Campaign articles from March 2003

Campaign archives from March 2003

Bates wins global Nokia web brief.(Bates UK, Nokia Corp.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Nokia has picked the Bates network to spearhead its move into internet-driven communications around the world. News of the win coincides with Bates' appointment of Aris Theophilakis, currently the regional creative director for Bates Asia,...

Agencies line up as GLA invites tenders for media account.(Greater London Authority)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... The Greater London Authority is reviewing its media buying account. The London Mayor Ken Livingstone's body is looking for a new agency to handle buying across press, radio, outdoor, ambient media, television and cinema. Buying for the GLA...

Law and Stanners out in board coup.(Andy Law, Kate Stanners resign St. Luke's Communications Ltd.)
March 7, 2003... The St Luke's founding partner and chairman, Andy Law, and the deputy chairman, Kate Stanners, have resigned following a long-running dispute over the company's future strategy. The joint managing directors, Neil Henderson and Phil Teer,...

Bank issues dollars 400m credit ultimatum to troubled Interpublic.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Embattled Interpublic faces further problems following last week's boardroom reshuffle after it emerged that it must raise dollars 400 million from asset sales and new capital or face losing bank credit facilities. The Interpublic Group...

Clemmow Hornby Inge nets Spectator business.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Clemmow Hornby Inge has won the account for The Spectator, with its first brief being to create a campaign celebrating the magazine's 175th anniversary this year. The push, which is the biggest to date for title launches this month and...

PERSPECTIVE: The power of words could help to revive the copywriter's art.
March 7, 2003... Sitting in the boardroom at the Volkswagen US headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, senior executives were under pressure. It was the late 50s and they were about to launch the Beetle into the most competitive marketplace in the world....

Walsh Trott chief exits for change of direction.(Walsh Trott Chick Smith CEO Amanda Walsh to leave agency)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Amanda Walsh, the chief executive and one of the founding partners of Walsh Trott Chick Smith, is leaving the agency to pursue other interests. Walsh made it clear she wanted a change of direction before Christmas but had been in...

John Smith's Peter Kay TV spots win top awards at Creative Circle.(campaign by TBWA/London)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... TBWA/London's TV campaign for John Smith's Bitter, starring the comedian Peter Kay, swept the board at this year's Creative Circle awards. The agency's series of commercials, including the popular ''Ave it' film featuring the hapless Kay's...

Marcus Vinton quits Spring London with plan to work in film.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Marcus Vinton, the chief creative officer and co-founder of Leo Burnett's interactive TV venture, Spring London, is leaving the agency to follow up other business activities. Vinton, a former executive creative director of digital at Ogilvy...

Allianz picks OMD for dollars 60m global corporate business.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Allianz, the German insurance group, has appointed OMD to handle media planning and buying for its dollars 60 million global corporate account. The business was previously held by Initiative Media Worldwide and moves to OMD following...

RKCR hands new MD job to Murphy.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R has begun to address the issue of succession management with its founders' impending earn-out by promoting James Murphy to the role of the agency's first managing director. Murphy, 35, a managing partner...

Tories protest plans to let agencies hold TV or radio licences.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... A row has broken out over the Government's plans to lift the ban on agencies owning television or radio licences. The Conservatives have accused Labour of double standards, saying that it would be wrong to leave any bids made by agencies to...

ITouch begins search for a creative agency.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... The mobile services company iTouch, which is 50 per cent owned by The Independent Newspaper Group, is in talks with agencies about its multimillion-pound ad account. The company, which positions itself as a developer of premium-quality...

Harry Nash divides ownership between five long-term staff.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Harry Nash, the commercials production company, is dividing its ownership between a number of senior executives as a reward for what it says is their loyalty and commitment. The change ends the previous arrangement, under which it was...

HOTLINE: Wunderman appoints David Sable as vice-chairman.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Wunderman, the WPP-owned marketing services network, has appointed the Young & Rubicam veteran David Sable as the vice-chairman and president of its worldwide operations. Sable, who joined Wunderman three years ago to run its New York...

