Campaign articles from July 2002

Campaign archives from July 2002

Texaco calls dollars 100m media review.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Chevron Texaco is reviewing its dollars 100 million global media business as it moves to centralise the two accounts. In the UK, MediaVest is the incumbent on the Texaco account, while Mediaedge:cia handles the US business. The review...

ITV under pressure from advertisers as Liddiment bows out.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... ITV is under intense pressure from advertisers to find a rapid and credible replacement for the director of channels, David Liddiment, following his shock resignation yesterday. Liddiment, who witnessed the rise and fall of ITV's fortunes...

D'Arcy unveils Arc in global DM push.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... D'Arcy is mounting an effort to become an international below-the-line force with the launch of a global network called Arc. The D'Arcy Group, which has been slow to launch a global marketing services network compared with other groups,...

OMD sees off Carat to keep pounds 125m Nissan media.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... OMD has succeeded in fighting off Carat to retain the pounds 125 million Nissan media planning and buying across all of its territories in Europe. Carat had been widely rumoured to be close to securing the brief as it handles the media for...

Cultural differences force Pickering and Dawson to quit BBH.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The Bartle Bogle Hegarty creative directors, Neil Dawson and Clive Pickering, are quitting the agency after only ten months, citing 'cultural differences'. Dawson and Pickering are believed to have no jobs to go to and are due to leave BBH...

PERSPECTIVE: The one-size-fits-all mentality is no way to market in Britain.
July 5, 2002... For the most palpable sign of a UK communications industry both insecure and under siege, this week's ISBA annual lunch was the place to be. Barely had the after-lunch speaker, Peter Mandelson, finished his appeal to advertisers and...

Govt faces attack over 2001 adspend figures.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 5, 2002... The Government will reveal this month that it spent about pounds 165 million on advertising in the financial year which ended in April. The news is expected to ignite renewed criticism from the Tories and the Liberal Democrats that Labour is...

EHS Brann Leeds secures major portion of pounds 45m MBNA DM work.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... MBNA, the credit card and loan company, has given a substantial portion of its pounds 45 million direct marketing account to EHS Brann Leeds. The agency was appointed after a pitch against other agencies including the incumbent, Archibald...

Suzuki hires BLM for pounds 4m TV planning and buying task.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Suzuki, the Japanese car and motorcycle manufacturer, has appointed BLM Media to handle its pounds 4 million TV planning and buying account. The agency, with its creative arm Flint, has also picked up the creative and media for Travelex's...

WWAV Rapp Collins restructures to offer improved services.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... WWAV Rapp Collins, the UK's largest direct marketing agency, has restructured its operations in a bid to offer a more efficient service. The agency has also promoted its deputy managing director, Mike Larmer, to the post of managing...

MindShare rejigs its management.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... MindShare has raided its Far-East office to draft in Kelly Clark as the UK's new chief executive. Clark, the head of MindShare's Asia-Pacific region, takes over from Simon Rees, who is quitting the agency after three-and-a-half years to pursue...

Grey calls an end to colour-coded office restructure scheme.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Grey Worldwide London has abandoned its attempt to build a colourful image, dropping its colour-coded 'agency within an agency' structure instituted four years ago. At the time, Grey hailed the idea as a radical rethink, which would offer...

AMV hands head of copy role to Riley to assist young teams.(Tim Riley)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, the agency which built its creative reputation on David Abbott's copywriting skills, has made Tim Riley its first head of copy with a brief to improve the writing standard of its junior teams. Riley, who is best...

Exxon appoints OMD for pounds 75m media task.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... OMD is reported to have won the global media account for Exxon Mobil, estimated to be worth in excess of pounds 75 million. This marks the second time that the account has switched agencies in as many years - in November 2000 Exxon Mobil...

HOTLINE: DDB sees off five competitors.(for ING's global account)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... DDB has seen off five competitors to secure the multimillion-pound global account for the Dutch financial services group, ING Worldwide. Creative work for the company, which offers banking, insurance and asset management services in 65...

HOTLINE: Cannes organisers withdraw gold Lions.(from DPZ Propaganda)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The organisers of the Cannes International Advertising Festival have withdrawn two gold Lions from the Brazilian agency DPZ Propaganda. It won the Lions in the press and cyber categories for Johnson & Johnson KY Jelly ads, but it was decided...

HOTLINE: WCRS make redundancies.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... WCRS made seven redundancies on Tuesday in the wake of the agency's loss of its UK Vodafone account. The business centralised into J. Walter Thompson in May.

