Campaign articles from September 2002

Campaign archives from September 2002

Bungey to leave troubled Cordiant.(Michael Bungey)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Michael Bungey's days as the boss of Cordiant looked numbered this week amid reports that he was preparing to hand over the controls of the embattled group. His exit, expected to be announced when the company reveals its half-year results...

Broadcasters force MPG to pay upfront for TV airtime deals.(Media Planning Group)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The dispute between commercial TV broadcasters and media agencies has come to a head, with Media Planning Group electing to pre-pay for media rather than submit to demands to increase its levels of bank guarantees. The disagreement...

Grey in pursuit of pounds 50m Alfa Romeo.(Grey Worldwide seeks ad account)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... WPP's Red Cell network is on alert following news that one of its key international clients, Alfa Romeo, has opened talks with Grey Worldwide over its estimated pounds 50 million pan-European creative account. Alfa, a division of Fiat...

Mother takes on Comic Relief fundraising drive.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Comic Relief, the charity famous for getting the nation to put on plastic red noses, has asked Mother to handle its advertising business as it prepares for its next fundraising Red Nose Day event. The agency will work alongside the charity,...

Equinox wins media for Robbie Williams record assignment.(Equinox Communications to handle media planning and buying)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... IE Music Limited, the management company behind pop pin-up Robbie Williams, has appointed Equinox Communications to handle media planning and buying for the impending launch of his new album and single. Despite the attentions of a number of...

PERSPECTIVE: Lowe never matched the success of WCRS on Orange - but why?(Lowe resigns Orange PLC account)(Brief Article)(Column)
September 6, 2002... Two years ago I wrote this column about the departure of the Orange account from WCRS to Lowe. WCRS created a brilliant valedictory ad for the same issue with 'hello' on the left-hand page and 'goodbye' on the right, and copy saying that Orange...

TV adspend increases for six months in a row.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... TV stations are set for their sixth consecutive month of year-on-year increases in advertising revenue, with total TV spend in October expected to be up 11 per cent. The news coincides with increased levels of TV viewing and means that,...

Levy warns of job cuts following merger of Publicis with Bcom3.(Publicis chief executive Maurice Levy)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Publicis is likely to cut jobs in the wake of its merger with the rival advertising holding company Bcom3, according to the chief executive, Maurice Levy. He added that the cuts would probably come from within the holding company rather...

Telewest in talks with agencies about pounds 6m ad business.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Telewest, the cable company, is talking to agencies about its pounds 6 million creative and direct marketing accounts. The cable operator claimed it had no plans to change its relationship with Saatchi & Saatchi, which creates the bulk of...

Union creatives and account director to open Toast agency.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Three senior employees have resigned from The Union in Edinburgh to start their own agency, Toast. The senior creative team of Phil Evans and Guy Vickerstaff are the founding partners alongside Caroline Garrad, an account director at the...

Orange rethinks as Lowe resigns.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Lowe has resigned its pounds 43 million Orange business after struggling to meet the company's demand for cut-through advertising and having lost senior managers who were key to the account. The telecoms giant is currently hunting for a new...

Remington recruits Spirit for European Big Shot campaign.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Remington, the appliance giant made famous by its long-running advertising campaign starring Victor Kiam, has appointed Spirit to spearhead an ad drive to promote its Big Shot hairdryer. The agency is creating a Europe-wide campaign for the...

New legal contract rubber-stamped by trade organisations.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Agencies and clients have agreed a new standard contract aimed at avoiding costly and unnecessary legal wrangles if relationships go sour. The updated guidelines not only allow agencies to protect their rights and limit their liability for...

CHI wins bigger slice of Carphone account.(Clemmow Hornby Inge, Carphone Warehouse)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Clemmow Hornby Inge has significantly increased its share of The Carphone Warehouse's European business after winning the estimated pounds 5 million account for three key foreign markets. The agency will roll out its UK campaign, featuring...

