Campaign articles from September 2007

Campaign archives from September 2007

Dave Woods named RMG creative chief.
September 7, 2007... RMG Connect has appointed Dave Woods, Claydon Heeley's executive creative director, and Bobby Hui, the Saatchi & Saatchi international planning director, to the roles of executive creative director and executive planning director respectively....

IPG faces new bout of legal wrangles.(Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.)(TPD)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Interpublic is facing a second court battle relating to the handling of its finances, after the former shareholders in the UK customer publishing agency TPD instigated action against the holding company. Simon Kelly, Julian Treasure and...

MindShare to split pounds 15m Axa with MPG.(Media Planning Group UK)
September 7, 2007... The financial company Axa has split its pounds 15 million media planning and buying account between Media Planning Group and MindShare. MPG will handle media for the Axa Sun Life-branded products, while MindShare will handle planning and...

Bill Brock and Matt Dyke launch shop.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Bill Brock and Matt Dyke, the managing director of Tribal DDB and the head of planning at DDB London, have quit to launch a start-up agency. Neither would comment on the plans, but sources suggest the start-up will not be a digital...

Lowe appoints Sherwood.(Mark Sherwood appointed at Lowe (London, England))(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Lowe raids PHD's Rocket in bid to bring communications planning in-house. Lowe London is relaunching its planning department, and has poached Rocket's Mark Sherwood to become head of communications planning. Sherwood will work within...

Fox's to revive classic fox and polar bear ads.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Fox's Glacier Mints is bringing back its famous fox and polar bear cartoon characters in a new advertising campaign, the brand's first for five years. Fox's has appointed Hooper Galton to work on the pounds 2 million account, following a...

Standard poised to revive Hot Tickets.
September 7, 2007... The Evening Standard is set to resurrect its Hot Tickets listings supplement in a bid to win more readers and ad revenue. Hot Tickets, which was revamped as MetroLife in 2002, combined TV and entertainment listings with lifestyle coverage...

Arnell departs Blink for Sonny London.
September 7, 2007... Vaughan Arnell has quit Blink Productions after less than a year, and is set to join Sonny London, the production company founded by the director Fredrik Bond and the former Gorgeous producer Helen Kenny. His producer, Fraser Lawson, will join...

Paul Banham handed top digital role at AIS.(appointment at Archibald Ingall Stretton)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Paul Banham, the former European executive creative director of Agency.com, is joining Archibald Ingall Stretton as its first executive creative director of digital. Banham left Agency.com last week along with its European planning...

Hurrell and Dawson lands IPC web task.(IPC Connect)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... IPC Connect has appointed Hurrell and Dawson to handle advertising for the launch of its new women's website, goodtoknow.co.uk. The agency, which has developed advertising for the IPC women's weeklies Pick Me Up and Look, won the brief...

BMB signs former Leith creative Bere.(Simon Bere)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Beattie McGuinness Bungay has hired Simon Bere, the former creative director at Leith London, as a senior creative on a number of accounts, primarily Ikea and McCain. Bere has spent the past three months working at BMB on a freelance...

Ex-Campaign editor dies.(Michael Jackson)(Obituary)
September 7, 2007... Campaign launch editor, Michael Jackson, loses fight against Parkinson's aged 65. Michael Jackson, the launch editor of Campaign, has died after a ten-year battle with Parkinson's disease, aged 65. The man who came up with the name...

Team Saatchi wins First relaunch task.(advertising contracts of EMAP PLC)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Emap has appointed Team Saatchi as part of its plans to relaunch its troubled women's title, First. The agency has been briefed to promote the title's new positioning as a smart, weekly glossy for 30- to 40-year-old, affluent women. The...

Albion appoints five new creative heads.(appointments of Clive Pickering, Mark Hurst, Martyn Smith, McCann Erickson and Andre Moreira at Albion Communications)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Albion has hired Clive Pickering, a former head of copy at TBWA\London, as one of five new creative group heads as part of a restructure of its creative department. Mark Hurst and Martyn Smith, the former creative directors at United...

