Campaign articles from February 2006

Campaign archives from February 2006

Johnson & Johnson reviews Euro media.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Johnson & Johnson is kicking off a market-by-market review of its media planning and buying arrangements across Europe. The process is expected to include the pounds 36 million UK business, held by Initiative. Initiative won the...

JWT names Burns as CEO.(Alison Burns)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Former Fallon NY chief Alison Burns moves to UK to stabilise JWT London. JWT has filled the chief executive role left vacant by the departure of Simon Bolton last December, hiring Alison Burns, a former president of Fallon New York. ...

Mark Cranmer poised for Kantar role at WPP.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Mark Cranmer, the former Starcom MediaVest EMEA chief executive, is in talks with WPP about a senior role at its Kantar Group research arm. Cranmer is in advanced negotiations with Kantar about taking on a new strategic role, working...

TBWA promotes Shepherd-Smith to CEO.(TBWA Advertising Inc.)(Matt Shepherd-Smith)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Paul Bainsfair, the European president of TBWA, has promoted Matt Shepherd-Smith, the TBWA\London managing director, to chief executive of the agency. Neil Dawson, the agency's executive planning director, has been made the agency's...

Jackson moves to AmEx role at O&M.(Paul Jackson)(American Express Co.)(Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Paul Jackson is being moved from his role as the chief executive of Ogilvy & Mather, to become the managing director of client services on the network's international American Express business. Gary Leih, the Ogilvy Group UK chairman, will...

Burnett wins pounds 3.5m Ladbrokes account.(Leo Burnett Company Inc.)(Ladbroke Group PLC)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Leo Burnett has been handed the pounds 3.5 million above-the-line account for the high-street bookmaker Ladbrokes without a pitch. The business last came up for review in 2004, when the account was handed to Bartle Bogle Hegarty. However,...

BSkyB reappoints Sharpen Troughton Owens Response to DM roster.(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Sharpen Troughton Owens Response - formerly Red Cell Response - has landed a place on BSkyB's pounds 25 million direct marketing roster a year after it was eliminated from it. The agency has started work on a number of briefs aimed at...

ITV to replace Sampson with two directors.(convergence between media and research)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... ITV has confirmed Justin Sampson, its director of customer relationship marketing, is leaving. Two new positions have been created in the wake of his departure. ITV has appointed Patrick Ugeux, a former manager at the strategy consultancy...

Telegraph Group in competition launch.(Telegraph Create)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... The Telegraph Group is launching a competition that will award the best marketing idea across its properties. Telegraph Create, the Telegraph Group's recently launched development team, will give away a pounds 150,000 marketing campaign in...

D&A seeks agency to handle CRM brief.(Dollond & Aitchison Ltd.)( customer relationship marketing)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Dollond & Aitchison, the high-street optician, is looking for a direct marketing agency to handle its customer relationship marketing. The company's DM account is currently held by Target Marketing. However, D&A is said to be reassessing...

Macdonald named McCann MD.(Chris Macdonald)(McCann-Erickson Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Chris Macdonald promoted from client services director in a bid to strengthen senior management. McCann Erickson has promoted Chris Macdonald, its client services director, to managing director. The move is designed to strengthen...

M&C Saatchi set to launch luxury arm.(M&C Lux)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... M&C Saatchi is to launch a luxury arm this spring in a bid to attract new clients. Industry sources say the new division, which has been given the working title M&C Lux, will be a media-neutral offering, comprising traditional advertising,...

Everest Poker hunts for Euro ad agency.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Everest Poker, a Canadian-owned online gaming company, is looking for an ad agency as it prepares to launch across Europe. The company has approached a number of UK agencies about developing a multimedia advertising strategy that will be...

Marquis to leave ZenithOptimedia.(Simon Marquis)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Simon Marquis, the chairman of ZenithOptimedia, is stepping down after eight years with the company. Marquis has been the part-time, non-executive chairman of the agency for the past year, having previously held the roles of managing...

AMV Motorola spot set for Superbowl.(Abbott Mead Vickers)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO's latest ad for Motorola's SLVR flat phone will break during the American Superbowl. Ad breaks during the climax of the National Football League's eight-month American football season command some of the world's largest...

