Campaign articles from November 2001

Campaign archives from November 2001

MindShare scoops $120m Castrol.(Castrol consolidates global media account with MindShare Worldwide)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Castrol, the BP-owned oil brand, has consolidated its global media account, worth an estimated $120 million, into MindShare Worldwide. It has also appointed the sister WPP creative agency, Ogilvy & Mather, to handle its global advertising...

Ernest& Julio Gallo seek direct agency for wines campaign.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Ernest & Julio Gallo Wines is looking for a direct marketing agency to help it build ongoing relations with wine drinkers. The Californian wine group is in the process of drawing-up a pitchlist for an account to build a customer...

Tony Kaye folds London office to join RSA roster.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The maverick director Tony Kaye, as famous for his colourful character as for his awards, is folding his London office to join RSA Films. Kaye, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is poised to sign a deal with RSA for representation in...

Mars calls 50m [pounds sterling] UK media contest.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Mars is carrying out a review of its 50 million [pounds sterling] UK media planning arrangements. The confectionery, food and pet care giant is expected to centralise media planning into one agency in the UK. However, agency sources have...

Naked and Starcom shine at Campaign Media Awards 2001.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Naked has won best media campaign of the year for its Selfridges "Toyko life" work at the Campaign Media Awards, held on 28 November. Simon Marquis, the chief executive of Zenith UK and chairman of the judges, said the Selfridges...

Playing conflict from both ends is risky for holding companies. (Perspective).(Reckitt Benckiser drops one Interpublic network)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... This week's news that Reckitt Benckiser has dumped one Interpublic network because of a conflict with a client held by a separate IPG network must have brought a tear to the eye of McCann-Erickson, which is the outgoing agency. Reckitt's...

Carat wins Total FinalElf rebranding media task. (Perspective).(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Carat International has won the oil giant TotalFinaElf's 40 million [pounds sterling] pan-European media account ahead of the conglomerate's continent-wide rebranding drive. The agency would not confirm or deny that it had won the...

WPP prepares for takeover offer with cull of Red Cell London staff. (Perspective).(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The WPP-owned Red Cell network has culled the senior management of its London office in what is being seen as a "deck-clearing" operation in advance of an impending acquisition. The casualties include Julian Saunders, who has been asked...

Speedo in talks with agencies about new positioning ad drive. (Perspective).(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The swimwear brand Speedo is talking to agencies about relaunching in the UK and the rest of the world. It is thought that Speedo International is asking agencies to come up with a new brand positioning suitable for a global advertising...

Eskandarian refutes WCRS/Partners merger speculation. (Perspective).(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Ed Eskandarian, the chairman of Arnold Worldwide Partners, has told Campaign that there will be no merger between the Arnold agencies WCRS and Partners BDDH. Speculation had been rising that the two agencies were to merge following...

CDD lands 10m [pounds sterling] Mercedes prize.(Campbell Doyle Dye wins advertising account for Mercedes-Benz)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 30, 2001... Campbell Doyle Dye, formerly CDD Testa, has been confirmed as the new agency for Mercedes-Benz's 10 million [pounds sterling] advertising account and has secured the backing of Omnicom. Following a series of strategic and creative...

Granada chops 430 employees as loss continues to mount.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 30, 2001... Granada is to axe another 430 jobs in its latest attempt to offset the effects of the downturn in revenue across ITV. News of the redundancies, which takes the toll of job losses up to 1,000 for the year, came as Granada announced a...

WWAV to appoint sole creative chief in rejig.(WWAV Rapp Collins London hires Ian Haworth as sole creative director)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... WWAV Rapp Collins London is dismantling its system of four creative directors and has appointed Ian Haworth, Tequila Worldwide's executive creative director, as the sole creative chief. Haworth has been appointed to the role of executive...

Manchester United shortlists agencies for website account.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Manchester United Football Club is in the final stages of holding a digital review for its global website. The review, overseen by Manchester United's marketing director, Peter Draper, originally concerned six new-media agencies....