HOTLINE: The RSPCA shortlists agencies.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The RSPCA has shortlisted Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, WWAV Rapp Collins and Joshua to pitch for its pounds 2 million creative account.

HOTLINE: Michael Mann directs campaign.(Mercedes-Benz campaign)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Michael Mann has directed Campbell Doyle Dye's forthcoming campaign for Mercedes-Benz's luxury SL touring car. The campaign, which breaks at the weekend, stars the Hollywood actor and star of Traffic, Benicio del Toro.

HOTLINE: Brendan Payne elected to IPA's policy group.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Brendan Payne, the head of TV at Banks Hoggins O'Shea/FCB, has been elected to the IPA's commercial production policy group. The group is responsible for all aspects of ad agency broadcast production, from the formulation of contracts to...

HOTLINE: Feel announce new management team.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Feel, the new advertising and direct marketing agency, has announced that Martin Armor, the former Claydon Heeley Jones Mason deputy managing director, and Stephen Chandler, the ex-Tullo Marshall Warren group account director, will form its...

HOTLINE: Daily Mail promotes Marc Lockley.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The Daily Mail has promoted Marc Lockley to be head of agency sales. Lockley's promotion follows the departure of Mike Allan to take the role of sales controller at Mirror Group Newspapers.

HOTLINE: Sue Ryder Care appoints Agency Republic.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Sue Ryder Care, the healthcare charity, has appointed Agency Republic to develop campaigns across TV, press, radio, direct mail and online. Citigate Albert Frank will handle media.

HOTLINE: Steve Deput joins The Pepper Corporation.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Steve Deput, a founding partner of Maher Bird Associates, has joined the through-the-line shop The Pepper Corporation as its executive creative director. Deput left the industry in 1997 when Maher Bird's parent company, Simons Palmer Clemmow...

HOTLINE: Mercedes-Benz appoints Marketing Drive.(online marketing in the United Kingdom)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Mercedes-Benz has appointed Marketing Drive to create an online marketing system for Mercedes and SMART dealerships throughout the UK.

HOTLINE: Agencies on the pitchlist for the InfoNXX account.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... HHCL & Partners, WCRS and Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R are the final three agencies on the pitchlist for the InfoNXX account. The US directory enquiries company is seeking a UK agency to help it launch a service in the newly deregulated...

HOTLINE: The Clinic parts company with ten directors.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The Clinic has parted company with ten of its directors as it refocuses its business activities by returning to its roots as a special effects company. The production company has also signed Rob Harvey, who won an Oscar for best visual effects...

HOTLINE: Ford Ennals joins Brittania.(Brittania Music)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Ford Ennals, who was previously the head of marketing at Lloyds TSB, is joining Brittania Music as the managing director.

D'Arcy's Cotterill and Hooper join Lowe.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Christian Cotterill and Justin Hooper, the D'Arcy creatives who won a gold Lion at this year's Cannes Festival for their work on the Government's campaign to recruit more social workers, are quitting to join Lowe. Cotterill, an art...

New Fallon outdoor Skoda ads to tackle irrational prejudice.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Skoda is building its place in the supermini sector with a national outdoor campaign by Fallon extolling the virtues of its Fabia marque. The campaign aims to lure potential customers into test-driving a Fabia, as it competes with rivals...

UK World Cup viewers favour BBC's coverage.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The World Cup was a qualified success for advertisers and agencies, with the BBC thrashing ITV with a ratio of 4:1 for simulcast games. The Brazil versus Germany final culminated with a peak of 11.6 million viewers opting for the BBC, while...

WCRS creates multimedia Bupa campaign.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... WCRS has unveiled a pounds 3 million multimedia campaign for Bupa, which aims to improve consumers' understanding of the private health brand and its offering. The campaign, which launches on 8 July, continues Bupa's practice of using its...

Worthington and Brazier win second Aerial with DTLR ad.(Nick Worthington, Paul Brazier of Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Nick Worthington and Paul Brazier have won the monthly Aerial Award, run in association with Campaign, for the second month running. The Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO creative duo were recognised for their work on a COI Communications/Department...

Carlson takes 'over 30s only' approach for Theakston work.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The Scottish Courage brand Theakston is supporting the launch of its Coolcask product with below-the-line activity saying it is for 'over 30s only'. The pounds 500,000 campaign, created by Carlson, adds a twist to the industry trend of...

Flextech gives Banc additional work for its LivingTV channel.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Banc has strengthened its position on the Flextech Television roster by picking up the creative account for its LivingTV women's satellite, cable and digital channel. The agency already handles the company's Trouble and Bravo channels, and...