RBS calls digital agency roster review.(advertising of Royal Bank of Scotland PLC)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... The Royal Bank of Scotland has kicked off a review of its digital advertising agency roster. A number of London-based digital shops have been approached by the bank directly. It is looking for agencies that can offer digital strategy,...

Shelter hires LMFM for online business.(Lean Mean Fighting Machine)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Shelter, the homeless charity, has appointed Lean Mean Fighting Machine to handle its digital advertising following a three-way pitch. The agency beat Hooper Galton and SP15 to the account. Its first task is to create an online campaign to...

Clarke named as Johnston successor at Digitas London.(Norm Johnston leaves, Chris Clarke promoted)(Brian Dargan and Miles Welch appointed)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Digitas London has promoted its creative director, Chris Clarke, to run the London agency, following the departure of Norm Johnston in July. Clarke will be the president and executive creative director of the agency, formerly known as Modem...

Govt to tighten ad curbs.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Brown threatens wide-ranging review of TV and online advertising to children. The Government will today (Thursday) announce a wide-ranging review to protect children from 'unsuitable' advertising on TV and online. Gordon Brown has...

The Week: Advertising News - TV ad role for Widdecombe.(Ann Widdecombe)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Ann Widdecombe, the Tory MP, is to take her first role in a TV ad, fronting a campaign for the Italian fresh pasta manufacturer Rana Widdecombe, who is expected to step down as an MP after the next general election, will appear in the brand's...

The Week: Advertising News - Adspend rise predicted.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... UK adspend will rise by 3.3 per cent in 2007, according to OPera, Omnicom's pooled media buying operation. The prediction is lower than figures from both Carat and ZenithOptimedia, which forecast 4.1 per cent and 3.7 per cent growth in their...

The Week: Advertising News - Brylcreem unveils new star.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Brylcreem has launched a new TV campaign for its b: range of products, by WCRS, featuring an actor and band recruited via a campaign on MySpace. The men's hairstyling brand asked consumers to upload videos of themselves on to a Brylcreem...

The Week: Media News - Maltesers in TV show tie-up.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Maltesers, the Mars-owned brand, has been signed up as the new sponsor of the ITV lunchtime show Loose Women. The brand will run idents around the next 80 episodes, and will also receive red button interactivity, as well as spots on the...

The Week: Media News - Twix to sponsor Suggs' show.(Afternoon Tea with Suggs Show)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Virgin Radio has signed Twix as the sponsor of its Afternoon Tea with Suggs show. The Mars-owned chocolate brand will use the strapline 'happy together' to position it as an ideal accompaniment to a cup of tea, and will run a range of trails...

The Week: Media News - HSBC: overdraft climbdown.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... HSBC has backed down on its decision to charge interest on its graduate overdrafts after more than 4,000 people signed up to a pressure group on Facebook. The bank had announced that it would require graduates to pay interest on their...

The Week: Media News - Nuts TV announces line-up.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Nuts TV, the new channel launched by Turner Broadcasting and IPC Media, has revealed its programming line-up, which will include a men versus women quiz called Gender Bender and Books at Bedtime, which will feature excerpts from Shakespeare and...

The Week: Media News - C4 to run Big Brother again.(Channel Four Television Company Ltd.)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Channel 4 will screen another series of Big Brother, despite recording the show's worst-ever average audience figures of 3.8 million for this year's series, down from 4.5 million last year. Viewing figures for the series finale, which was won...

The Week: Media News - Google signs news deal.(contracts of Associated Press, Press Association, Canadian Presse and Agence France-Presse with Google Inc.)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Google has signed a deal with the news agencies Associated Press, Press Association, Canadian Presse and Agence France-Presse to publish original news on its site rather than just linking through to publishers' own websites. The move is likely...

The Week: Media News - JCDecaux wins Coke brief.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... JCDecaux has won Coca-Cola's entire multimillion-pound outdoor advertising contract, the first time the soft drinks giant has signed a UK-wide deal. The contract includes advertising for Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero, Powerade and...

The Week: Media News - Street vendors to sell Sun.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... News International has enlisted street vendors in order to sell copies of its cut-price 20p Sun in London. The paper, which has cut its cover price from the usual 35p in the capital only, will be sold at pitches in the City in the morning and...