CHI scoops Branston brief from DLKW.(Clemmow Hornby Inge)(Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Premier Foods has moved its pounds 6 million Branston product range out of Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners into another of its roster shops, Clemmow Hornby Inge, without a pitch. The business, which includes Branston Pickle and Branston...

Us and M&C Saatchi land Chariot task.(M&C Saatchi London)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Us, a pair of freelance creatives, have been handed full creative duties on the launch of Chariot, a new weekly lottery game, while M&C Saatchi will support them with account handling and brand strategy. The Us team, consisting of the...

Associated's You to run as standalone.(Associated Newspapers Holdings PLC)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... You, The Mail on Sunday's women's supplement, is to appear on newsstands as a standalone weekly title in an attempt to attract new readers to the newspaper. Associated Newspapers will be selling You on newsstands every Tuesday from 7...

Mother joins Emap roster with pounds 3.5m Zoo assignment.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Mother has secured a place on the Emap roster, winning the pounds 3.5 million account for its men's weekly title Zoo. Its initial brief is understood to be to move the brand slightly more upmarket. Beattie McGuinness Bungay resigned...

WPP drops out of European Orange contest.(WPP Group PLC)(France Telecom S.A.)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... WPP has withdrawn from Orange's pounds 200 million pan-European advertising review after failing to resolve a number of client conflict issues. WPP's pitch team comprised the UK, France and Spain offices of the United network (formerly Red...

Lateral wins digital Cadillac BLS brief.(Cadillac Motor Car Div.)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Cadillac and Corvette Europe has appointed Lateral to handle digital marketing for the launch of the Cadillac BLS. The decision marks the first time the car manufacturer has hired a UK-based agency since its parent, General Motors,...

Ansell awards CHJM condoms accounts.(Ansell Healthcare Inc.)(Claydon Heeley Jones Mason)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Claydon Heeley Jones Mason has won Ansell Healthcare's combined pounds 7 million integrated accounts for Mates Condoms in the UK and Manix, its equivalent in France. The agency secured the business after a year-long, two-stage pitch...

Media Forum: Has interactive TV grown up?
February 3, 2006... What do Zip TV's troubles mean to the emerging market, Alasdair Reid asks. You could argue that Zip TV was the product of a particularly exotic time and place in advertising history - a transitory period in digital television where...

Media: Chatter.
February 3, 2006... 'You could call Big Brother pornography - or the violence that appears on screen. But to call me a pornographer is like calling the head of Glaxo a drug dealer.' - Richard Desmond, the owner of the Fantasy Channel, defends his reputation ...

Media: Times Newspapers appoints Anthony Swede.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Times Newspapers has appointed Anthony Swede, the content director at Bartle Bogle Hegarty, as its head of solutions. Swede, who will report to Times Newspapers' development director, Clare Myerscough, will lead a team responsible for creative...

Media: GCap Media unveils details of Xfm Manchester launch.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... GCap Media has unveiled details of its Xfm Manchester launch. The FM station goes live on 15 March and will feature a line-up including the stand-up comedian and Big Breakfast presenter Paul Tonkinson as its breakfast-show presenter. Other...

Media: Hachette Filipacchi's Real Homes to relaunch this week.(Hachette Filipacchi Magazines Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Hachette Filipacchi's Real Homes title is to relaunch this week. The March issue of Real Homes marks its move to a larger format and an increase in pagination from 164 to 196 pages. The magazine will also have a new logo and masthead and...

Media: The British Museum awards account to Total Media.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... The British Museum has awarded its pounds 1 million media planning and buying account to Total Media. The contract will run for three years.

Media: Viacom Brand Solutions launches package for advertisers.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Viacom Brand Solutions is launching a package for advertisers attempting to reach pre-school-age children. Called 'Noggin', the two-hour block of programming from Nick Jr will run on the family music channel TMF seven days a week between 7am...

Media: ITV re-signs chatshow presenter Jeremy Kyle.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... ITV has re-signed the chatshow presenter Jeremy Kyle for a further two years. The Jeremy Kyle Show, which launched in daytime last July, pulls in up to 1.8 million viewers.