WCRS picks up pounds 15m advertising for TUI UK.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... WCRS has won the pounds 15 million account for TUI UK - the centralised Thomson Travel Group and Lunn Poly business. The agency already handled advertising for the Lunn Poly brand, but the formal appointment is a blow to HHCL & Partners,...

DoT awards pounds 2m drink drive ad task to D'Arcy.(Department of Transport)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has lost the drink drive account to D'Arcy, after a pitch called as a result of the Department of Transport's rejection of COI Communications. D'Arcy beat AMV, WCRS and BMP DDB to the pounds 2 million account. ...

Heineken moves its media to MindShare for lager's relaunch.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Heineken has shifted its media account out of Starcom Motive and into MindShare; the decision comes as the brewer relaunches the brand as a premium lager in an attempt to usurp Stella Artois as the UK's market leader. Last month Heineken...

Royal Mail to hold autumn review of creative business.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Royal Mail is holding a review of its pounds 26 million creative account. The statutory review of the business, which is currently held by Bates UK, will take place ahead of the removal of competition barriers in the UK postal market. This...

REVIEW: The ITC to investigate Unilever's deal with ITV.(Independent Television Commission)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The Independent Television Commission is to investigate Unilever's pounds 320 million deal with ITV to check if it raises any competition issues within the television market. - Marketing.

REVIEW: Hutchison Whampoa to launch '3'.(mobile phone network)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Hutchison Whampoa is to name its third-generation mobile phone network '3'. The brand, created by Wolff Olins, is expected to be launched toward the end of 2002, with a high-profile campaign created by TBWA/London. - Marketing.

REVIEW: Jean-Marie Messier to step down.(from Vivendi Universal)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Jean-Marie Messier is stepping down as the chairman and chief executive of Vivendi Universal after losing the support of the board. - General release.

REVIEW: Safeway calls for pitch.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Safeway has called a pitch for its media planning and buying, as it prepares to return to above-the-line advertising. Zenith Media is the incumbent. Safeway is seeing pitches for its creative account, held by Bates UK, this week. - Marketing...

REVIEW: Hello! picks Maria Trkulja.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Hello! magazine has picked Maria Trkulja, the launch editor of the Daily Mail's website, Femail.co.uk, to replace Phil Hall as its editor. - Media Guardian.

REVIEW: TBWA/London and Gossard part company.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... TBWA/London and Gossard have parted company following a row over creative strategy. TBWA was the third agency Gossard had worked with in under a year. The agency produced one ad for the brand, directed by Frank Budgen, which encouraged women to...

REVIEW: Xfm calls a review of its creative account.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Xfm has called a review of its creative account, currently handled by Quiet Storm. Unity resigned its strategic communications account last week over strategic differences. - Marketing Week.

REVIEW: The FSA picks Zenith Media.(Food Standards Agency to promote healthy eating habits to teenagers)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The Food Standards Agency has picked Zenith Media to work with HHCL & Partners to promote healthy eating to teenagers. - General release.

REVIEW: Coty picks TBWA/Paris.(announces marketing contract)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Coty has picked TBWA/Paris to handle creative on its Adidas personal care range. Leagas Delaney most recently held the business, but lost its Adidas account to 180 and TBWA last year. - General release.

REVIEW: The Electoral Commission considers reducing broadcasts.(of political party broadcasts)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The Electoral Commission is considering reducing the length of Party Political Broadcasts from three minutes to 90 seconds. It is also looking at giving each party a fixed amount of airtime, which can be divided as the party sees fit. - General...

REVIEW: ITV's Jim Hytner to lobby shareholders.(seeks increase for marketing budget)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... ITV's marketing and commercial director, Jim Hytner, is to lobby shareholders to increase marketing spend from pounds 8 million to pounds 15 million. Bartle Bogle Hegarty handles ITV's advertising. - Marketing.

REVIEW: Mark Sharrington hired by South African Breweries.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Mark Sharrington, the chairman of Tempus Worldwide, has been hired by South African Breweries as its global marketing director. - General release.

REVIEW: Endemol UK hires Vanessa Miner.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Endemol UK, the maker of Big Brother, has hired Vizzavi's former head of sponsorship, Vanessa Miner, as its director of commercial partnerships to build stronger links with advertisers. - General release.

REVIEW: Coca-Cola GB appoints Soul.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Coca-Cola GB has appointed Soul to create advertising to support the launch of its Winnie the Pooh-branded fruit drink, Roo Juice. The brand will launch in August. - Marketing Week.

REVIEW: HHCL & Partners win task.(to relaunch Squezy washing-up brand)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... HHCL & Partners has won the task to relaunch the Squezy washing-up brand. - General release.