The Week: Media News - Local papers unveil e-data.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... The local newspaper sector has launched a new industry-wide planning tool to highlight cross-platform readership in a bid to move towards providing audited web traffic figures. Launched by The Newspaper Society, the Media Portfolio Database...

The Week: Media News - Trinity offers new freesheet.(Trinity Mirror Newspapers)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Trinity Mirror is launching its first weekly business freesheet in Scotland called Business 7. The title, aimed at young business professionals, will be distributed on Friday mornings. It will also have a website, (business7.co.uk), which will...

The Week: Media News - C4 horse-racing continues.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Horse-racing will continue on Channel 4 after the broadcaster received three bids to replace the long-term sponsor Tote. Betfair, Paddy Power and Satellite Information Services, a TV services provider, all registered their interest in time for...

The Week: Media News - BBC to publish new title.(BBC Magazines Bristol)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... BBC Magazines Bristol and Wall to Wall Media are to launch a new magazine based on the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are?. The 100-page title will launch on 25 September, costing pounds 4.25. It will be published 13 times a year. Issue one...

The Week: ITV hunts for shop to handle pounds 20m ad business.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... ITV has started a search for an agency to handle its pounds 20 million advertising account, ending M&C Saatchi's two-year relationship with the broadcaster. The AAR will handle the process, which is due to be completed by the end of the...

The Week: Best of the blogs.
September 7, 2007... Balls or Balls? The latest bit of genius from the man who brought us Sony Bravia's 'balls'? Or a steaming heap of poo that slipped under the radar from the man who brought us Sony Bravia's 'balls'? It looks to me like 90 seconds of...

The Week: City News - SMG sells off Primesight.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... SMG has finally offloaded Primesight, its outdoor advertising business, to the private equity group GMG Communications Partners in a deal worth up to pounds 62 million. Primesight management, including the chief executive, Naren Patel, will...

The Week: City News - GMG ponders Emap bid.(Guardian Media Group PLC and Lagardere Groupe S.A. to buy EMAP PLC)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Guardian Media Group and the French group Lagardere have joined the list of prospective buyers of Emap, according to The Observer. GMG has reportedly discussed a joint bid with the private equity group Apax for some of Emap's radio assets,...

The Week: City News - UTV profits on the rise.(Financial report)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... UTV, the owner of talkSPORT, increased its operating profit by 4 per cent to pounds 13 million in the six months to 30 June. Turnover remained steady at pounds 57.2 million, and TV profits, which made up nearly half of overall profit, were the...

The Week: Brand News - Tango Clear gets the chop.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Britvic has axed its Tango Clear 'no added sugar' variant, following its decision to reposition its core Tango brand as containing only natural flavours and colours. Tango Clear was originally launched in 2005 to compete with brands such as...

The Week: People News - Virgin chief joins Capital.(Paul Jackson leaves Virgin Radio Ltd., joins Capital Radio PLC)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Paul Jackson, the chief executive of Virgin Radio, has left the company and followed his former boss, Fru Hazlitt, to Capital Radio Jackson will be the managing director at Capital, reporting to Hazlitt, who left Virgin in January to become the...

The Week: People News - Harbinson to quit Maxim.(Derek Harbinson)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Derek Harbinson, the editor of Maxim, is to leave the magazine after just over a year in the job. Harbinson has been unable to halt the magazine's circulation decline since he succeeded Greg Gutfeld last year. Maxim's circulation fell by more...

The Week: People News - 02 appoints Thompson.(Gav Thompson appointed at O2 Ideas Inc.)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... O2 has hired Gav Thompson, a founder of Shop, to be its head of brand strategy. Thompson, a former managing partner of TBWA, replaces Tim Sefton, who has been promoted to senior vice-president of strategy and development across the O2 group. He...