Skandia, the Swedish insurance group.(hires Media Planning Group, Marketing Store Worldwide to handle ad and media accounts)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Skandia, the Swedish Insurance group, has appointed Media Planning Group and Marketing Store Worldwide to handle its media and advertising. The Marketing Store will develop an advertising campaign to target independent financial advertisers...

The Telegraph group will continue to handle.(Telegraph Group to handle advertising sales for Sunday Business)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The Telegraph group will continue to handle ad sales for the recently rescued Sunday Business under the package put together by the Press Association

Saatchi & Saatchi, Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R.(Lloyds TSB considers multiple advertising agencies to handle its account)
November 30, 2001... Saatchi & Saatchi, Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, TBWA\London and Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO are on the shortlist for the 18 million [pounds sterling] Lloyds TSB above-the-line account. Saatchis is the incumbent agency having picked up the...

Deborah Embley has been appointed as the financial director of Emap Performance.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Deborah Embley has been appointed as the financial director of Emap Performance. Embley, formerly the commercial development director at Virgin Management, replaces Brian McCluskey

Heinz has shortlisted The Leith, Saatchi & Saatchi and WCRS.(for baby food advertising account)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Heinz has shortlisted The Leith, Saatchi & Saatchi and WCRS to pitch for its babyfood account held by Leo Burnett

Butchers, the pet food manufacturer.(mulls choice of advertising agency)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Butchers, the pet food manufacturer, will choose between Mother, Soul,Farm and Clemmow Hornby Inge for the 4 million [pounds sterling] creative assignment

Adam Haywood has joined Leonardo as senior art director.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Adam Haywood has joined Leonardo as senior art director. Haywood was previously an art director at Circle.com in London

Baileys has renewed its sponsorship of Channel 4's Sex and the City.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Baileys has renewed its sponsorship of Channel 4's Sex and the City. The deal, which is worth 1 million [pounds sterling], was brokered by Carat

Ken Livingstone's Greater London Authority.(narrows search for advertising agency)
November 30, 2001... Ken Livingstone's Greater London Authority has shortlisted BMP DDB, Soul and Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper for a press and poster campaign aimed at convincing residents that environmental standards in the capital are improving

Four TV commercials produced by Soul for Uniqlo.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Four TV commercials produced by Soul for Uniqlo are to run in the Japanese fashion retailer's home market from the beginning of next month. The films will augment work produced by the company's Japanese agency, Thynos

Yahoo! and FIFA, the world governing body of football.(Budweiser and MasterCard International )(2002 FIFAWorld Cup)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Yahoo! and FIFA, the world governing body of football, have announced that Budweiser and MasterCard International have signed up as the first global marketing partners of FIFAworldcup.com, the official website of the 2002 FIFAWorld Cup

Starcom Worldwide.(merges with Thomas Koch Media in Germany)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Starcom Worldwide has merged with Thomas Koch Media in Germany. TKM Starcom will be Germany's fifth-biggest media agency and will have 150 staff in three offices in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Hamburg

McCann-Erickson.(shortlisted for Telegraph account)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... McCann-Erickson has been shortlisted to pitch for The Telegraph group's advertising account alongside Leo Burnett and Clemmow Hornby Inge. Lowe Lintas was originally shortlisted but withdrew from the list because of its involvement with the...

Starcom Motive.(media account with Burton)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Starcom Motive has been appointed to the pan-European media planning and buying account of the snowboard manufacturer, Burton

Cordiant Communications'.(shares fall)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Cordiant Communications' shares fell by almost 8 per cent on Tuesday (28 November) on the back of the news that Hyundai is reviewing its 100 million [pounds sterling] US media account out of its Bates subsidiary.