HOTLINE: Wedgwood appoints Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Wedgwood has appointed Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest to its business following a four-way pitch against Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Leagas Delaney and Mustoes. The agency is charged with broadening the awareness of the fine china company's...

HOTLINE: British Gas shortlists agencies.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... British Gas has shortlisted Clemmow Hornby Inge, M&C Saatchi, WCRS and the incumbent, BMP DDB, to pitch for its pounds 30 million account. Direct response advertising will remain with WWAV Rapp Collins and EHS Brann, while Carat will continue...

HOTLINE: Johnson & Johnson and Unilever increase regional press advertising.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Johnson & Johnson and Unilever are to increase their investments in regional press advertising, following publication of a report on the medium's effectiveness. Evidence published in the Newspaper Society's Conversion Study convinced the FMCG...

HOTLINE: McCain shortlists four agencies.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... The four agencies that have been shortlisted for the McCain account are Grey, Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper, Mustoes and Campbell Doyle Dye.

HOTLINE: Center Parcs appoints MediaCom.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Center Parcs has appointed MediaCom to handle its pounds 4 million media planning and buying account. The account was previously held by ZenithOptimedia, which did not repitch for the business.

HOTLINE: Fox's Biscuits appoints Phillipson Ward Longworth Camponi.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Fox's Biscuits has appointed the Leeds agency Phillipson Ward Longworth Camponi to handle the creative assignment on its pounds 3 million account, after its split with St Luke's. Media buying remains with Equinox Communications.

HOTLINE: Under-secretary of state Charlotte Beers steps down.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Charlotte Beers, the under-secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs in the George Bush administration, is stepping down following weeks of speculation. Beers, who was nicknamed 'the most powerful woman in advertising' during...

HOTLINE: Mike O'Malley is leaving WPP.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Mike O'Malley, the president of J. Walter Thompson Detroit and Houston and the head of the Ford account, is leaving WPP. Sean Neall, who headed the Ford business in Europe at Ogilvy & Mather, is expected to replace him.

HOTLINE: April's TV market shows improvement.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... April's TV market shows an improvement on last year, with ad revenue predicted to be up more than 7 per cent year on year. However, figures for the first quarter show that revenues are flat year on year.

HOTLINE: Cinema admissions for January increases 8 per cent.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Cinema admissions reached 16.3 million in January, an increase of 8 per cent year on year, according to figures released from the Cinema Advertising Association. The Two Towers was the biggest box-office hit, followed by 8 Mile.

HOTLINE: Paul Taylor appointed at Fox Kids Europe.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Paul Taylor, a former director of advertising sales at UK Gold and UK Living, has been made the group managing director of channels and executive vice-president of Fox Kids Europe. Taylor, who replaces Marc-Antoine d'Halluin, joins from Sky.

HOTLINE: Bally accessories and clothing hires Winkreative.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Bally, the Swiss-based shoe, accessories and clothing brand, has hired Winkreative to handle its creative account from its London and Zurich offices.

HOTLINE: The Rushes Soho Short Film Festival is taking entries.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... The Rushes Soho Short Film Festival is taking entries for its six-day event, to be held between 26 July and 1 August. Entry forms are available from the www.sohoshorts.com website.

Eyre takes chairman's role at IAB.(Richard Eyre)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... The Interactive Advertising Bureau has appointed Richard Eyre, the former chief executive of ITV, as its chairman. His brief is to oversee its expansion and to evangelise digital media in the wider ad market. Eyre will chair the IAB...

Campbell Doyle Dye to push Adnams ale in rest of UK market.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Adnams, the Suffolk-based brewery, has appointed Campbell Doyle Dye to help fuel the growth of the regional ale brand. CDD beat Soul, WCRS and the Norfolk agency Fox Murphy to win the pounds 1 million account in a pitch called at the...

St Luke's continues clubs theme for Clarks.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... St Luke's has drafted in the Tokyo Ukelele Afternoon Club, which walks around Tokyo playing classic cover songs on ukeleles, to feature in its latest campaign for Clarks Originals. The push continues the 'doing our own thing' campaign,...