HOTLINE: Universal McCann wins Exxon Mobil account.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Universal McCann has won the dollars 40 million global media planning and buying account for Exxon Mobil after a pitch against the incumbent agency, Zenith Media. McCann-Erickson Worldwide handles the global creative account.

HOTLINE: Larissa Joy joins Weber Shandwick.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Larissa Joy, the former vice-chairman at Ogilvy & Mather, has joined the PR agency Weber Shandwick as its chief operating officer. Joy takes over direct responsibility for the company's finance, IT, human resources and operations teams across...

HOTLINE: Burkitt DDB restructures its planning department.(David Simoes-Brown promoted)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Burkitt DDB has restructured its planning department in a move which sees David Simoes-Brown promoted to planning director. The former planning partner, Robbie Burton-Sanigar, will leave the agency next month. Darren Savage is also joining from...

HOTLINE: Virgin Radio launches editorial package.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Virgin Radio is launching an editorial package aimed at advertisers, entitled Spotlight. It will consist of on-air editorial segments that will enable companies to embed their marketing messages into the radio station's programming. The move is...

HOTLINE: Partners BDDH hires Michelle Greenhalgh.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Partners BDDH has hired Michelle Greenhalgh from Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney to work as the account director on Citroen. Emma Taite has also joined as the account director on bmi and the Co-op, having previously worked at BMP DDB. Internal...

HOTLINE: Carat nominated as one of five finalists.(in the Investors in People UK Award for Small to Medium-Sized Organisations in the National Business Awards)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Carat has been nominated as one of five finalists in the Investors in People UK Award for Small to Medium-Sized Organisations in the National Business Awards. Applicants in this category had to prove that they have created a committed, happy...

HOTLINE: RTL Group increases its half-yearly revenue figures.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... RTL Group has increased its headline 2002 half-yearly revenue figures by 5.1 per cent despite the current state of the advertising market, according to its interim report. Revenue was 2,102 million euros while the reported net result was 12...

HOTLINE: ebookers to launch radio campaign.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The online travel agency ebookers is to launch a London-based radio campaign which aims to raise awareness among young men and women aged around 35. The campaign, which launches this week on stations including Heart, Magic and Virgin, has been...

HOTLINE: Timberland appoints NCH Marketing.
September 6, 2002... Timberland, the clothing and footwear company, has appointed NCH Marketing to develop direct marketing. Timberland previously handled its direct mail in-house.

HOTLINE: FHM continues its series of promotional issues.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... FHM is continuing its series of promotional issues with its October edition. Following its 'Pub in a Bag' promotion, FHM reveals the 'Top 100 High Street Honeys' after a search across the UK for 'real, undiscovered' women.

HOTLINE: Time and Fortune International appoints John Warburton.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Time and Fortune International has appointed John Warburton as the senior marketing manager for its consumer marketing group. Warburton will be responsible for its direct mail activities across Europe, Middle East and Africa. He previously...

TBWA recreates 50s Paris for fcuk.(TBWA/London)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... TBWA/London has recreated 50s Paris chic in its new cinema and print work for fcuk, using footage from the short film Je T'aime John Wayne, created by Toby McDonald last year. The 60-second black-and-white commercial, called 'Vive le...

Telegraph and John Smith's team up for press ad campaign.(Scottish Courage bitter brand)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Scottish Courage brand John Smith's, the UK's top-selling bitter, is developing a press advertising campaign involving Telegraph Group readers to support its 'No Nonsense' television activity. The Telegraph Group has won a pitch to respond...

Spirit hires Alon Shoval as creative partner.(Spirit Advertising)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Spirit Advertising has lured Alon Shoval, the creative director of The Martin Agency in the US, to be its new creative partner. Shoval replaces Mitch Levy, a founding partner of Spirit, who left in July to become the executive creative...

