Campaign articles from September 2005

Campaign archives from September 2005

D'Arcy start-up Krow readies for launch.(Nick Hastings, Barry Cook, Malcolm White, John Quarrey.)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Nick Hastings, Barry Cook, Malcolm White and John Quarrey have named their start-up Krow. The founders said the name, which is 'work' spelled backwards, reflects the agency's approach to advertising - it will agree the outcome a client...

Cossette pays pounds 7.8m for MCBD.(Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy)(mergers and acquisitions)
September 2, 2005... The Canadian holding company has acquired an initial 51 per cent stake in the six-year-old agency. Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy has sold a 51 per cent stake to Cossette Communication Group as a prelude to an eventual takeover. The...

Walker Media grabs TAP's pounds 9m Weetabix.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Walker Media has won the pounds 9 million media planning and buying account for Weetabix. The business moves from The Allmond Partnership without a competitive pitch. TAP has handled the account for less than two years after winning it...

Bacardi seeks agency for pounds 90m global brief.
September 2, 2005... Bacardi Martini is hunting for a single agency to run its pounds 90 million Bacardi rum creative account on a global basis. The review, which was called by Bacardi Martini's US head office in Miami, looks to realign the spirit as an...

Google awards BBH first Euro campaign.(contracts)(Bartle Bogle Hegarty Ltd.)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Bartle Bogle Hegarty has won the brief to handle Google's first consumer advertising campaign in Europe. Google has appointed BBH to handle a project, marking the first time it has spent substantially on above-the-line work outside the US...

Skype hires Albion to boost UK profile.(contracts)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Skype Technologies, the global internet-based telephony service, is looking to build a major presence in the UK as it promotes its free, internet-based voice calls service. Albion has been briefed to produce a number of animated viral...

Economic stability leads to rise in agency pitches.
September 2, 2005... The AAR's research shows increased client confidence, but media reviews decrease. The number of agency pitches is rising dramatically as the feel-good factor returns to Britain's advertisers. Rising optimism about the long-term...

McCann wins pounds 56m Credit Suisse global task.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... McCann Erickson has won the pounds 56 million global advertising task for the financial giant Credit Suisse. The agency triumphed in a contest against StrawberryFrog Amsterdam, Kirschenbaum Bond & Partners New York, Lowe and the incumbent,...

Mills names media start-up the7stars.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Colin Mills, the former managing director of Carat, is calling his new agency the7stars. It is the first media agency to launch since Walker Media was created in 1997. As Campaign revealed earlier this summer (16 June), Mills had been...

pounds 10m Express brief shifts to MediaCom.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Express Newspapers has moved its pounds 10 million media account from MindShare into its sister agency MediaCom. The shift frees MindShare to pitch for the pounds 30 million News International business. The Richard Desmond-owned newspaper...

Team Saatchi picks up French tourism.(contracts)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Team Saatchi has won the French Tourist Board's pounds 2 million UK creative account after a four-way pitch. The agency, which is a subsidiary of Saatchi & Saatchi, beat competition from the incumbent, Euro RSCG London, as well as DDB...

Diesel 55DSL gives Leg global account.(contracts)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Diesel's streetwear brand, 55DSL, has handed the Paris-based agency Leg its EUR2 million global creative account. Leg won the business after a three-way pitch against Karmarama and TBWA\London. 55DSL wants to raise its profile and...

The Economist begins the search for its first digital agency.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... The Economist is hunting for a digital creative agency as it prepares to increase its investment in digital marketing. The search, which is being co-ordinated by PHD, The Economist's media agency, will result in the weekly business...

Universal McCann lands Nickelodeon media business.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Universal McCann has won the pounds 2 million media planning and buying account for Nickelodeon, the children's TV network owned by Viacom. Universal won the business following a five-way pitch against rivals that included OMD UK and...

Egyptian Tourist Board appoints DDB.(advertising contracts)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... The Egyptian Tourist Board has chosen DDB to run its pounds 28 million global account, which will be run from the network's London agency. DDB was picked from an field of nine contenders and won the brief after a final shootout against...