Media: IPC Media increases coverprice of TV Times.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... IPC Media is increasing the coverprice of TV Times by 5p to 90p, as the TV listings magazine unveils a new look. Changes to the weekly magazine include a new design, additional listings for digital television channels and extra soap coverage.

Media: Digital Media Sales wins Bonanza Bonanza contract.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Digital Media Sales has won the contract to handle ad sales for Bonanza Bonanza, a digital channel showing classic US television programmes. The channel is owned by Optimistic Media, which also operates the QuizNation, SportNation and Life TV...

Media: News Magazines appoints Carat.(Carat International)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... News Magazines has appointed Carat to handle the media planning and buying for the pounds 8.5 million launch of love it!. The News International division is supporting the magazine launch with a heavyweight TV campaign from 4 February.

Media: BSkyB signs sponsorship deal with the National Trust.(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC)(National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... BSkyB has signed a pounds 1 million two-year sponsorship deal with the National Trust. The arrangement will see Sky sponsor activity at National Trust Homes. Separately, the Sky-owned channel Artsworld has commissioned a ten-part television...

Media: Catherine Becker is leaving ZenithOptimedia.(AdConnection)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Catherine Becker, a director of ZenithOptimedia, is leaving the agency to join the independent advertising agency AdConnection. Becker will take the position of media director.

Media: Stephen Dunk appointed deputy managing director of Teletext Holidays on TV.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Stephen Dunk has been appointed deputy managing director of Teletext Holidays on TV, rather than deputy managing director of Teletextholidays.co.uk, as reported in Campaign last week.

Media Headliner: Universal McCann's nice guy faces testing time.(Graham Duff)
February 3, 2006... Graham Duff's job as the network's EMEA president is about the biggest challenge he could have landed. Graham Duff likes a challenge. Everyone who knows him agrees it's so. And, indeed, it's the first thing he says when he's asked what...

Media: Lifeline - Metro.(Metro International)(Company Profile)
February 3, 2006... Associated Newspapers' successful freesheet has joined forces with Trinity Mirror. 1999: Reacting to speculation that Metro International (the Stockholm-based publisher that had already launched commuter freesheets in many cities around...

Media Perspective: ITV must freshen up its content to make itself an easier sell.
February 3, 2006... ITV's programming seems a bit under-rated to me. OK, so liking elements of its output, especially on ITV1, depends on being a soap-loving detective drama fan. But in these days of wall-to-wall property porn on digital TV, a bit of...

Media: All about ... Trinity Mirror.(Trinity Mirror Newspapers)
February 3, 2006... As its chairman steps down, Jane Bainbridge asks what the future holds. Even before last week's confirmation that Sir Victor Blank, the chairman of Trinity Mirror, was stepping down, the media world was abuzz with suggestions as to what...

Media: Things we like.(services of travel industry)
February 3, 2006... THE REINVENTION OF TELETEXT HOLIDAYS We've all had a look at Teletext for those last-minute bargains but it has come under increasing pressure from internet travel sites. Now, Teletext is staging a welcome fightback with a revamp of...

Media: Double Standards - 'The trading bear-pit has not yet lost its allure'.(Digital Media Sales)(Interactive Digital Sales)(Interview)
February 3, 2006... Digital TV sales chiefs spill the beans on the trading season, the benefits of multichannel and their favourite TV programmes. JOHN DE NAPOLI - MANAGING DIRECTOR, DIGITAL MEDIA SALES - Do you enjoy the trading season? Yes, it's a...

Media: Strategy Analysis - Wi-Fi guide targets technophobes.(Intel Corp.)
February 3, 2006... Brand: Intel Centrino Client: Intel Brief: Broaden the concept of Wi-Fi and Intel Centrino outside the techie audience, ideally using non-traditional media channels Target audience: Families, women, technophobes Budget: pounds 250,000...

Media: A Moment with Marquis.
February 3, 2006... Thank God it's February. It has been some time since I risked the January detox. Blessed as I am with the body of a Brad Pitt, the New Year fast is not something I have really needed to consider, but anno domini being what it is, the time...