Labour official advises Govt to cut adspend.(David Triesman)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Labour's most senior official has called for big cuts in the party's advertising spending because the public regard political ads as a waste of money. David Triesman, Labour's general secretary, said a fall in ad budgets was inevitable if...

Honda hands Starcom and Naked pounds 24m task.(Starcom Motive, meda account)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Honda has brought an end to its nine-year relationship with Mediahead, formerly known as CDP Media, with the appointment of Starcom Motive and Naked to share its pounds 24 million media account. The two agencies paired up to defeat the...

Cannes' Grand Prix winner Perkins dies aged 68 after stroke.(John Perkins)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... John Perkins, the commercials director who was most famous for scooping the Grand Prix at Cannes in 1989 for the ad that made an international star of a dog called Pippin, has died aged 68. Perkins, who stopped working ten years ago, had...

Sunday Times gets revamp and motoring supplement.(News International PLC)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... News International is relaunching The Sunday Times this weekend with a new supplement and a revamped Style magazine. The Sunday Times, which leads the Sunday broadsheet market with a circulation of 1.4 million, is introducing a supplement...

REVIEW: Channel 5's chief executive considers move to ITV.(Channel Five Holdings Ltd., Dawn Airey)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Channel 5's chief executive, Dawn Airey, is considering a move to ITV, providing the company allows her to choose her own director of programmes. David Liddiment, ITV's current director of programmes, is stepping down from the job, and it is...

REVIEW: The BTA to embark on third rebranding of the year.(British Tourist Authority )(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The British Tourist Authority is preparing to embark on the nation's third rebranding of the year, and is setting up a group consisting of the marketing directors of each national tourist board to establish a new strategy. The BTA launched its...

REVIEW: The ITC clears ITV over deal with Unilever.(UK Independent Television Commission, Unilever Group, Independent Television)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The Independent Television Commission has cleared ITV over its pounds 320 million deal with Unilever, saying that it could find no evidence of wrongdoing or impropriety. The deal was investigated after rivals of the broadcaster claimed it could...

REVIEW: J. Walter Thompson appointed to handle Vizzavi's advertising.(Vizzavi Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... J. Walter Thompson has been appointed to handle Vizzavi's advertising, following Vodafone's purchase of Vivendi Universal's 50 per cent share of the internet portal. JWT won the global Vodafone account in May. The previous creative incumbent on...

REVIEW: Stef Tiratelli and Alasdair Hirst set up specialist agency.(Result)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The former Saatchi & Saatchi managing partner Stef Tiratelli and the former Comet marketer Alasdair Hirst have set up a specialist retail agency, Result, and have won the task to help the supermarket chain William Morrison expand into London....

REVIEW: Regional newspapers urge ministers to drop restrictions.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Regional newspapers are urging ministers to drop restrictions on the Communications Bill, which they believe could block their expansion compared with television and radio rivals. Publishers claim the proposed rules on regional and newspaper...

REVIEW: ITV signs Anthea Turner.(Independent Television, Anthea Turner)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... ITV has signed Anthea Turner to join Fern Britton and John Leslie as anchors on its flagship show This Morning. Turner will initially host a new part of the revamped show, with the opportunity to present the show if she proves popular. - The...

REVIEW: Government to allow US companies to buy British media companies.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The Government is set to allow US companies to buy British media companies if they pledge to buy at least half of their programming from this country. The plans have raised objections from a Parliamentary committee, headed by the filmmaker Lord...

REVIEW: M&C Saatchi wins task of launching One & Only.(M and C Saatchi London)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... M&C Saatchi has won the task of launching a new holiday brand, One & Only, which will include some of the world's most luxurious hotels. The South African Sol Kerzner has appointed Lida to handle the direct marketing, with Walker Media working...

IPA to honour best creatives.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The IPA is establishing a new awards scheme to honour the UK's best creatives for the first time in its 85-year history. Sir Alan Parker, the former agency creative turned big screen director, will chair the judging panel which will make...