Dowgierd departs Happen@Fallon.(Phil Dowgierd)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Phil Dowgierd, the joint head of Happen@Fallon, Fallon's communications and creative planning arm, is leaving without a job to go to. Dowgierd, a former Fallon account director, who provided the business plan for Happen's launch, is...

WPP bucks trend with leap in profits.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP has confounded the gloomy forecasts for the future of the global advertising industry by reporting a 32 per cent hike in pre-tax profit for the first half of the year. The figure of pounds 254.8 million has been...

Tottenham Hotspur choose OgilvyOne.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Tottenham Hotspur FC have hired OgilvyOne to handle the direct marketing for its corporate hospitality. The agency was appointed without a pitch and is tasked with promoting the football club's hospitality facilities to companies that are...

Dunlop appoints Bartle Bogle Hegarty to pounds 10m pan-European account.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Dunlop Europe has handed Bartle Bogle Hegarty its pan-European advertising account, estimated to be worth pounds 10 million, after a competitive pitch. The agency has been tasked with developing a branding campaign that will run across...

Patak's hires BDH\TBWA after extended pitch process.(advertising contracts)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Patak's, the family owned Indian food company, has appointed the Manchester-based agency BDH\TBWA to its creative account. The agency saw off competition from VCCP, FCB London and Team Saatchi to land the business. The pitch was...

London freesheet picks two agencies.(City AM hires Grounds Morris Smith and BLM Media )(advertising contracts)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... City AM, the free daily business newspaper set to launch in London later this year, has hired Grounds Morris Smith and BLM Media to handle its creative and media accounts. The paper will herald its arrival with a poster advertising...

Haymarket's Eve in first ad campaign.(Haymarket Publishing)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Haymarket Publishing is backing its recent purchase of Eve by spending pounds 500,000 on its first marketing campaign. The press, poster and radio work, created by Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw and the media agency M2M, uses the line: 'Don't...

Media Forum: Is it time media cut the clutter?
September 2, 2005... Should the media industry be more sensitive to the environment? In their more reflective moments, most rural landowners like to think they are a bit like David Archer, the worthy and virtuous lead in Radio 4's soap The Archers. People who...

Media: Chatter.(beliefs and opinions)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... 'I wouldn't let anyone look at my poo.' - Jade Goody delights Edinburgh audiences with the revelation that, while she'll do most things to get on TV, she draws the line at having an enema 'Well, I say never say never.' - James Hewitt...

Media: Guardian Media Group takes controlling stake.(Reading 107 FM)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Guardian Media Group has taken a controlling stake in Reading 107 FM. GMG Radio has increased its shareholding in the Berkshire station from 37.8 per cent to 60.3 per cent with the purchase of Milestone Radio Group's stake. The remainder is...

Media: TV channel Bravo is temporarily rebranding as Bravissimo.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... The Flextech-owned TV channel Bravo is temporarily rebranding itself Bravissimo and replacing its blue-and-orange on-air look with the green, white and red of Football Italia to promote the start of its coverage of the Italian game. Bravo is...

Media: Richemont hands European media account to ZenithOptimedia.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... The luxury goods manufacturer Richemont has confirmed that it has handed its European media planning and buying account to ZenithOptimedia, as revealed in Campaign (29 July). ZenithOptimedia will share the business with its sister Publicis...

Media: PPA Marketing running a series of agency roadshows.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... PPA Marketing, the marketing division of the Periodical Publishers Association, is running a series of agency roadshows designed to raise the profile of the PPA and the magazine medium.

Media: Emap's Q runs collector's edition.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Emap's Q is running a collector's edition with two different front covers to celebrate the best in British music. The October edition will be available with either a Rolling Stones cover or one featuring Franz Ferdinand. It is the first time Q...

Media: JCDecaux signs Lucozade Energy drink.(GlaxoSmithKline)(advertising contracts)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... JCDecaux has signed GlaxoSmithKline's energy drink Lucozade Energy as the first advertiser to use its Premiere V800 billboard format. The V800 combines a back-illuminated 96-sheet with a vertical arm that can be positioned at changeable angles...