Procter & Gamble.(direct marketing review)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Procter & Gamble's direct marketing roster review has moved to a second stage. Agencies including Joshua, IMP, Leonardo,Tullo Marshall Warren and WWAV Rapp Collins are competing for a place on the roster to create up to 200 local DM campaigns

PwC Consulting.(new brand for consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... PwC Consulting is the new brand created by the IPG-owned FutureBrand for the consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The rebranding comes as the consultancy arm becomes operationally separate from PwC's assurance and tax practices

St Luke's creates `win Xmas' Ikea ads.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Ikea UK is offering to help consumers "win" Christmas with an irreverent campaign created by St Luke's. This will be one of the last campaigns created by St Luke's following Ikea UK's recent decision to take its 8 million [pounds...

DFGW lands bronze APG planning prize for work on Daeweoo.(Duckworth Finn Grubb Waters)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Duckworth Finn Grubb Waters won a bronze APG creative planning award in the category for the best campaign for established product brands. Tom Vick, the agency's joint managing director, and the account planner Megan Thompson presented a...

Gov't assures industry over ITV consolidation.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The Government has dismissed the advertising industry's fears that the creation of a single ITV company will drive up the cost of advertising. In a consultation document on media ownership, ministers paved the way for an eventual merger...

Partners challenges views of Parker in latest ad push.(Partners BDDH, Parker pens)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Partners BDDH aims to position Parker pens as a modern brand for the contemporary world with its "point made" debut campaign for the brand. The press and poster push includes an image of a lesbian couple, which is signed "Mrs Davies and...

TBWA GGT picks up internet launch for the Vauxhall Vectra.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Vauxhall Motors has appointed TBWA\GGT Direct to handle the online launch of its new Vectra next year. The agency won the account after a pitch against several specialist digital agencies. It is developing a microsite for the Vectra ahead...

IPG conflict leads Reckitt to dump McCann.(Interpublic Group, Reckitt Benckiser, McCann-Erickson)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Reckitt Benckiser has ended its relationship with McCann-Erickson after Interpublic's acquisition of True North created a conflict with its FCB subsidiary's SC Johnson account. The parting of ways comes less than two years after the newly...

Britvic gives HHCL last chance on Tango brief.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... HHCL & Partners has been given an ultimatum by Britvic's marketing boss, Andrew Marsden, to come up with a new campaign for its flagship Tango brand or lose the 5 million [pounds sterling] account. The account has been held by HHCL for...

W&K wins Advanta's above-the-line work for brand campaign.(Royal Bank of Scotland Group appoints Wieden and Kennedy London)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has appointed Wieden & Kennedy London to work on its first above-the-line RBS Advanta brand-building campaign. W&K beat three other agencies to the task. In October, Royal Bank of Scotland shortlisted St...

Wrigley's 19m [pounds sterling] media brief for gum goes up for review.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Wrigley's, the chewing gum manufacturer, is reviewing its 19 million [pounds sterling] media planning and buying account out of CIA UK. The proposed merger of CIA UK and Media Edge, as a result of the recent acquisition of Tempus by WPP,...

David Pullen is to become Channel 5's director.(of marketing and communications)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... David Pullen is to become Channel 5's director of marketing and communications in succession to Jim Hytner, now the marketing and commercial director at ITV.Pullen, 33, is currently the vice-president for marketing and digital channels at MTV...

Jamie Oliver, the celebrity chef and star of the Sainsbury's TV.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Jamie Oliver, the celebrity chef and star of the Sainsbury's TV campaign, is close to agreeing a new 1 million [pounds sterling] contract with the supermarket chain. The two-year deal is expected to be signed by the end of December despite...

WH Smith has apologised to Geordies.(Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... WH Smith has apologised to Geordies who are angry about its new commercial, by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, which depicts them as vulgar, messy-eating couch potatoes. The Independent Television Commission is...