BMP DDB press and posters support VW Polo television work.(Volkswagen AG campaign)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Volkswagen attempts to show the toughness of its Polo marque in a new press and poster campaign depicting the car making dents in objects that would normally inflict damage to vehicles. The campaign, which supports the manufacturer's latest...

Lace appointed Nabs chairman.(Garry Lace)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Garry Lace, the TBWA/London chief executive who famously paid pounds 3,500 for the ITV Digital monkey at a Nabs auction, is to be the next chairman of the industry charity. Lace, whose two-year stint begins in October when he takes over...

Janes returns from Thailand to start up new-business shop.(Lawrence Janes)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Lawrence Janes, the former marketing and business development director at Western Media, has returned to the UK after a stint in Thailand. Janes, who moved to the Far East 18 months ago to run Initiative Media Thailand, is launching a...

St Luke's unveils Clarks press ads.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The San Francisco Extreme Croquet Club is one of various wacky clubs featured in a new national campaign in the style press for Clarks Originals by St Luke's. The press and postcard campaign is St Luke's first work for the Originals brand....

BT Openworld woos IT in small business with Proximity work.(Proximity London creates direct mail campaign)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... BT Openworld is backing its Business Internet Service with a high-volume direct mail campaign. Proximity London has created the mailing, which is being sent to a target audience of more than 500,000 decision-makers in small businesses. ...

Saatchis creates animated Cookie Crisp ad.(Saatchi and Saatchi creates Cereal Partners campaign)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Cereal Partners, the joint venture between Nestle and General Mills, is launching its Cookie Crisp breakfast cereal in the UK with an animated campaign through Saatchi & Saatchi. Cookie Crisp, a combination of cookies and cereal, is an...

Lowe TV spot launches Nestle's Double Cream.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Nestle this week threw down the gauntlet with a multimillion-pound challenge to the domination of the block chocolate market in the UK by its great rivals, Mars and Cadbury. The Swiss confectionery giant is putting pounds 9 million behind...

BBH celebrates Boddingtons heritage.(Bartle Bogle Hegarty)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Boddingtons is to celebrate its Mancunian heritage in a new press campaign produced by Bartle Bogle Hegarty. The ads, which follow on from the agency's 'It's a bit gorgeous' TV work, continue Boddington's preference for humorous creative...

WWAV Rapp Collins designs application forms for Lloyds TSB.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Lloyds TSB is looking to make loan applications appear as simple as possible with a new mailing produced by WWAV Rapp Collins. The banking giant is hoping this straightforward approach will give it a competitive edge in an increasingly...

Arc London targets current and potential Fiat drivers using DM.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Fiat is supporting its Punto and Multipla models with a round of direct mail activity created by Arc London. Punto activity features two versions of creative for current and potential drivers of the car. The mailing to current Punto...

TBWA London uses posters in its drive for UN Day Of Peace.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... TBWA/London has created a poster campaign for the world peace organisation Peace One Day, which will promote 21 September, the UN international Day of Peace. The ad, planned and bought by OMD, will appear around London for two weeks from 9...

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE LEAGUE: 6 Sept.(includes total billings data)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... Rank Rank Agency Total Total Net this last billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

MEDIA PERFORMANCE LEAGUE: 6 Sept.(includes total billings data)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... Rank Rank Agency Total Total Net this last billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

CORRECTION.
September 6, 2002... McCutcheon Norveil Consultancy handles media for Elephant.co.uk, not TCS Media as was incorrectly stated in Campaign's i-recall table last week.

MEDIA FORUM: Is Channel 5 close to becoming a real rival to ITV?
September 6, 2002... Will there be substance to Channel 5's revamp and is the much-maligned broadcaster about to make its schedule better, Alasdair Reid asks? It rather irks the senior management at Channel 5 that there's such a time lag between reality and...