Media: Associated New Ventures acquires online recruitment sites.(Top Consultant and Office Recruit )(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Associated New Ventures, a division of Daily Mail & General Trust, has acquired the online recruitment sites Top Consultant and Office Recruit for pounds 4.1 million. They will join DMGT's Jobsite recruitment site.

Media: Pop star Craig David launches series on Magic 105.4.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... The pop star Craig David is launching a weekly series on Emap's London radio station Magic 105.4. David becomes the first celebrity to guest present a new strand called My Magic Music. The weekly show will broadcast two hours of songs...

Media: Prince Harry gives first TV interview to Sky One.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Prince Harry is giving his first TV interview to Sky One. To mark his 21st birthday, Harry will be interviewed by Katherine Witty. It is a major coup for the channel as tradition states that the BBC and ITN normally land royal interviews.

Media: Sunday Times redesigns its Travel section.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... The Sunday Times has redesigned its Travel section into a compact format. The Sunday Times Travel is increasing its pagination and its ratio of editorial content to advertising. It becomes the latest of The Sunday Times' supplements to become...

Media: Littlewoods Even More sponsors 2005 Inside Soap Awards.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Littlewoods Even More, the home-shopping division of Littlewoods, is sponsoring the 2005 Inside Soap Awards, to be held in London later this month.

Media Headliner: Chips sets Yahoo! on course for the mainstream.(Mark Chippendale joins Yahoo! Europe)
September 2, 2005... An apprenticeship in interactive advertising at Sky should serve Mark Chippendale well in his Yahoo! role, Jeremy Lee says. In the same week that one old-timer from TV sales, Mark Howe, left his job, another, slightly younger one, Mark...

Media: Lifeline - Heart 106.2.(radio broadcassting industry and special events)(Chronology)
September 2, 2005... In a decade in the London market, Heart has topped the audience table but has now fallen back. 1995: Chrysalis rebrands its London station Crystal FM as 106.2 Heart FM, as part of a move to build a network of stations under the Heart...

Media: Perspective - More4 looks like a winner as Channel 4 gives up on sport.
September 2, 2005... Once again, the agency community was conspicuous by its absence from the Edinburgh TV Festival. What makes this all the more surprising is that agencies have collectively been producing record quantities of hot air about becoming...

Media: All About ... The podcast platform.
September 2, 2005... Advertisers are waking up to podvertising's potential. Virgin Radio's new Sunday afternoon programme, The Tim Lovejoy Show, which launched at the weekend, is available as a podcast. Nothing remarkable about that, we hear you say. These...

Media: Things we like.(UKTV's planning for forthcoming series, Marmalade: the magazine for creatives, Heat taking a feminist stance )
September 2, 2005... Marmalade Marmalade, the magazine for creatives, could so easily disappear up its own backside. But, somehow, it manages to avoid the fate suffered by some of its rivals by combining quirky content with well-chosen contributors. The latest...

Media: Double Standards - 'I survived an afternoon out with Keith Richards'.(interview with Paul Rees)(Interview)
September 2, 2005... The editors of Q and NME talk Nordic Satanists, sneak previews by Kings of Leon and why their ad sales teams occasionally deserve a damn good thrashing. PAUL REES - editor, Q - If you owned a magazine, what would you do with it? I...

Media: Strategy Analysis - Selling cider to discerning drinkers.
September 2, 2005... Brand: Magners Original Irish Cider Client: Stephen Kent, marketing manager, ciders, Bulmers Brief: Launch Magners Original Irish Cider in London Target audience: Men and women aged 18 to 34 Budget: pounds 6 million for the whole of 2005...

Media: A Moment with Marquis.(Interview)
September 2, 2005... How many times do you find yourself in agreement with Kelvin MacKenzie? Worryingly often, in my case, because the old right-wing curmudgeon, sniffer-out of bullshit and no-nonsense free-marketeer talks the sort of old-fashioned common...

The World: New York - Playboy prepares for launch of digital edition.(Zinio Systems)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Playboy is launching a digital version in partnership with the digital publishing company Zinio Systems. Beginning with its October edition, readers will be able to visit www.playboydigital.com and order a single copy or a full...