Fiona McAnena, the CIA chief executive.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Fiona McAnena, the CIA chief executive, will be in charge of the merger between her agency and The Media Edge in the UK. The move leaves her well-placed to become the consolidated agency's first chief executive. Media Business

Falling National Lottery sales have been blamed for a 27 per cent slump in profits.(Camelot Group PLC)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Falling National Lottery sales have been blamed for a 27 per cent slump in profits for its operator, Camelot. It reported half-year profits to 30 September of 22.9 million [pounds sterling]. The Independent

Stelios Haji-Iannou, the owner of easyJet.(Plans to publish magazines)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Stelios Haji-Iannou, the owner of easyJet, plans to publish a range of magazines targeting his business interests of airlines, car rental, internet cafes and financial services. Sunday Express

Kevin Keegan, the former England manager.(Campaign to encourage church attendance at Christmas)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Kevin Keegan, the former England manager, the athlete Diane Modahl and the rugby international Apollo Perelini have been recruited to a 200,000 [pounds sterling] Church of England TV campaign to encourage church attendance at Christmas. ...

The new Channel 4 show featuring Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan has been trounced in the ratings by Anne Robinson's quiz show, The Weakest Link.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The new Channel 4 show featuring Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan has been trounced in the ratings by Anne Robinson's quiz show, The Weakest Link. Monday's edition of Richard and Judy pulled in 2.2 million viewers, but BBC2's The Weakest...

New-media losses totalling 22.4 million [pounds sterling].(Chrysalis)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... New-media losses totalling 22.4 million [pounds sterling] have pushed the media group Chrysalis into the red for the full year. Losses dragged down a 4.1 million [pounds sterling] operating profit to a 4.5 million [pounds sterling] loss. ...

The RSPCA is allowing McDonald's to stamp.(Freedom Food logo)(guarantees standards of animal welfare)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The RSPCA is allowing McDonald's to stamp takeaway cartons with its Freedom Food logo, which guarantees standards of animal welfare. The move was criticised by groups claiming some food may not have been produced humanely. Mail on Sunday

The International Olympic Committee, FIFA and Formula One's.(urging for ban on tobacco advertising)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The International Olympic Committee, FIFA and Formula One's bosses are backing the World Health Organisation's call for a worldwide end to the advertising, promotion and marketing of tobacco. Financial Times

Fabien Barthez, Manchester United's goalkeeper.(nominated as spokesperson for Tesco's butter brand)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Fabien Barthez, Manchester United's goalkeeper, whose blunders led to his team's 3-1 defeat by Arsenal last week, has been asked to advertise Tesco butter. A Tesco spokesman described him as "the ultimate butterfingers". The Mirror

ITV results set to show fall in revenue.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... ITV's last-minute influx of 35 million [pounds sterling] in ad revenue will not be enough to save it from poor financial results. A week ahead of the official launch of its quarterly forecast of ad expenditure, Zenith Media has revealed...

BMP DDB duo lands top Aerial Award for 'snowman' radio ad.(Simon Veksner, Nick Allsop)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... A radio commercial for the Volkswagen Polo Match that spoofs the Walking in the Air theme track from The Snowman has won the Aerial Award for October. The Aerial Award, run by the Radio Advertising Bureau and supported by Campaign, was...

IPA kicks off award for training programmes.
November 30, 2001... The IPA is launching a new competition along similar lines to its Effectiveness Awards as part of efforts to convince outsiders that the industry is taking training and development seriously. Agencies and individuals will be able to enter...

Banks Hoggins launches print work for Devil May Cry.(Capcom Europe)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Capcom Europe, the computer games manufacturer, is putting its biggest-ever ad-spend behind the launch of Devil May Cry in an attempt to make it the "must-have" title for players this Christmas. A total of 1.9 million [pounds sterling]...

Glue uses 80s idea for Terrence Higgins HIV awareness drive.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Glue London has launched an online fundraising campaign for the Terrence Higgins Trust -- its first work for the HIV charity. The campaign works around the tagline "The 80s -- gone but not forgotten. HIV -- forgotten but not gone", and...

Business performance league: 30 Nov.(agency rankings by billings)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
November 30, 2001... Rank Rank Agency Total this last billings week week gained (m...