Interpublic wields axe as bad news deepens.
March 7, 2003... David Bell, Interpublic's newly installed chief executive, was this week preparing to unveil a downbeat set of year-end results, beginning what is expected to be an effort to get all the embattled group's bad news out of the way as quickly as...

Lowe to battle it out with Mother to keep pounds 7m Surf business.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Lowe's grip on Lever Faberge's pounds 7 million Surf account has come under threat following news that the company has entered talks with Mother about the business. The two agencies are now preparing for a head-to-head pitch for the...

Norman replaces McAnena to head Mediaedge:cia UK.(Rob Norman; Fiona McAnena)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Rob Norman has taken up the reins at Mediaedge:cia UK as its chief executive, Fiona McAnena, moves to the newly created role of development director at WPP's Kantar division. Norman becomes the chairman of Mediaedge:cia; James Whitmore...

REVIEW: Pearson says no advertising recovery in sight.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Pearson, the owner of the Financial Times, said there was no advertising recovery in sight as it unveiled a drop in the paper's revenues. The FT's profits dropped 97 per cent to pounds 1 million after a circulation slump and 23 per cent fall in...

REVIEW: Trinity Mirror announces fall in turnover.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Trinity Mirror announced a 2.9 per cent fall in turnover to pounds 1.09 billion but a slight increase in group operating profit to pounds 190.6 million for the year to 31 December. Cost savings helped maintain profit figures despite a 1.4 per...

REVIEW: Freeview has sold half a million boxes.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Freeview, the BBC-backed digital TV service, has sold half a million boxes in the four months since launch. It has already overtaken ITV Digital, with the number of homes nearing 1.4 million this month. The figure includes the estimated 800,000...

REVIEW: Ford to become first carmarker to join loyalty scheme.(Nectar)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Ford is to become the first carmaker to join a mass-market customer loyalty programme. Sources said the final touches were being put to a contract with Nectar, which already counts BP and Sainsbury's among its commercial partners. The Sunday...

REVIEW: The Government to allow 32 more licences for FM radio stations.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... The Government is to allow licences for 32 more FM radio stations in cities including Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle. There are already 266 FM stations, but the sector had little room for expansion outside of digital radio. There are no...

REVIEW: Liberty Media puts stake in QVC up for sale.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Liberty Media, the television and telecoms company, has put its pounds 3.2 billion stake in the QVC shopping channel up for sale. It wants to raise cash for a potential bid for DirecTV. Liberty owns 42 per cent of QVC. - The Times.

REVIEW: Health campaigners demand tax on advertising junk food.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Health campaigners have demanded that companies that target children with fatty junk food should be forced to pay a tax on their advertising. A report from the Consumers Association also blames the food industry for encouraging unhealthy food...

REVIEW: Direct marketing experts warn of consumer backlash.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Direct marketing experts have warned of a consumer backlash against direct mail, as the number of items posted exceeded ten billion for the first time last year. A MORI opinion poll showed that two-thirds of people object to junk mail. - The...

REVIEW: Michael Jackson wins court order.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Michael Jackson has won a court order to prevent unseen footage from an ITV documentary being shown on television or released on video. Out-takes from Granada's documentary about Jackson, presented by Martin Bashir, must now be kept under lock...

REVIEW: SMG reveals pre-tax profits have dropped.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... SMG, the owner of Scottish TV and Virgin Radio, revealed that pre-tax profits for the year to December dropped 28 per cent to pounds 26 million. Revenues fell from pounds 280.8 million to pounds 278.4 million. SMG said that Virgin Radio had...

Packet Mixes gets TV debut.(Schwartz Packet Mixes; Quiet Storm)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Schwartz Packet Mixes is marking its television debut with a quirky new campaign through Quiet Storm. The work, which breaks this week, comprises three related spots, which will all run in the ad break for The Bill, but which can also run...