The World: Amsterdam - Akkerman and Kooij defect to PPGH/JWT.(Nico Akkerman and Bart Kooij appointed)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... PPGH/JWT has hired DDB Amsterdam's creative team of Nico Akkerman (right) and Bart Kooij (left).Both will join Peter Clercx, Stephan Propper and Lion Versloot as the creative directors at the JWT shop in Amsterdam. Akkerman and Kooij have...

The World: Stockholm - JWT sets up shop in Sweden under licence.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... JWT is expanding in the Nordic region by opening a shop in Stockholm. The agency will operate under licence and will be run by the two founding partners, Jacob de Geer and Olle Nordell. It will launch with a staff of four, but the partners...

The World: Bangkok - OK! set to launch three extra Asian editions.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Northern & Shell is continuing its international roll-out of the celebrity magazine OK! with launches in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. The expansion follows the magazine's launch in the US last month. The three new editions, which...

The World: Hong Kong - Verklin becomes Aegis Asia-Pacific chief.(David Verklin appointed)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... David Verklin, the chief executive of Aegis Media Americas, has extended his responsibilities and taken over the role of chief executive for Asia-Pacific. David Liu vacated the position two weeks ago. Until Verklin takes over the role in...

The World: New York - Eight names in the hat for dollars 70m BMW business.(BMW of North America L.L.C.)(advertising contracts)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... BMW in North America has chosen eight agencies to compete for its dollars 70 million advertising account. They are: Independent Anomaly, Berlin Cameron/Red Cell, Publicis, Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, GSD&M, The Martin Agency, Venables,...

The World: New York - ZenithOptimedia's Rich Hamilton takes his leave.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Rich Hamilton, the chief executive of ZenithOptimedia Americas, is leaving the company after 20 years for an unspecified length of time. A statement released from the company said Hamilton was taking 'leave of absence', citing unspecified...

The World: Moscow - Dennis Publishing's Evo launches Russian edition.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Evo, Dennis Publishing's specialist motoring title, is launching in Russia, bringing the total number of editions of the magazine to six. It is also published in Malaysia, the Philippines, France, Italy and Greece. The magazine will have a...

The World: Singapore - TBWA picks up Michelin brand campaigns.(TBWA\Asia Pacific)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... TBWA\Asia Pacific has been appointed by Michelin to handle its above-the-line brand campaigns across the Asia-Pacific region after a three-way competitive pitch. The agency will develop creative work centrally for implementation across the...

The World: Sydney - WPP purchases The Communications Group.(WPP Group PLC)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... WPP has acquired the Australian holding company The Communications Group for pounds 38 million, ending the protracted courtship of the media group by both WPP and Omnicom. The company includes the iconic Australian agency George Patterson...

The World: Grey works to turn around creative reputation.
September 2, 2005... Chairman Ed Meyer wants to challenge the local perception that Grey means grey. James Hamilton examines the evidence. If Jim Heekin's appointment to chief executive of the Grey Network and heir-apparent to the chairmanship of the Grey...

The World: Insider's View - India.(newspaper publishing)
September 2, 2005... Mumbai, despite its size, was one of India's quietest newspaper markets. But now three new titles are battling to seduce advertisers and readers. Ravi Kiran reports. Print adspend growth in India has slackened to single-digit percentages,...

Close-Up: Live Issue - Advertising strategies go back to the future.
September 2, 2005... As brands resurrect the campaigns of yesteryear, does reliance on nostalgia expose a dearth of new ideas, Emma Barns asks. The most popular ads are nearly always the old ones. In Channel 4's 100 Greatest Ads programme, Smash 'Martians',...

Close-Up: Live Issue - Virgin reaps rewards of live-to-air advertising.(live advertising trends in business promotions)
September 2, 2005... Despite the difficulties involved in creating live ads, Virgin's V Festival commercial brought huge response. For hundreds of thousands of music lovers, British summer-time is now all about which festival you're going to visit. For...