The World: New York - MindShare scoops dollars 250m Wrigley media duties.(Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Wrigley is consolidating its dollars 250 million US media planning and buying account into MindShare. The decision follows a three-way pitch involving the roster agencies OMD and MediaCom. The review was called at the end of last year...

The World: New York - Goodyear hands McCann dollars 66m creative brief.(Goodyear Great Britain Ltd.)(McCann-Erickson Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Goodyear has handed McCann Erickson its dollars 66 million creative account after the agency won a final shoot-out against Saatchi & Saatchi. Arnold Worldwide held the business for just under a year before the pitch was called, but...

The World: Mumbai - O&M teams up with Group M under Kinetic banner.(Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Ogilvy & Mather and Group M are combining their out-of-home businesses in India, bringing them under the Kinetic umbrella. The new agency will cover all outdoor disciplines, including billboard, ambient, digital and mobile environments. ...

The World: New Delhi - Dentsu launches creative planning agency.(Dentsu Tec Inc.)(Mogae Consultants)(Dentsu Creative Impact)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Dentsu, the Tokyo-based communications agency, is to launch a creative planning agency in New Delhi in partnership with Mogae Consultants, a local management consulting company. Dentsu will hold a 74 per cent stake in the company, which...

The World: Hong Kong - 3 media planning and buying goes into review.(Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Hutchison Whampoa is reviewing the media planning and buying for its 3 mobile phone network. Agencies, including the incumbent MindShare, will make initial presentations in February. The pitch is being organised by the former DDB...

The World: New York - Frascione named chief of BBDO North America.(Gerry Frascione)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Gerry Frascione (pictured) has been named the president and chief executive of BBDO North America. Frascione is currently the president and chief executive of BBDO Canada. In his new role, he will take responsibility for the US,...

The World: Rio - Unilever consolidates oral care creative duties into Lowe.(Lowe and Partners Worldwide)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Unilever has consolidated global creative duties for its oral care brands in Asia, Latin America and Africa into Lowe. The business, which includes brands such as Signal, Pepsodent and Close-Up, is worth around dollars 50 million. The...

The World: Johannesburg - BMW hands brief to Ireland-Davenport.(advertising contract in South Africa)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... BMW has moved its ten million rand (pounds 920,000) creative account in South Africa into the start-up agency Ireland-Davenport. The business was won in a two-way shoot-out against the incumbent agency, TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, which had held...

The World: Bangkok - Krung Thai Bank hands Saatchis creative task.(Saatchi and Saatchi wins a contract from the bank)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Saatchi & Saatchi has landed Krung Thai Bank's pounds 3 million creative account without a pitch, following a protracted review that was eventually shelved. The bank called a pitch in mid-2005 but was told by the Advertising Association of...

The World: Melbourne - Nick Cleaver resigns from DDB Australia.(Martin O'Halloran appointed)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Nick Cleaver (pictured), the chairman and chief executive of DDB Australia, is resigning his post, effective from March. Martin O'Halloran, who is currently the chairman and chief executive of DDB New Zealand, will replace him, taking...

The World: The deal that could open up Korea's ad market.(O&M merges its Korean operations with Diamond Advertising Ltd.)
February 3, 2006... O&M's merger of its Korean operations with Diamond Ad may unlock the door for foreign agencies, Mark Johnson reports. When it comes to foreign investment, Korea's ad market has historically been very isolated. The tide may, however, be...

The World: Insider's View - Hong Kong.(marketing to people with independent mindset)
February 3, 2006... Marketers would do well to take note of the increasingly independent voice of Hong Kong's seven million inhabitants, Neil Cotton says. Marketers who think of Hong Kong and mainland China's consumers as placid Confucian collectivists would...

Close-Up: Live Issue - Morris keeps control as Lace plots Lowe's future.(to Garry Lace's relief, Ed Morrow will stay on Lowe London)
February 3, 2006... With its executive creative director staying, Lace must now bring in new business and raise staff morale, John Tylee reports. Hours after Campaign revealed details of his pounds 1 million-plus 'golden handcuffs' deal securing him to Lowe...