RKCR uses Kelis in Virgin ad.(Virgin Mobile Telecoms Ltd.)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Virgin Mobile is continuing to use pop stars to front its campaigns and has signed the American R&B singer Kelis for its latest burst of advertising to attract young mobile phone users from rival networks. The ad, through Rainey Kelly...

DFGW targets youth audience in work to launch BBC Proms.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... London's Trafalgar Square is transformed into a huge clock face with Nelson's Column as the sundial in DFGW's campaign to launch the BBC Proms. Two 30-second TV spots, aimed at encapsulating the 'perfect moment' in music, will launch on...

Bates gets emotional with BSkyB.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... BSkyB is tapping into the excited anticipation of fans about the upcoming Premiership football season in new advertising that seeks to reinforce its appeal to existing customers, while capitalising on ITV Digital's collapse. The company...

Billett Consultancy merges with Barsby as part of reshuffle.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The Billett Consultancy and Barsby Rowe have merged to form a new company called Billetts Media Consulting. Billett bought the Birmingham-based auditor Barsby Rowe less than two years ago, but they have operated as separate brands within...

W&K takes child's view for Honda.(Wieden & Kennedy )(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Wieden & Kennedy is asking consumers to see the Honda Civic through the eyes of a child in its new TV and press campaign for the marque. The 30-second TV spot breaks on 5 July and illustrates how great life would be if humans looked at...

AAI seeks franchise agreements to grow its offering overseas.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Agency Assessments International, which specialises in agency selection and the management of agency and client relationships, is exporting its offering to Europe and the Far East. AAI plans to establish its brand in Germany, Australia and...

Barrett Cernis creates debut TV work for J20.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Britvic is exploiting the adult humour normally associated with premium lager advertising in its first TV campaign for J20, its juice-based soft drink range, to support its move to a wider market. The company is putting pounds 1.5 million...

Spend on ads to recover in 2004.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Sustained recovery in global advertising expenditure is not expected until 2004, according to the latest report from Zenith Optimedia Group. Global advertising spend is expected to be down 1.7 per cent in real terms for 2002 compared with...

Pitcher quits role as executive director of the IAA's UK chapter.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Archie Pitcher is stepping down as the executive director of the International Advertising Association's UK chapter. At the age of 74, he is thought to be one of the oldest people still actively involved in the industry in Britain. He will...

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE LEAGUE: 5 July.(agency billings)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
July 5, 2002... Rank Rank Agency Total Total Net this last billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

MEDIA PERFORMANCE LEAGUE: 5 July.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
July 5, 2002... Rank Rank Agency Total Total Net this last billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

MEDIA FORUM: Can media agencies afford greater transparency? As the industry moves on, can income figures still be regarded as too intrusive a way to give media agencies a ranking, Alasdair Reid asks?
July 5, 2002... If only everything in life could be as reliable as the accountancy profession. Where would we be if companies could just 'make up' numbers that they found pleasing and managed to get a whole bunch of bean counters to give them an...

MEDIA: THE ITV AUTUMN SCHEDULE PRESENTATION - AN EXPERT'S VIEW Chris Boothby was encouraged by ITV's autumn schedule, but wished the BBC had a mention.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... For more years than I care to remember, any ITV programme presentation was an excuse for the cynical buying fraternity to turn up and then moan about the network's lack of imagination in churning out the same old predictable programme schedule....

MEDIA CHOICE: Grant Millar, the head of media at BT, picks the BBC's placement of its 'Parkour' ad in cinema advertising spots around the release of the Spider-man film.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... 'As I sat down,relieved to make the beginning of the reel after a battle across London, I was well placed to empathise with the 'real life Spider-man' David Belle who had resorted to running across rooftops in order to get somewhere in time to...

MEDIA HEADLINER: Newspaper Society president determined to create change - Can Bowdler alter the NS's image into a campaigning trade body?(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The death of the Queen Mum, gawd bless her soul, was keenly felt across the nation, but few outside the Windsor family can have been as sorry to see her go as the Newspaper Society. Its publicity machine seemed to rely heavily on shots of...

MEDIA PERSPECTIVE: Media will miss the passion that drove Ingram to success.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Now that Chris Ingram has officially left the media business, unguarded admiration has been pouring in from all sides and, released from the usual requirements for barbed cynicism, I'm joining in. Chris Ingram might have cheesed a few...

NEW MEDIA: SPOTLIGHT ON VIRGIN MEGASTORES - Virgin Megastore site aims for a slice of internet music sales. The threat posed by online sales led to Virgin creating its site, Alasdair Reid says.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... The Oasis CD you got free with The Sunday Times the other week was an interesting production - although, irritatingly, it was one of those free offers that turns out to be not quite as free as you first thought. And the whole business was...