Diesel rolls out viral work in preparation for global campaign.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Diesel is launching its first global campaign in three years this week, called 'guide to successful living'. The first spot, called 'oil klash klash', debuts with an online viral marketing push, which has been planned, seeded and tracked...

AAI and Billetts form an alliance.(Agency Assessment International)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Agency Assessments International and Billetts have formed a strategic alliance in a bid to offer clients end-to-end evaluation and optimisation over all of their marketing communications. Traditionally, Billetts focuses on analysing and...

MSN UK search site withdraws banners as part of relaunch.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... The internet portal MSN UK is to scrap banner advertising from its search pages, a much-visited portion of the website, as part of a relaunch. The revamp of MSN Search UK - which, according to MSN figures, is visited by 13.6 million people...

KFC rolls out latest branding ads.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... KFC is starting its 'got chicken, got soul' campaign in earnest with two new TV ads created by Bartle Bogle Hegarty. The two 30-second executions, entitled 'hi-fi' and 'soul', will continue the theme established in last month's special...

The Daily Telegraph to be press partner in Microsoft activity.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... The Daily Telegraph has won a brief from Microsoft to act as its sole press partner for a new campaign targeting business customers. Microsoft, and its media agency, Universal McCann, held a pitch for a newspaper to carry advertising to...

Radio 3 promotes Awards for World Music.(DFGW)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... DFGW has created a campaign for this year's BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, which will aim to promote the accessibility of global music. The event, which takes place between 24 and 27 March, aims to recognise and reward the diversity...

IPA and ISBA prepare briefing advice.(Institute of Practitioners in Advertising; Incorporated Society of British Advertisers)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... The main advertising trade bodies are drawing up guidelines in an effort to end the often chaotic and haphazard way in which agencies are briefed by their clients. The move follows research that found 40 per cent of clients have had no...

Carling music push continues with The Beautiful South gig.(Carling Brewing Co. launches new television advertisement for Carling beer)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Leith London is continuing its 'Homecoming Gig' theme for Carling with a new TV ad to support the beer brand's association with music. The Homecoming concept invites famous established bands to return to their roots in the small venues...

Mini takes turn for the surreal in cinema ads.(new advertising campaign for Mini car)
March 7, 2003... A naked man is hit on the head with a dead fish and an ad is played out in reverse in WCRS's latest cinema campaign for Mini. Kicking off on 7 March, the campaign will run in bursts on alternate weeks for 12 weeks. A second tranche of...

Kumala wine aims for prestige market with magazine ads.(Kumala Ltd. advertising campaign)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Kumala, the South African wine brand, is mounting its first significant campaign in the UK in an effort to shed its 'cheap and cheerful' reputation. Western Wines, the brand's UK importer and distributor, is behind a national press and...

Advertisers need to work harder to talk to ethnic audience.(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Advertisers are failing to connect with ethnic audiences because they are stereotyped in commercials, according to research published this week. While diversity in TV advertising has increased, with 13 per cent of actors being of a...

Clerical Medical drops married couple to update brand's image.(Clerical Medical and General Life Assurance Society launches new advertising campaign)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Clerical Medical has ditched its vicar-and-doctor married couple after three years and introduced a new creative strategy in a bid to modernise the brand. Partners BDDH has replaced the couple with a campaign claiming that Clerical Medical...

Commercials rapped by ITC for inaccuracy.(Independent Television Commission rules against advertisements from McDonald's Corp., Freeserve PLC, The People)
March 7, 2003... McDonald's, Freeserve and The People were among the advertisers rapped by the Independent Television Commission this month following complaints about their ad campaigns. McDonald's was found guilty of running a campaign advertising a...

BBC runs first national ads to push local radio stations.(British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... The BBC is running its first national advertising campaign promoting its network of local radio stations in an attempt to rid them of their 'cat stuck in a tree' image. The poster campaign, created by BBC Broadcast, uses a fingerprint...