MEDIA: I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE - AN EXPERT'S VIEW.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... After a five-show binge, Marcus Brown decides I'm a Celebrity... is fun but, ultimately, formulaic. I admit it, this time last week I wasn't an expert. I hadn't watched any of ITV's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. If you work in...

MEDIA CHOICE: Ian Darby, Campaign's media editor, applauds Specsavers for its vision in sponsoring Welsh rugby referees.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
September 6, 2002... 'While this is not exactly a media first (who could forget Happy Shopper's groundbreaking support for English cricket umpires?) Specsavers' deal to become the official referees partner to the Welsh Rugby Union is amusing and a great fit. ...

MEDIA HEADLINER: Denfert-Rochereau prepares to tackle UK publishing giants.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Is Hachette Filipacchi set to give the UK mag market a shake-up? Jean-Paul Denfert-Rochereau is a name that probably means very little to most people in this country. However, if all goes to plan, the UK magazine industry may soon become...

MEDIA PERSPECTIVE: Just being asked to do plain old media can be a real relief.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
September 6, 2002... 'We did a pitch last week. Had to keep the presentation down to 40 minutes. And the client was adamant he was only interested in our media planning and buying capabilities.' Yeah, yeah. I knew what was coming next. You don't sit through...

NEW MEDIA: SPOTLIGHT ON INTERACTIVE TV - Second wave of interactive TV threatens to bypass agencies.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Ad agencies cannot ignore the demand for interactive TV ads, Alasdair Reid says. If the digital wing of the commercial television business went to the Edinburgh Television Festival hell bent on ambushing the advertising industry, they...

NEW MEDIA: I-RECALL - DOTCOM WEEKLY AWARENESS SURVEY.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... Rank Site Agency/Media Adspend Aware- April-June ness pounds (%) 1 BT ...

NEW MEDIA: WEB WATCH - SPORTS SITES.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 6, 2002... Rank Site Address Latest monthly page impressions (millions) 1 Cricinfo cricinfo.com 136.5 2 ESPN Soccernet...

CLOSE-UP: NEWSMAKER/MICHAEL JOHNSON - New D&AD president may be a mystery to adland.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Michael Johnson wants to integrate advertising and design, Jenny Watts writes. It's all very well being described by The Sunday Times as 'The Government's favourite designer' and 'bright, fluent and relentlessly articulate' by The...

CLOSE-UP: ON THE CAMPAIGN COUCH ... WITH JB.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Q: Why are advertising agencies so reluctant to promote themselves - if advertising works (and agencies had better hope it does, otherwise goodbye job) then surely agencies should be putting their names up on billboards, not just their clients....

CLOSE-UP: LIVE ISSUE/REWARDS PACKAGES - Holding company chiefs cash in despite ad slump.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The salaries and bonuses of network heads continue to increase. When UK public companies in the marketing sector introduced substantial profit-sharing bonuses into their bosses' reward packages a few years ago, one could have been forgiven...

CLOSE-UP: LIVE ISSUE/CAMPBELL'S - Naked is set to revamp our perception of three classic brands, Emma Hall writes.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Oxo, Homepride and Campbell's. Three huge and profitable household names, but all somehow lacking the vital 'x-factor' that propels a brand from back-of-store cupboard to front of mind. Despite a collective budget of pounds 11 million,...

CLOSE-UP: LIVE ISSUE/E-MAIL POLICY - John Tylee investigates the policies agencies have for porn in company e-mails.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The unauthorised viral e-mail depicting an act of necrophilia that slipped out of Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO is a timely reminder of the potential damage the explosion in digital activity can inflict on an agency's image and reputation. Of...

EDITORIAL: Why advertising is so immeasurable.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Lord Leverhulme's admission that he never knew which half of his ad budget was poured down the same route as a bottle of Domestos still haunts agencies and their clients. For agencies, the observation has fuelled the collective insecurity...

EDITORIAL: Johnson has his work cut out at D&AD.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The marriage of the advertising and design disciplines within D&AD has never been entirely harmonious. The measured and less high-profile career progression of most designers contrasts with that of their advertising counterparts for whom awards...