Close-Up: Newsmaker - Cadman and Lidstone double-act joins Euro.(Mark Cadman and Russ Lidstone take new positions at Euro RSCG)
February 3, 2006... Cadman shunned JWT and Frank Lowe to stay with Lidstone and get the CEO job he's been waiting for. Mark Cadman has been through quite the tug-of-love drama in the past few weeks. Not many senior advertising executives are desirable enough...

Close-Up: Live Issue - Is advertising's workforce too young?
February 3, 2006... Advertising is dominated by the under-40s but is this harming its effectiveness, Noel Bussey asks. The advertising workforce is dominated by people under 40, while hardly anyone continues their career into their fifties. These are key...

Close-Up: 24 Hours with ... Jon Claydon, Zulu Network.(Biography)
February 3, 2006... Name: Jon Claydon Job: Executive chairman, Zulu Network Professional mission: If I told you, I'd have to shoot you Personal mantra: We pass this way but once 7.00am Woken by my two-year-old hurtling into bed pursued by a bear,...

Editorial: Morris' worth to Lowe is far greater than his cost.
February 3, 2006... The awards that jostle for space on the window shelf of Ed Morris' office at Lowe London add up to a powerful reason why the agency's executive creative director is being paid more than pounds 1 million over the next three years as the price of...

Editorial: Agencies would be wise to shun easyJet.
February 3, 2006... How generous it is of easyJet to allow the agencies it first invited to pitch for its business six months ago to have another crack at it now it has decided to tear up the original brief and start again. Having declared its intention to...

Opinion: Perspective - It has been a long wait for TBWA's new chief exec.(Tbwa/London)
February 3, 2006... One month into the year and JWT, TBWA\London, Euro RSCG and United London have all named new chief executives. Only one of these agencies has promoted from within, and that's TBWA. Matt Shepherd-Smith moves up from managing director to...

Opinion: On the Campaign Couch ... with JB.(Letter to the Editor)
February 3, 2006... Dear Jeremy, I hold a senior position at one of the most successful media agencies in the UK and I've been offered a position at a start-up. I've been on cruise control in my current job for some time now and I need a new challenge. I know...

Diary: On the QT ..(advertising industry news)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... We're always being warned about keeping our mobiles and laptops out of sight when out and about but whoever heard of anybody being robbed of a direct marketing gift pack? Well, it has just happened to the Publicis account handler David...

Diary: Lowe 1: the teacher, the Krug and the lobster sacrifice.
February 3, 2006... So the suspense is over and we can all rest easy knowing that Sir Frank Lowe has finally christened his new agency. The word over the lunch tables is that the infant was going to be called Tom Dick & Harry. This was a serious option until...

Diary: Lowe 2: Sir Frank invites headline writers' wrath.(Frank Lowe names new agency The Red Brick Road)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... You'd have thought that a man as experienced as Sir Frank would have known that calling his new outfit The Red Brick Road was asking for trouble. Trouble with the headline writers, that is - a bunch of individuals whose goodwill it is worth...

Diary: Offers of moolah make creatives flock to Annas.(Sam Cartmell and Jason Lawes win at Newspaper Marketing Agency's awards)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... There's nothing like a cash prize to make an awards ceremony go off with a bang. The Newspaper Marketing Agency's inaugural awards - the Annas - were held last week and handed out no less than pounds 40,000. Needless to say the room, at...

Diary: Water-cooler monitor.
February 3, 2006... WHAT TOPICS HAVE THE INDUSTRY BEEN DISCUSSING THIS WEEK? THE TALK TIME SPENT What's going on at WPP's Italian operation? 51 mins 56 secs WPP has appointed the corporate...

Diary: Pick of the Week - Mother/Amnesty International.(Mother Ltd. creates the human rights organizations' campaigns)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... James Hamilton is impressed with Mother's new cinema ad for Amnesty International: 'Using a fake shopping channel to highlight the arms trade and the ease with which weapons can be bought and sold is genius. The art direction is spot-on,...