The Week: People News - AMV swoops for Thomas.(Leigh Thomas appointed at Abbott Mead Vickers/BBDO Ltd.)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has appointed Leigh Thomas as its client services director. Thomas, who will run the Aviva account, joins from Lowe, where she was the head of account management on business including John Lewis, Twinings and Rexona

The Week: People News - BMB nabs JWT's Cowen.(Jamie Cowen appointed at Beattie McGuinness Bungay)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Beattie McGuinness Bungay has poached Jamie Cowen from JWT. He joins the agency to run its npower and Virgin accounts. Cowen previously ran JWT's Diageo business, including the Smirnoff brand

The Week: People News - Fallon's Cabral promoted.(Juan Cabral)(Fallon London)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Fallon London has named Juan Cabral as its creative partner as part of a series of promotions following Robert Senior's appointment as the UK chief executive of the SSF Group. Chris Willingham, a former senior account director, has been named...

The Week: People News - Producers move to MPC.(Jay Lichtman and Scott Griffin appointed at The Moving Picture Company Ltd.)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... The Moving Picture Company has hired Jay Lichtman and Scott Griffin as senior producers. Lichtman joins from Brickyard VFX's Los Angeles office, where he produced ads including ESPN 'sports heaven' for Jake Scott and the AT&T Olympics campaign...

The Week: People News - TMW takes on digital trio.(Adrian Pearmund, Ed Lamb and Chris Tyas appointed at Chris Tyas)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Tullo Marshall Warren has appointed Adrian Pearmund, Ed Lamb and Chris Tyas as digital client partners. Pearmund, who joins the agency from FCBi, will be working on Royal Mail, while Tyas will be working on Jumeirah Hotels, eBay and GNER. Lamb,...

The Week: Advertising Reviews - Nexus/H lands Callaway.(Callaway Golf Co.)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Callaway Golf has appointed Nexus/H to its pan-European advertising account, following a six-way pitch handled by the former Honda marketer Jeff Dodds, now the company's marketing director. The agency will adapt TV ads from the US, and create,...

The Week: Media Reviews - Total Media wins Hall brief.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... The Royal Albert Hall has appointed Total Media to handle its media planning and buying account. The agency will initially produce an outdoor, press and online campaign to run across September and October

The Week: Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO scoops pounds 12m Heinz business.(H.J. Heinz Company Ltd.)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has won the pounds 12 million advertising account for Heinz, after a pitch against Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Lowe and Grey. Last week, DDB London pulled out of the pitch, which was overseen by the Heinz marketing...

The Week: I-Q - The Internet Question - Do planners spend too much time blogging?
September 7, 2007... I suspect that the more prolific bloggers in the plannersphere do spend a rather disproportionate amount of time blogging, which could arguably be spent on 'real' work for clients. But I find blogging a perfectly acceptable way of refining...

The World: New York NBC Universal pulls plug on Apple iTunes contract.(deal of Apple Computer Inc. iTunes Music Store to be ended)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... NBC Universal will not renew its contract with Apple to sell its programming via the iTunes music store when it expires in December. NBCU programming, which includes The Office and Scrubs, is said to account for as much as 50 per cent of video...

The World: Stockholm Allers Forlag buys Hachette's Swedish operation.(mergers of Hachette Filipacchi Magazines Inc.)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Allers Forlag, Sweden's largest magazine publisher, has bought Hachette Filipacchi's Swedish division. The deal will see the publisher take control of titles that include Elle and Elle Interior. It also includes Elle's other title, Elle Mat &...

The World: Mumbai Haymarket gears up for Campaign India debut.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Haymarket Media Group is launching Campaign India next week. The fortnightly title will have a controlled circulation of 17,000 Annual subscriptions will cost 2,500 rupees (approximately pounds 30). Campaign India will be staffed...

The World: Hong Kong Eurosport Asia extends its reach into Japan.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Eurosport Asia has extended its footprint to include Japan, and has introduced two new channels in Australia. The channel has launched Eurosport and Eurosport News, which will be broadcast in Australia through the New Media Group. ...

The World: Shanghai McCann appointed for Alcoa brand relaunches.(contracts of McCann-Erickson (China) Ltd.)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... The aluminium production giant Alcoa has hired McCann Erickson China to handle the relaunch of two products. The appointment is understood to have followed a pitch which took place against five other agencies, including the Alcoa global...