Gfk Group to launch research business for media in the UK.(media research business to be launched)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... The Gfk Group, a supplier of quantitative media research, is launching a media-research business in the UK. Gfk Media, which will compete against the likes of RSMB, Ipsos-RSL and Taylor Nelson, will offer research services to advertising...

DLKW unveils Burger King ad.(Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners is to use American-themed ads to push Burger King's heritage as the home of the quality hamburger. A new ad, launching later this month, promotes Burger King's Double Melt range and will introduce the...

Publicis targets young drivers for Megane.(Regie Nationale des Usines Renault launches new television commercial for Megane car)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Renault is attempting to woo more young drivers in a new television initiative, which compares driving its New Megane model to the thrill of driving a sports car. Publicis has produced the campaign promoting the three-door Sport Hatch and...

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE LEAGUE: 7 March.(list of advertising agencies ranked by total billings gained)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 7, 2003... Rank Rank Agency Total Total Net this last billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

MEDIA FORUM: Does the market want a second London news war?
March 7, 2003... Are we going to see a dirty war between Express and Associated in London? If so, will that worry the advertising industry? Alasdair Reid reports. It's not going to be pretty, that's for sure. Associated and Express Newspapers have already...

MEDIA: NEW! - AN EXPERT'S VIEW. It might only cost 60p, but Nicki Hare thinks New! offers less for your pennies than Heat or Now.
March 7, 2003... The celebrity sector is clearly booming. As the key driver of circulation within the women's weekly market and with revenue up a massive 30 per cent compared with the previous six months, why shouldn't there be room for another title? ...

MEDIA CHOICE: Stuart Taylor, the advertisement director at Guardian Newspapers, picks British Airways' activity at Waterloo Station.
March 7, 2003... 'You can't miss the BA campaign currently running at Waterloo station. It's in the ticket hall, up the escalators and along the corridors. This is a great example of an advertiser focusing on one battlefront and chucking the works at it. BA has...

MEDIA HEADLINER: Natural conservative trying to move Telegraph front of mind.(The Daily Telegraph company advertising)
March 7, 2003... Charles Moore has to aim younger without upsetting old readers. That most British of performers Stephen Fry has much in common with The Daily Telegraph. Fry has complained that no matter what he does in an interview he always comes across...

MEDIA PERSPECTIVE: A bit of good news can raise interest in regional papers.
March 7, 2003... The ability of research companies to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds and acres of time in establishing the obvious surfaced once again last week. Millward Brown's regional press 'Conversion Study', a pounds 250,000 commission from the...

NEW MEDIA: SPOTLIGHT ON LEVI'S - Levi's seeks balance between the old and the new.(Levi Strauss and Co.'s Web site)
March 7, 2003... A new-look website recalls Levi's past and looks to the future, Alasdair Reid writes. 'The Levi's brand is all about innovation,' Helene Venge, Levi's digital marketing manager, says, explaining the thinking behind the relaunch of the...

NEW MEDIA: I-RECALL - DOTCOM WEEKLY AWARENESS SURVEY.(list of Web sites ranked by consumer awareness)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 7, 2003... Rank Site Agency/Media Adspend Aware- July-September ness pounds (%) 1 BT ...

NEW MEDIA: WEB WATCH - JOB SITES.(ranking of job Web sites by monthly page impressions)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
March 7, 2003... Rank Site Address Latest monthly page impressions (millions) 1 Jobserve jobserve.com 29.3 2 Monster ...

CLOSE-UP: NEWSMAKER - DAVE ALBERTS. The radical creative chief who may brighten up Grey's output.(Grey Worlrdwide London's future executive creative director Dave Alberts)
March 7, 2003... Dave Alberts' background sits well with Garry Lace's ambition, John Tylee says. Brussel sprouts sum up what Dave Alberts, Grey Worldwide London's executive creative director-in-waiting, is all about. Not the ones you pick out of the...

CLOSE-UP: ON THE CAMPAIGN COUCH ... WITH JB.(interview with Jeremy Bullmore of WPP)
March 7, 2003... Q: As a fairly top client I can't believe the amount of largesse I've been on the receiving end of over the last year. Mostly from people I barely know. With the amount of belt-tightening going on surely you guys must be able to think of a...