Media performanoe league: 30 Nov.(agencies ranked by total billings)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
November 30, 2001... Rank Rank Agency Total this last billings week week gained (m [pounds sterling]) 1 1...

New-media spend set to rise, ad survey says.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The new-media advertising spend for the next year is set to increase, according to a new study conducted by ISBA and the Advertising Research Consortium. The survey, which looks at how major UK advertisers are using new media in their...

Liquid unveils Virgin Mobile's student work.(Liquid Communications)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Virgin Mobile is launching a multimedia campaign to target students with its range of services. The campaign, through Liquid Communications, aims to win over UK students with the chance of winning one of ten houses for a year, rent-free....

Absolut marks 20th birthday of its bottle work on 100 posters.(Absolut Vodka)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Absolut Vodka is marking 20 years of its iconic vodka bottle press and poster work with an anniversary campaign featuring some advertising highlights from the past two decades. The company has earmarked 100 different executions to run in...

Is ITV's decision to air on Sky Digital the right one? Sky and ITV have finally kissed and made up. But just how important for advertisers is ITV's debut on Sky Digital? Alasdair Reid finds out. (Forum).
November 30, 2001... At last. ITV has joined the 21st century -- the platform-agnostic, interactive digital television century. Last week, the network signed a momentous agreement with BSkyB, which will mean that both ITV1 and ITV2 will be carried on the Sky...

Who wants to be a millionaire? Interactive: an expert's view: Simon King look the hotseat for ago at ITV2's Who wants to be a millionaire? interactive game.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... I recently met a former contestant on the German Millionaire who lamented the fact that he could not defer his appearance until the introduction of the euro. It would seem that one of the euro's hidden costs is a doubling of the show's purse....

Media choice: Clare Conley, Campaign's media reporter, loved Nike's "Art of Contradiction" supplement in Glamour.
November 30, 2001... "The cover of this 22-page booklet for Nike Woman uses an innovative mechanism in which the female figure has the feel of the side of a matchbox. This sets the "fiery" tone of the booklet which humorously targets streetwise tough girls. It...

OMD fills top post at last with CNN client service champion: Uva's most urgent task will be to attract new business for OMD. (Headliner).(Joe Uva)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The appointment last week of Joe Uva as the president and chief executive of OMD sent out some very clear signals. First, that Omnicom is serious about media in the US; OMD will now move to offering a complete planning and buying service....

Middle-size media shops give a better fit than XXL option. (Perspective).
November 30, 2001... I went into a clothes shop last weekend to buy a hoodie for my son. The racks were full, the only problem being that they were all large size and red, so I took my business elsewhere. Even so, Henry Ford's dictum seems alive and well in...

Is the House of Lords correct to consider ISPs as `publishers'? Further debate is needed before ISPs can be legally defined. (Spotlight On: Internet Service Providers).(Column)
November 30, 2001... It's almost impossible to send up the workings of the House of Lords--reformed or unreformed. It passed way beyond self-parody aeons ago, probably when Queen Victoria was a mere slip of a girl. With the plump form of a lugubrious lord...

I-recall: dotcom weekly awareness survey. (Spotlight On: Internet Service Providers).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 30, 2001... Rank Site Agency/Media 1 BT AMV BBDO/Zenith Media 2 AOL MWO/BBJ 3 One2One BBH/Starcom Motive 4 Microsoft ...

Web watch: automotive sites. (Spotlight On: Internet Service Providers).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 30, 2001... Rank Site Address Latest monthly page impressions (millions) 1 Autotrader.co.uk autotrader.co.uk * 26.6 2 What Car? Online...

Adland's creative nomad sets up camp with TBWA: Leith London has been left reeling after Paul Silburn's new move. (Newsmaker/Paul Silburn).(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Paul Silburn, until last week the creative director of Leith London, is hot property. The Cannes gold winner -- whose portfolio includes acclaimed and effective work for John West Salmon, Stella Artois, Lynx, Reebok, McDonald's and Nike --...