The World: Sao Paulo StrawberryFrog and Peralta to open Brazilian shop.(Alexandre Peralta)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... StrawberryFrog is poised to launch a Brazilian office. The Amsterdam-based agency has partnered up with the Brazilian creative Alexandre Peralta, the founder of the independent agency Africa, to open the shop. Karin Drakenberg, one of the...

The World: Copenhagen Danish news titles in merger announcement.(Det Berlingske Officin)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Det Berlingske Officin, the Danish newspaper publisher, has announced plans to merge the operations of two of its titles. BT, the tabloid newspaper, and Urban, the commuter freesheet, are to share administrative operations, with plans for...

The World: Kiev MTV Networks launch 24-hour MTV Ukraine channel.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has launched MTV Ukraine, a 24-hour advertiser-supported cable channel for local Ukrainian audiences. The launch forms part of a multi-year licensing agreement between MTVNI and Horizon Capitol, a...

The World: Jakarta Ogilvy's Tan poached by Lowe to replace Modesto.(Eleanor Modesto leaves, Joseph Tan appointed at Lowe Indonesia)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Lowe Indonesia has poached Joseph Tan from Ogilvy Advertising Indonesia to fill the role of country head. Tan is currently the managing director of Ogilvy Advertising Indonesia He will replace the former country advisor Eleanor Modesto,...

The World: Jakarta Telkom invites five shops to pitch for account.(P.T. Telkomunikasi Indonesia Tbk)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), one of ten mobile operators in Indonesia, has invited five agencies to pitch for its advertising business. Lowe, BBDO, Ogilvy Advertising, Euro RSCG and Matari, the incumbent, have been selected to pitch...

The Work: New Campaigns - UK.
September 7, 2007... EUROPEAN COMMISSION/UEFA - GET ACTIVE CAMPAIGN CREDITS Project: European Commission/Uefa 'Get active' campaign Client: European Commission, Uefa Brief: Encourage people of all ages and abilities to go out and play sport Creative...

Pitch Update.(advertising contracts)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Phew! It's September, so that means the 'summer' is officially over, and pitch season is here. First off the bat is ITV, which has called a pitch for its pounds 20 million account. The bookmaker Paddy Power is tipping Bartle Bogle Hegarty...

New Business Rankings: 7 September 2007.(Statistical table)(Company rankings)
September 7, 2007... Rank Rank Agency/ Total Total Net Wins this last Last three wins billings billings billings week week gained lost gained ...

Hotline: Appointment at Unilever.(appointment of Laura Klauberg )(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Unilever has appointed Laura Klauberg as its vice-president of global media, replacing Alan Rutherford, who became the chief executive of Digitas Global earlier this year. Klauberg, who was previously Unilever's vice-president of media...

Hotline: Appointment at Sony.
September 7, 2007... Sony has hired Ben Moore, the former Nike head of brand communications, as its chief marketer following the departure of David Patton to Grey UK

Hotline: New editor at The Sunday Telegraph.(appointment of Ian McGregor )(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Ian McGregor has replaced Patience Wheatcroft as the editor of The Sunday Telegraph. Previously the deputy editor, McGregor was promoted when Wheatcroft resigned this week after 18 months in the role

Hotline: Yahoo! acquires BlueLithium.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Yahoo! has acquired the international online advertising network BlueLithium in a deal worth dollars 300 million (pounds 150 million) BlueLithium provides information on users by tracking their online behaviour and using the information to help...

Hotline: ING hunts for agency.(ING Groep N.V.)(advertising agency)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... ING, the Dutch financial services giant, is on the hunt for an agency to work on a global ad campaign linked to its sponsorship of the Renault Formula One team. The company has drawn up a longlist of agencies, with briefings scheduled for later...

Hotline: Infiniti appoints TBWA\Paris and OMD.(Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A. Infiniti Div.'s advertising contract)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Infiniti, Nissan's luxury car marque, has appointed TBWA\Paris and OMD to handle its pan-European advertising and media planning and buying ahead of next year's launch in Europe. Separately, Nissan Europe has handed BDH\TBWA a pounds 12 million...