OPINION: Mills on ... Ben & Jerry's.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Like all of us, I suppose, I have a strong set of brand prejudices. By prejudices, of course, I mean the things I love to hate, often for reasons that don't stand up in the cold light of day. It may be unfair but what's the point of a prejudice...

OPINION: Stuart Elliott in America.(Boston Beer Co. sponsors radio promotion)(Brief Article)(Column)
September 6, 2002... In an era when some advertisers deliberately seek to demarcate the line between acceptable content and alienating consumers, how far is too far? One marketer, to its shock, has found out the hard way. The Boston Beer Company, a successful...

THE CAMPAIGN ESSAY: THE MEASUREMENT MYTH.(advertising budget analysis)(Column)
September 6, 2002... 'Half my advertising budget is wasted - the question is which half?' Just how far have we come since Lord Leverhulme uttered his famous dictum? Gary Duckworth examines the arguments. I'm going to be provocative, since I'm allowed to be in...

PRIVATE VIEW: Nick Bell is the executive creative director at Leo Burnett.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Last time I wrote this column, I praised a Revels ad. So how about this for a segue? Doing Private View is a bit like eating Revels. Six flavours - trouble is you dip into the bag not knowing if you're going to pull out something you like...

DIARY: Two industry hopefuls take mail-room route.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Hold the back page! Cracknell and Eccleshare start new venture together. But before Campaign gets another of those irritating calls from the photocopier salesman who purports to be 'a mate of Trevor Beattie's' wanting their phone number,...

DIARY: ITV Digital's selling off its assets - I think I'll go and bid a monkey.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Wanted - good home for hardly used digital television platform, can be temperamental, only two previous owners and not that many more former customers. Comes complete with legions of angry football fans and hundreds of unused set-top boxes....

DIARY: Booth overcomes two sets of problems with passports to chill out.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... The summer seems to have been a trouble-free, relaxing time for the ad industry, judging by the pace in most agencies. However, things haven't gone quite so smoothly for some in adland. For Steve 'two holidays' Booth, the BLM Group's chief...

DIARY: Pick of the week - Emap Elan's Heat.(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... Caroline Marshall likes the spot for Emap Elan's Heat advertising the Posh baby edition: 'A woman reminds her friend about when she thought she was pregnant. However, she adds wickedly, she was just fat. This is a funny and accessible ad that...

DIARY: Turkey of the week - Nivea Deo Compact.(marketing campaign)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... On the other hand, Caroline Marshall loathes the Nivea Deo Compact spot by FCB Hamburg: 'I suspect, from its appearance in Adwatch, that this brand could be heading for an IPA Effectiveness Award, but imagine two planks in conversation and you...

DIARY: Grey makes mark for Mars with a 64-sheet.(Grey London constructs poster)(Brief Article)
September 6, 2002... With the press pack firmly fixated on the Portland Hospital after the arrival of the unlikely named Romeo Beckham, the opportunists adjacent at Grey London spotted a way to get in on the act. As the desperate hacks jostle for space in front...

DIARY: You must remember.
September 6, 2002... Well done Elizabeth Norris of McCann-Erickson who won last week's quiz. The answers were: 1. Abbey National; 2. First Direct; 3. Lotto. The theme was comedians. This week, we want you to identify the ads and the theme. Fax your answers to...

Channels drop ads to mark 11 Sept.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2002... Broadcasters altered their schedules to mark the one year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 11 September and took particular care not to run any advertisements that could cause offence. ITV stripped away much of its peaktime schedule...

Walker to quit BBDO Europe finance role over US constraints.(Brief Article)
September 13, 2002... Peter Walker is quitting as the finance chief of BBDO's European network after less than a year, saying that the job 'isn't what I had expected'. Walker, one of the industry's most high-profile financial experts, will not renew his...