Diary: Turkey of the Week - Publicis/Go Ahead cereal bars.(Publicis Ltd.'s creates advertisement for Go Ahead!)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Emma Barns despairs of Publicis' television commercial for Go Ahead cereal bars: 'A guy prevents his girlfriend from jumping on a plane and leaving him by producing a rubbery, synthetic-tasting, low-fat yoghurty thing. But far from giving...

Calling all grads ..(graduate recruitment campaign)
February 3, 2006... The ever-increasing competition for the best graduates makes getting the right people more difficult than ever. To help them select only the best, agencies are moving away from recruitment methods such as the milk round and interview, and...

The Work: New Campaigns - UK.
February 3, 2006... ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR - SCA HYGIENE - BABY MANAGING DIRECTOR Project: Baby managing director Clients: Dieter Bocher, regional marketing director; Nick Dudman, group product manager, SCA Hygiene Brief: Launch Triple Velvet Creative agency:...

The Work: New Campaigns - The World.
February 3, 2006... TBS - DEPARTMENT OF HUMOR ANALYSIS - US Project: Department of Humor Analysis THE LOWDOWN The former Monty Python star John Cleese fronts a three-minute ad for the American cable channel TBS promoting its latest line-up of comedy...

The Work: Private View.(advertising industry)
February 3, 2006... CREATIVE - Al Young, creative director, St Luke's You can't fatten a pig by measuring it. Advice I heard Michael Wolff offer someone last week. What Michael meant was in lean times it seems very sensible to scrutinise every cost, to...

Movers: Appointment at McCann Erickson Bristol.(Jayne Clarke appointed)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Jayne Clarke - McCann Erickson Bristol has hired Clarke as account director to head its consumer retail team, including its G Plan Upholstery, Cathay Pacific and Spirit Group clients. Clarke joins from Lloyds TSB, where she was the campaign...

Movers: Appointment at IPC Media.(Fiona Dent promoted)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... IPC Media has promoted Fiona Dent to publishing director of its style title Wallpaper. Dent joined IPC in 1992 and has held a number of senior marketing and publishing positions across the group, culminating in her most recent role as the...

Movers: Appointment at 141 Worldwide UK.(Bernie Morrison appointed)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... The WPP-owned network 141 Worldwide UK has appointed Bernie Morrison (pictured) as a senior planner to help strengthen its strategic credentials. Morrison joins following a spell as a freelance planner and researcher at the agency. During...

Movers: Appointment at Presky Maves.(Phil Bird appointed)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Presky Maves has hired the former Maher Bird Associates co-founder Phil Bird as head of art. The appointment reunites Bird with his former partner, the Presky Maves creative director Stuart Woodington. The pair met at MBA and later moved...

Movers: Appointment at Stephens Francis Whitson.(Hannah Wallis, Rosie Boone, Ian Cockburn, Robin Murray appointed)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Stephens Francis Whitson has hired the creative team Hannah Wallis and Rosie Boone as part of an expansion at the start-up following new-business wins of More Th>n, Ebookers and Callaway Golf. Wallis and Boone join from WWAV Rapp Collins,...

Movers: Appointment at Rogue Films.(Kate Hitching appointed)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Kate Hitching, the TBWA\London senior producer, has left the agency to join the production company Rogue Films as a producer. Hitching worked at TBWA for five years, producing ads for flagship clients including the Frank Budgen-directed...

Between the Lines: Burns provides global view.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... JWT has acted quickly to fill its chief executive's chair, vacated by Simon Bolton in December (page 1). Alison Burns was sounded out by the network in 2001, before the job was handed to Bolton, which no doubt facilitated such alacrity this...

Between the Lines: Do agencies fancy a flutter?(Everest)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Rarely a week goes by without another online gaming company seeking an ad agency. Everest, a Canadian company, has joined a plethora of gambling brands planning to invest heavily in UK advertising (page 3). Online poker is a booming...

Between the Lines: The rise of market research.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2006... Few with any knowledge of the market research industry will be surprised that WPP's Kantar Group is looking to bring in a media heavy-hitter to help grow its business (page 1). While media operators of Mark Cranmer's calibre are in demand...