On the campaign couch ... with JB.
November 30, 2001... Q Having worked in a big agency for a number of years, I've enjoyed my own office and my own PA. I've now moved to a much smaller company where I work in open plan and am expected to look after myself, I'm OK with the typing -- well, as a...

A hardline stance on drugs is masking tolerance in adland: Camilla Palmer looks into attitudes to drug use in an ever-stressful ad industry. (Live Issue/Drugs).(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Adland's relationship with drugs is a long and chequered one. Practically everyone, whether they've indulged or not, has tales to tell about drugs, and famous stories of the hedonistic boomtime 80s are still raising eyebrows 20 years on. But...

Live issue/computer games: Jeremy White asks why, if the games so well, ads for them are so uncreative.(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... The computer games advertising sector is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a hotbed of creativity. In contrast to hardware campaigns such as David Lynch's strange spot for the PlayStation 2 launch, it's tricky to recall any ads for...

HR supremo of WPP to take up the IPG challenge: Brian Brooks faces a tough task filling Kent Kroeber's role. (Newsmaker/Brian Brooks).
November 30, 2001... If you think you're someone in this business and you've never heard of or met Brian Brooks, you're a nobody. You certainly won't have read about him in Campaign. As one of the few power brokers in advertising who remains in the shadows --...

Live issue/EHS Brann: Ehsrealtime's merger with Brann will give the agency added clout.
November 30, 2001... Havas' UK direct marketing operations are many and varied but, last week, the picture was simplified somewhat with the announcement of the merger between ehsrealtime and Brann. If you believe the management of the new agency, there are...

DTLR ad initiative is a slap in COI's face.(Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, COI Communications)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... It's either a brave initiative or a blatant bit of empire-building that the passing of time will expose. Whatever it is, the decision of the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions to declare independence from COI...

60m [pounds sterling]: too little cash to make a splash.(Dentsu Tec Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 30, 2001... Dentsu may have gained some PR mileage from its IPO, but precious little else. The resultant 60 million [pounds sterling] "war chest" is barely enough to buy a London hotshop, let alone fuel the extensive acquisition programme it needs to...

ISBA doesn't want the government to scrap TV licence fees, Mills. (Advertising On The BBC).
November 30, 2001... We're not sure when Dominic Mills last checked with an ISBA executive about our position on the licence fee and BBC funding. Judging by the distorted interpretation expressed in his Perspective column (Campaign, 23 November), this cannot have...

The laddish image of media could frighten off gays and lesbians. (Media `Machismo').
November 30, 2001... It was extremely refreshing to read Caroline Marshall's recent Perspective on the "machismo" of the media world and how few out gay and lesbian personnel exist within ad agencies (Campaign, 2 November). Having taken over as the head of agency...

`Missing persons' ads debuted on forecourt. (Missing Persons Helpline).
November 30, 2001... Your story on the ad for the National Missing Persons Helpline (Campaign, 16 November) is all great stuff. You mentioned the ad broke on Carlton on 16 November. It's not that often that we, at Forecourt TV get a chance to claim an ad...

Mann's mathematical errors were hilarious. (Standards Of English).
November 30, 2001... English is not my mother tongue, so please excuse me if I make any spelling or grammar mistakes. This said, I would like to bring attention to the letter sent to you by Mann, the designer and copywriter, about apostrophes. I agree with...

See that spell check? So put it to use, Mann. (Standards Of English).
November 30, 2001... Is it just me, or does anyone else think that the learned gentleman copywriter campaigning for "higher standards of English" (in particular, for the sanctity of punctuation) has got his spelling a little wrong? Surely it is "apostrophe",...

Mann's chance of the 10 per cent is as poor as his spelling ability. (Standards Of English).
November 30, 2001... Just a short note to the designer and copywriter Douglas Mann. I always thought that, before you started holding forth on the intricacies of English grammar, you should first earn your spurs learning how to spell correctly. I doubt that...