Close-Up: Howell fulfils a captain's role for McCann EMEA.
September 2, 2005... McCann's EMEA regional director must be wary of stepping on the toes of McCann's influential old guard. Taking over as the head of a large chunk of the McCann Erickson global empire has Rupert Howell recalling his days in the school cricket...

Close-Up: Live Issue - Do ads reinforce racial stereotypes?
September 2, 2005... Insensitive portrayal of ethnic minorities risks provoking accusations of racism. The issue of ethnicity in advertising was once again catapulted into the spotlight last week when a leaflet for the insurance company Life-style Services...

Close-Up: 24 Hours with ... David Sable, Chairman EMEA, Wunderman.
September 2, 2005... Name: David Sable Job: Chairman EMEA, Wunderman Professional mission: To help develop the full potential of Wunderman's EMEA network - through its people, resources and clients - and to have fun doing it Personal mantra: Just do it!...

Editorial: Hiring Affleck as face of Lynx is sign of the times.(Ben Affleck, hollywood actor)(Editorial)
September 2, 2005... What is to be deduced from Bartle Bogle Hegarty's choice of Ben Affleck to front the latest ad for Lynx deodorant? Not so long ago, Lynx ads were an unashamed pitch to lads whose idea of heaven was a romp with a couple of football-loving girls....

Editorial: Cutting back clutter benefits everyone.(Government's rule restricts roadside advertising)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... The outdoor industry should be fully supportive of the Government in its efforts to put a stop to illegal roadside advertising. With ads now appearing on everything from petrol-pump nozzles to toilet basins, consumers are being bombarded with...

Opinion: Perspective - Start-ups are selling up while the selling is good.(advertising agencies)
September 2, 2005... There goes another. 2005 has become the year that the independents sold out. Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners in February, Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest in July and now Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy. There are many reasons why...

Opinion: On the Campaign Couch ... with JB.(Jeremy Bullmore )(Column)
September 2, 2005... Q: I'm the chief executive of a small network-owned agency with a reporting line through to New York and I'm struggling to cope with the Americans' need to meddle in everything we do. Culturally, they have no idea what works over here, which...

Diary: On the QT ..(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... The phrase 'jump into my grave' took on a whole new dimension at TBWA\London once Trevor Beattie vacated the premises to do his own thing. Ensconced in Beattie's 'grave', the newly appointed creative directors, Danny Brooke-Taylor and Tony...

Diary: HHCL makes clean break and heads to Clerkenwell.(HHCL Red Cell)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... It's the end of an era for HHCL/Red Cell. For years, the agency has been quietly tucked away behind the Oxford Street branch of Top Shop. But not for much longer. Like Wieden & Kennedy and Mother, its cool creative peers, the agency...

Diary: Celebrities add the bite to Saatchis' Gum launch.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... The Saatchi & Saatchi PR machine has again gone into overdrive. Anyone hapless enough to have been watching five's 30 Greatest Supermodels progamme might have seen a certain Saatchis chief executive offering his tuppence worth, as an...

Diary: Edinburgh wowed by the wit of the reality-TV stars.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... At this year's Edinburgh TV festival, TV types chose to put aside worries about the future funding of TV and ignored George Galloway debating the influence that TV can have on social policy to cram into an auditorium to hear Jade Goody's and...

Diary: Dirty dancing makes Bardell talk of the town.(FCB London)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... The back streets of Soho are twittering with the latest exploits to come out of Isobel, the venture launched by the former FCB London management team. And what is it that has got everyone talking? Enter Peter Bardell, formerly an account...

Diary: Water-Cooler Monitor.
September 2, 2005... What topics has the industry been discussing this week? THE TALK TIME SPENT Is that Sir Martin Sorrell a miracle worker or what? 2 hrs 15 mins His WPP has defied the...

Diary: Pick of the Week - Nitro/Greater London Authority.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... John Tylee draws comfort from Nitro's poster for the Greater London Authority in the wake of the London bomb attacks: 'The terrible events of 7/7 will be forever etched on my memory. I was on the Piccadilly Line train behind the one that...

