, taking...

Editorial: Wright's Lowe strategy is good - but just the start.(Tony Wright of Lowe Worldwide's plans for business growth)(Editorial)
February 25, 2005... Tony Wright's plans to create a selected number of 'centres of excellence' for Lowe Worldwide, unveiled last week, is one of the first sensible strategies to emerge as the company inches towards a more stable footing. In truth, Lowe has...

Editorial: CDD's creative philosophy does it credit.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
February 25, 2005... Fallon's likely triumph on the Bacardi pitch is naturally a blow to the runner-up, Campbell Doyle Dye; the agency has been a close second in some prestigious pitches. But CDD insists that its original philosophy of producing good work rather...

Opinion: Perspective - It's cost pressures that create an air of suspicion.(Shona Seifert and Thomas Early of Ogilvy & Mather's case)(Column)
February 25, 2005... One of the few big agencies that will not be sent into a tailspin by the ruling against Shona Seifert and Thomas Early will be their former employer, Ogilvy & Mather. Seifert and Early were this week found guilty of over-charging one of...

Opinion: On the Campaign Couch ... with JB.(Jammy sod)(Column)
February 25, 2005... Q: I'm an account manager enjoying an illicit affair with one of the marketing team on our flagship client. They've just announced a review - any advice on etiquette in what is proving to be a tricky situation? A: Your use of language is...

Diary: On the QT ..(Advertising Association and Institute of Practitioners in Advertising's conference )(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Andrew Brown, the Advertising Association's director-general, has had his briefcase nicked and with it a briefing paper he was about to present to the IPA. Very embarrassing for one of the figures making the industry's case in the obesity...

Diary: Cyprus Tourism cashes in on agency desperation.(Cyprus Tourism Organisation)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Welcome to the Diary's one-off award to the client setting new standards in chutzpah. Step forward, please, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation, a body that appears to have more front than Brighton. Tourism accounts generally cause agency...

Diary: Saatchis shows its safe side in TV documentary.(Saatchi and Saatchi's customer relations)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Oh God, we thought, when we saw Saatchi & Saatchi was about to star in a BBC documentary. Not another St Luke's... But our cringes were saved. Inside Saatchi & Saatchi, a film detailing the agency's launch of a Brazilian hooch, made...

Diary: MG OMD offers visitors a glimpse into its 'future'.(Manning Gottlieb OMD's new technology show)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... If you really want to feel the white heat of the technological revolution against your skin, forget the Science Museum. Instead, take a trip to Manning Gottlieb OMD's 'Living room of the future'. MG OMD has built the Living Room to show...

Diary: Water-cooler monitor.(advertising campaign)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
February 25, 2005... What topics have the industry been discussing this week? That Garry Lace has pulled a rabbit out of the hat 47mins 12 secs with his hiring of Chris Hunton as Lowe's managing director. Hunton is rare in the world of advertising;...

Diary: Pick of the week - Bartle Bogle Hegarty/Levi's.(advertising campaign)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... James Hamilton has been seduced by Bartle Bogle Hegarty's latest commercial for Levi's: 'I'll admit, when I first heard BBH was going to 'do a Luhrmann' for its next Levi's ad, I was more than a little cynical. Maybe it's because spring is...

Diary: Turkey of the week - Bates Singapore/Nokia.(Bates Singapore's advertising campaign)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Francesca Newland thinks Bates Singapore's spot for Nokia is rubbish: 'So Nokia finally gets its flip-top phone to market. It's an important launch and has been backed with a huge media spend, but what do we get but a meaningless TV ad in...

The Campaign Essay: Are media owners the new planners?(advertising executives)
February 25, 2005... The separation of media planning and buying departments has left a hole that is being filled by a new type of planner - the media owner, the Walker Media chief Phil Georgiadis argues. Never one to pass up an op-portunity for a soundbite,...

ABC Intro: Innovate to survive.(magazines circulation)
February 25, 2005... Established titles are adapting in a bid to stand their ground as a flurry of launches swamps the market. A year of launch and counter-launch has kept the publishers on their toes. They have done well, innovating existing titles to be in...