CLOSE-UP: CRAFT - JEFFE LABBE AND KASH SREE. Burnett creative heads Labbe and Sree keep on taking risks.(Leo Burnett Chicago's VP creative directors Jeff Labbe and Kash Sree)
March 7, 2003... Standing up for their ideas has helped Labbe and Sree flourish. Calling all creatives. Are you frustrated that if you stand up for your ideas you may risk the boot? If so, don't panic - you are not alone. Conceiving genius without...

CLOSE-UP: CAMPAIGN SCREEN - DIRECTOR'S CUT. Jay Pond-Jones comments on the best ads in the new issue of Campaign Screen.
March 7, 2003... Whatever media you are working in, high- concept, low-cost ideas fit the economic and attitudinal mood around the globe right now. And there are loads of examples among the ads, promos and short films in this month's Campaign Screen. There...

CLOSE-UP: LIVE ISSUE - ADSPENDS. How four of the biggest advertisers spent in 2002.(advertising spending for O2, Orange, Toyota, and Procter and Gamble)
March 7, 2003... Why did some advertisers extend their commitment to certain media in 2002? Most readers will be surprised to hear that advertising spend among the UK's 100-biggest advertisers actually rose last year, according to the latest data from Nielsen...

CLOSE-UP: LIVE ISSUE - TETRA PAK. Can advertising ever turn a carton into a consumer brand? Glen Mutel reports.(Tetra Pak International AB advertising)
March 7, 2003... It's only two months in, but 2003 is already turning into a vintage year for big-brand creative reviews. Over the coming weeks, results are eagerly awaited on the British Gas, BT, Woolworths, Royal Mail and Tetra Pak pitches. Hang on. Can you...

EDITORIAL: A watershed time for supergroups?
March 7, 2003... When the world's agency networks began consolidating under a single holding company, a senior Procter & Gamble executive posed the question: 'What's in these mega mergers for clients?' Almost two decades on, with Interpublic mired in financial...

EDITORIAL: Velvet complaints waste the ASA's time.(complaints about Velvet toilet tissue ads are waste of Advertising Standards Authority's time)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... How curious that the naked bottoms featured in a press and poster campaign for Velvet toilet tissue should have attracted more than 100 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority. Posters may be a catch-all medium, but the Publicis work...

OPINION: Mills on ... Kit Kat.
March 7, 2003... We hear a lot these days about the need for agencies to produce a Big Idea (remember, it's mandatory to cap up the first two letters when talking about this). Too often, however, the Big Idea tends to be a small idea inflated with a lot of hot...

OPINION: Stuart Elliott in America.(Interpublic Group lets go John J. Dooner Jr. and Marion Harper Jr.)
March 7, 2003... Few agency companies ever have ousted their CEOs. The Interpublic Group of Companies now holds the dubious distinction of having done it twice. One could be glib and suggest that something embedded deep within the IPG DNA - a time-delayed...

WOULD DAVID ABBOTT GET A JOB IN ADVERTISING TODAY?
March 7, 2003... David Abbott is one of advertising's finest writers, responsible for some of the best long-copy ads ever created. But, Robin Wight asks, would he find work in the visually driven industry of today? The question is, of course, preposterous....

PRIVATE VIEW: Nick Hastings, who will be the creative director at Partners BDDH from April.(opinions on ads)
March 7, 2003... England's greatest ever goal-scorer is becoming quite funny in his old age, and I'm not talking about Bobby Charlton. In the new Walkers commercials each time Gary Lineker goes to nick someone's crisps he's discouraged when he hears them fart....

DIARY: Adland cosies up with the cushy companies.(advertising, publishing companies named to Sunday Times' list of 100 best companies to work for)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2003... Does your company treat you like a battery hen? Is the only perk of your job an ill-stocked vending machine that only accepts old 50p pieces? Do you work in a shoe box above a pet shop with windows that don't open and an air-conditioning...