Diary: Turkey of the Week - Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners/Burger King.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Larissa Bannister is deeply unimpressed by Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners' latest effort for Burger King: 'The only reason I nearly didn't Turkey this was because it meant I wouldn't have had to watch it again. A Bonnie Tyler...

Advertising and the modern man.
September 2, 2005... A new book traces the evolution of men from traditional to metrosexual and reveals how to market to their latest incarnation, 'M-ness man'. Well into the 20th century, man accepted the deference of women as his due. His role was that of...

Regional Media: Special report.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Teenagers put the 'sex' in 'Wessex' in school trip shocker. Welsh women have the biggest bums in Britain. Swindon comes sixth in National Bingo survey. All in a day's newsgathering for the Western Daily Press. Go anywhere in the UK and a...

Regional Media: Local press holds firm.
September 2, 2005... With their circulations on the decline and the economy shaky, regional newspapers have to find new ways to keep readers and advertisers loyal to their brands. Rob Gray investigates. Many regional newspapers are struggling to reverse...

Regional Media: Creativity beyond the capital.
September 2, 2005... Agencies in the regions are proving to be on a par with some London counterparts when it comes to producing work that wins prestigious awards. There's a long-held assumption that regional agencies are synonymous with unsexy clients and a...

Regional Media: Merger mania hits radio.(radio broadcasting industry)
September 2, 2005... Consolidation calls for a balancing act between network strength and local appeal. Not even the smallest tin-pot radio station in the remotest part of the UK can escape the sweeping tide of consolidation. The recent merger of GWR and...

The Work: New Campaigns - UK.(Leo Burnett Company Inc. advertising for Nintendo Company Ltd., HHCL Red Cell Unilever Group, Thinkfarm advertising for Virgin Radio Ltd.)
September 2, 2005... ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR - 3 - Dirty music Project: Dirty music Client: Julian Hough, 3 Brief: Differentiate the 3 brand and build awareness of 3's music services Creative agency: WCRS Writers: Simon Robinson, Yann Jones Art directors:...

The Work: New Campaigns - The World.(Lowe Hunt advertising for Hyundai Corp.'s sponsorship of the Football Federation Australia's A-League, Springer & Jacoby Daimler-Benz AG, JWT Costa Rica advertising for Reckitt Benckiser PLC)
September 2, 2005... HYUNDAI A-LEAGUE - FOOTBALL, BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT - AUSTRALIA Project: It's football, but not as you know it Client: Geoff Parmenter, head of marketing and strategy, Football Federation Australia Brief: Showcase the creativity and...

The Work: Private View.(advertisements)
September 2, 2005... CREATIVE - Jonathan Burley, creative director, HHCL/Red Cell According to its new ad, if I were to go down to The Link (6) today, I would be harassed by two wrinkled, predatory gay men, showering me with vile sexual innuendo in regards to...

Advice from the top: Industry figures offer their tips on how to follow in their footsteps.(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... 'Be a good account executive.' - Nick Hurrell, chairman, M&C Saatchi Europe 'Fleet Street, contrary to popular opinion, does not thrive on bad manners. Courtesy and good humour get you further than being a bastard.' - Martin Newland,...

Movers: Appointment at Emap TV.(Vikki Timmons)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Vikki Timmons - Emap TV has promoted Timmons to the new post of brand and communications director. Previously the head of marketing for Emap TV, Timmons retains her marketing and research brief as well as taking responsibility for the...

Movers: Appointment at Fallon.(Gareth Goodall and Sevda Kirstine Bulut)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Fallon has appointed two new account directors to work on the Sony, Velvet and United Airlines businesses. Gareth Goodall joins the agency from Ogilvy & Mather where, over the past three years, he has worked on Lucozade, Yahoo! and Kraft....

Movers: Appointment at Hachette Filipacchi.(Leyla Tabaksert)(Brief Article)
September 2, 2005... Leyla Tabaksert has been appointed as the beauty editor of Hachette Filipacchi UK's women's glossy B. Tabaksert joins B from The National Magazine Company's She, where she worked as the assistant beauty editor. Tabaksert replaces...