ABC Intro: Women's Lifestyle.(magazines circulation data)
February 25, 2005... Competition has been fierce in the women's lifestyle market this year and, with resizing, re-pricing and revamping galore, the sector has seen the fruits of all the publishers' labours in this past six-month period. The sector is up by...

ABC Intro: Women's Weeklies.(magazines circulation data)
February 25, 2005... Emap's Closer has continued its rise up the ranks in the celebrity weekly market and its latest massive circulation increase, of 31 per cent, has tipped it over the 500,000 mark. The title now shows signs of slowing, however, and at 5 per...

ABC Intro: Men's Lifestyle.(magazines circulation data)
February 25, 2005... The success of the men's weeklies, IPC Media's Nuts and Emap Consumer Media's Zoo, led to a 24.8 per cent surge in sales in the men's life-style sector. After the first full year of sales, Nuts is the market leader but Zoo is hard on its...

ABC Intro: Film and Music.(special interest magazines circulation data)
February 25, 2005... Strong sales of CDs and the enthusiasm of the MP3 generation led to a 4.8 per cent period-on-period growth in rock music title sales. Total music sales also grew year on year as the market leader, Q, added to its circulation following a...

ABC Intro: Computing.(magazines market research)
February 25, 2005... Sales of console titles were generally robust, owing to the Christmas run-in and the launch of blockbuster games such as Halo 2 on Xbox. PlayStation titles saw a slight year-on-year increase of 1.7 per cent across the board and Xbox...

ABC Intro: Customer Magazines.(circualtion data and market research)
February 25, 2005... The positions of the three leading customer titles - from Sky, Asda and Boots - remained unchanged in the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures, but there was plenty of activity elsewhere in the sector to suggest an industry in good...

ABC Intro: Home and Garden.(circulation data of magazines titles)
February 25, 2005... There were mixed fortunes for home interest titles as the market stabilised as a whole, but certain key titles fared better than others. IPC's Ideal Home remained at the top of the sector with a circulation of 260,439. However, its...

ABC Intro: The Top 100 Magazines.(Illustration)
February 25, 2005... No change in pole position as Sky maintains its lead status, customer magazines dominate the top ten, and Maxim overtakes Loaded for the first time, surviving the threat from men's weeklies. TOP 100 MAGAZINES BY CIRCULATION Rank Rank...

ABC Intro: Teen Magazines.(market research)
February 25, 2005... Emap's Bliss was the teen sector's success story of the past year. It is now snapping at the heels of Hachette Filipacchi's market-leading Sugar, with a circulation increase of 18 per cent year on year. This followed serious investment from...

ABC Intro: TV Listings Titles.(IPC Media's price management of What's on TV and H Bauer's TV Choice)
February 25, 2005... The price war among the budget TV listings titles, led by IPC Media's What's on TV and H Bauer's TV Choice, has dominated recent media headlines. However, the January price cuts came too late to arrest a 2004 decline of 2.2 per cent in a...

ABC Intro: Motoring Magazines.(Dennis Publishing, eMap Automotive, Haymarket and Top Gear Magazine)
February 25, 2005... As well as achieving a healthy 14 per cent growth rate on the same period last year, the big news in the motoring sector has been the impact of the launch of Test Drive from the Dennis Publishing stable. The title, backed by a pounds 2...

The Work: New Campaigns - UK.(Transport for London)
February 25, 2005... ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR - TWIX - TWO FOR YOU CREDITS Project: Two for you Client: Natasha Gladman, European brand leader, Twix, Masterfoods Brief: Address the fact that Twix is too good to share Creative agency: Grey London Writers:...

The Work: Private View.(adverising campaigns of Oxfam, British Heart Foundation, French Connection, Royal Marines and Capital One)
February 25, 2005... CREATIVE - Kate Stanners, executive creative director, Saatchi & Saatchi Alistair McGowan is playing himself impersonating you (that is, me) to demonstrate how well he knows me (that is, you) and therefore how easy it is for you (that...

Movers: Appointment at Mirror Group Newspapers.(Dominic Carter as director of advertising)(Brief Article)
February 25, 2005... Dominic Carter has been promoted to the role of director of advertising at Mirror Group Newspapers. Carter, previously the deputy director of advertising, replaces Clare Dove, who is leaving MGN after 14 months in the job. Reporting to...