NEW MEDIA: I-RECALL - DOTCOM WEEKLY AWARENESS SURVEY.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Rank Site Agency/Media Adspend Aware- Jan-March ness pounds (%) 1 BTinternet ...

NEW MEDIA: WEB WATCH - ENTERTAINMENT SITES.(statistical list of monthly ranking)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 5, 2002... Rank Site Address Latest monthly page impressions (millions) 1 Friends Reunited friendsreunited.co.uk 245.0 2 NME.com ...

CLOSE-UP: NEWSMAKER/DAVID DROGA - How a man from Down Under conquered Cannes. David Droga is behind the re-emergence of Saatchis, Francesca Newland writes.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... In a game of word association tennis two weeks ago the words 'Saatchi & Saatchi' would have provoked responses such as 'big', 'lumbering' and maybe 'clunky'. Post-Cannes, with a Grand Prix and six gold Lions under its belt, it's a different...

CLOSE-UP: ON THE CAMPAIGN COUCH ... WITH JB.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Q: The extra costs our agency puts into billings are driving me up the wall. The final project costs include seemingly amazing items that I had never imagined. Is there any way for us to agree a sum for a project at the outset, ensure that this...

CLOSE-UP: LIVE ISSUE/CONTENT - Advertisers turn to content to further their brands. Advertiser-funded TV can become a real alternative to ads.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Robin Azis, the former chief executive of HHCL & Partners, is very excited about content creation. Last week he left the familiar comfort of agency life to set up a new venture in partnership with the production company Jane Fuller Associates....

CLOSE-UP: LIVE ISSUE/FOREIGN CULTURE IN ADS - Using cultural differences in ads is a precarious line to walk, Jenny Watts writes.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Advertisers have been using the idiosyncrasies of European nations for years to shift their products, and a new campaign through M&C Saatchi for Kronenbourg 1664 continues the legacy of brands looking to use their foreign heritage to sell...

CLOSE-UP: CRAFT/CAMPAIGN SCREEN INTERVIEW - Comedy guru teaching 'angry art' to the advertising industry. Robert McKee believes that comedy in ads is all in the set-up, Lisa Campbell says.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Dogs, sex and babes in bikinis. No, we're not talking Saatchi & Saatchi's Agency of the Year shindig, but common themes at this year's Cannes Advertising Festival, according to the weary jury. And the one thing uniting these disparate ideas was...

CLOSE-UP: CRAFT/DIRECTOR'S CUT - The BDH TBWA Manchester creative director views the cream of Campaign Screen.(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... When did you last laugh at an ad? Not that kind of 'hmmpph' noise we do when something is quite funny. I mean really laugh? A proper, great big, uncontrollable Ha Ha Hu Ha Huu? Maybe even a tiny bit of wee sneaking out too? Well, I've...

EDITORIAL: Saatchis' return to form is good news.(Saatchi and Saatchi)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 5, 2002... It's been a long catharsis on which many painful truths have had to be confronted and confounded. But Saatchi & Saatchi is at last offering tangible evidence of having exorcised its old demons. The Grand Prix and a sackful of other awards at...

EDITORIAL: Guidelines must be backed by actions.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
July 5, 2002... Any agreement which unites communication industry bodies in a common cause is all very well. But actions speak louder than words. So it is to be hoped that the major trade bodies putting their names to new guidelines covering best practice for...

OPINION: Cowen on ... Renault Clio.(ad by Publicis)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... Considering the World Cup came to an end last Sunday, it might feel a bit late in the day to be picking out one of the summer's football ads to write about this week. But the fact is that if Publicis' current Renault Clio spot ends its own run...

OPINION: Stuart Elliott in America.(U.S. Federal Trade Commission proposes telemarketing 'do not call' registry)(Brief Article)
July 5, 2002... There's an old saying in the US, usually meant as a putdown, derived from the dismissive remark made by a hard-headed, maybe hard-hearted, nightclub owner after an eager young talent performs but fails to impress: 'Don't call us, we'll call...

MEDIA'S SILVER MEDALLIST: Chris Ingram is not a bitter man, rather one who, despite it all, feels he could have done more. But as the industry is now exciting him again, who can predict what he will do next? Claire Beale writes.
July 5, 2002... I think Chris Ingram started smiling last summer. There was probably the pernicious hand of a PR professional at work, and the effect was disturbing. But as the kaleidoscopic Tempus takeover battle shimmied across the business pages during...