Hotline: Shortlist hunts for creative agency.(Mike Soutar)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Shortlist, the freesheet launching on 20 September from the former IPC Media executive Mike Soutar, is on the hunt for a creative agency to create a campaign that will break in the first quarter of 2008

Hotline: ASA bans Avon ad.(Advertising Standards Authority)(Avon Cosmetics Ltd.)(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an Avon ad for 'misleading and exaggerating' the effects of its mascara by using a model wearing false eyelashes. In July, the ASA upheld a complaint against L'Oreal, after it emerged that Penelope...

Hotline: TalkSPORT signs sponsorship deal.(Tetley beer )(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... TalkSPORT has signed a headline sponsorship deal with Tetley beer for its Rugby World Cup 2007 coverage. Tetley will focus the on-air activity around supporting England. Separately, The Daily Telegraph will sponsor talkSPORT's score flash...

Hotline: Time Out appoints Viseum.(Brief article)
September 7, 2007... Time Out magazine has appointed Vizeum to its media planning and buying account following a pitch against Target Media, The Media Shop, BJK&E and the incumbent, Total Media, which has handled the business for the past 20 years

Close-Up: Live issue - D&AD Annual: nice book, shame about the cover.(Viewpoint essay)
September 7, 2007... This year's D&AD Annual is addressing some of the global advertising awards schemes' tricky issues, Ed Morris writes. At the beginning of the new D&AD Annual, there is an appropriate obituary to the remarkable Alan Fletcher. It's ironic...

Close-Up: Newsmaker - Can Francis make Saatchis media-progressive?(Saatchi and Saatchi's Simon Francis)
September 7, 2007... Will Simon Francis be given the power to stage a revolution within the new Saatchis and Fallon set-up? When Simon Francis left Leo Burnett for MindShare in 1998, his peers thought his flirtation with the creative side of the industry was...

Close-Up: Live issue - How should Pfizer advertise Viagra?
September 7, 2007... What's the best way to tap into the potentially massive UK market for Viagra, James Hamilton asks. When it comes to iconic drugs, Pfizer's diamond-shaped blue pill is to the pharmaceutical industry what Coca-Cola's famous curved bottle is...

Close-Up: 24 hours with ... Andy Bird, Ogilvy London.
September 7, 2007... Name: Andy Bird Job: Associate creative partner, Ogilvy London Professional mission: Do stuff Personal mantra: It wasn't my fault, was it? 5.21am Nnnggg. 5.34am Three-year-old Sprog One crawls into bed. Get a warm feeling. ...

Media Perspective: The pressure is on for Jackson to put Capital back on top.
September 7, 2007... There was something in the air as a series of events coincided to make it a somewhat lively end to August. Emap announced a strategy update, saying it would press on with a sale or break-up of the group, while describing market conditions...

Media Forum: Do the freesheets work?
September 7, 2007... A year on, are the freesheets a useful avenue for advertisers? Should Ealing Studios ever plan a return to its golden era of the 50s, it has a ready-made plot for a new comedy in the shape of the London free newspaper market. Since...

Media: Chatter.
September 7, 2007... 'We can't IPO the business until we have a chief executive in place. It is unlikely one will have everything in place for the autumn.' - Virgin Radio's chairman, Richard Huntingford, after its chief executive, Paul Jackson, quit for Capital...

Media Headliner: The man ready to show the soul of Virgin Media.(Johnny Webb)(Virgin Media Group Ltd.)
September 7, 2007... Johnny Webb is preparing to launch Virgin 1, the company's first-ever branded channel, on Freeview. Johnny Webb, the managing director of Virgin Media Television, is under a very intense spotlight that would instil stagefright in many, but...

Media Lifeline: City A.M.
September 7, 2007... The business freesheet has embraced technology and defied the sceptics since its launch two years ago. September 2005: The ex-Metro International team of Lawson Muncaster and Jens Torpe launches City A.M., a London freesheet. Sceptics claim...

Media Perspective: Open staff's ears to the best informative podcasts around.
September 7, 2007... As you wander the veal-fattening pens of your newly open-plan agency, you've probably noticed that many of your staff are hunched at their desks with headphones strapped tightly to their ears. You tell yourself they're all diligently...