Revolution articles from December 2003

Revolution archives from December 2003

Letter from the editor.(online music)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
December 1, 2003... The amazing paradox about the music business is that, for an industry that is all about turning rebellion into money - as one bunch of corporately-backed 'rebels' once sung - it has been slow, if not downright backward, in embracing digital....

Camelot offers online tool to help syndicates play Lottery.(www.national-lottery.co.uk)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Camelot has created an online tool to help run syndicates for groups entering The National Lottery, which will launch with a major TV campaign in January. Richard Hurd-Wood, director, interactive at Camelot, said the tool will make it...

Heinz pushes ketchup with 'police' posts.(Heinz Ketchup Police www.heinzketchup.co.uk/police)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Heinz is promoting its Tomato Ketchup by asking web users to join the Heinz Ketchup Police. The FMCG giant ran recruitment ads on TopDogJobs (www.topdogjobs.co.uk) advertising posts in the Ketchup Police. The ads by digital agency swamp...

EUK tests a music download service.(Entertainment UK)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Woolworth's Group company Entertainment UK (EUK) has launched a beta version of a music download service it aims to roll out across Europe. The new service (www.streetsonline/digital) was launched in partnership with Entertainment UK's...

DEALS: Google to provide a search service.(Google U.K. deal with Telewest Broadband's blueyonder.co.uk site)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Google is to provide a search service on Telewest Broadband's blueyonder.co.uk site. Google's web search will be available in a dedicated search section and on pages of the site in its toolbar. Search results and sponsored links from Google...

DEALS: Amazon.co.uk and Waterstone's extend deal.(U.K.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Amazon.co.uk and high-street book-retailer Waterstone's have extended their multi-year e-commerce deal. Amazon.co.uk provides e-commerce functionality, content, product selection and customer service on Waterstone's co-branded site. The two...

DEALS: DatingDirect.com and Chemistry sign deal.(U.K.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... DatingDirect.com and Chemistry, the UK live-dating events firm, have signed a year-long, cross-promotional deal. DatingDirect.com will become Chemistry's official online dating partner and have branding at its offline events. And Chemistry will...

DEALS: Espotting appointed by ITV.(Independent Television U.K.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Pay-per-click ad firm Espotting has been appointed by ITV to power searches on all its sites. Espotting replaces Overture as the paid-listings provider on sites for programmes like Pop Idol, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and I'm a Celebrity...

DEALS: Multimap.com links up with JJB Sports.(U.K.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Internet mapping service Multimap.com has linked up with JJB Sports, the retailer, to provide a store locator on JJB.co.uk. Users can search for offline outlets near their location in the UK and get information on each store's specialist...

DEALS: Lastminute.com to work with WorldRes.(WorldRes.com Inc. U.K.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Lastminute.com is working with online hotel-bookings specialist WorldRes to expand the choice of accommodation it offers. Lastminute.com users will be able to book properties from WorldRes' portfolio of more than 35,000 hotels and resorts,...

DEALS: VenueDirectory.com joins forces with VenueBase Software (VBC).(U.K.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... VenueDirectory.com will allow users to download updated venue information direct after joining forces with VenueBase Software (VBC), which provides agency software systems. According to Richard Parkin, managing director of VBC, users of the...

DEALS: Subbuteo merchandise to be sold on Football365Shop.com.(Brief article)
December 1, 2003... Merchandise for cult table-football brand Subbuteo will be sold on Rivals Digital Media's Football365Shop.com after a deal with Hasbro Properties Group. Subbuteo T-shirts, featuring ideas generated by Football365 users, such as England star...

DEALS: Dogpile UK promotes toolbar with Battersea Dogs Home.(U.K.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Search-engine Dogpile UK is promoting its new revamped, downloadable toolbar with Battersea Dogs Home. The metasearch service will donate money to the charity every time a search is made with the toolbar, and is advertising the new initiative...

Tizer paints it red online for rebrand.(www.tizer.co.uk)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Soft-drink brand Tizer has unveiled a new-look web site as part of a pounds 1.5 million rebrand. The site (www.tizer.co.uk), created by agency Henderson Grime & Associates (HGA), targets 13- to 15-year-old boys. Its concept follows the...

Unilever adds digital side to TV campaign.(Unilever U.K. markets Surf, www.surf.co.uk)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Unilever washing-powder brand Surf is asking consumers to vote to 'save' or 'stain' a celebrity by SMS, phone or internet as part of an integrated campaign. The activity follows its recent pounds 4m TV campaign, created by Lowe, showing...

L'Oreal teams up with MSN for interactive beauty content.(MSN U.K. and www.beautylive.mns.co.uk)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... L'Oreal Group has partnered with MSN to launch interactive beauty content on the MSN portal and MSN Messenger for the first time. The BeautyLive site (beauty live.msn.co.uk) was developed by MSN and digital agency Textuel\La Mine, part of...

Good month/bad month.(Gerald Ratner starts Gerald Online)(MP3.com merges with CNET)(Bristol and West discontinues online banking service)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A good month for Gerald Ratner who is making an internet comeback with an online jewellery venture, Gerald Online. Hopefully, he won't say anything unwise about the quality of its products. Ailing digital music site MP3.com, owned by...

British Heart Foundation drives take-up of credit card by email.(U.K.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is launching an e-recruitment drive to promote the charity's affinity credit card. The campaign, which will target some 80,000 people, will consist of four emails whose release will be staggered over a...

Habitat uses newsletters to build traffic.(Habitat Group PLC retains Digit Ltd., www.habitat.net)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Habitat is launching a series of html newsletters and an email Christmas card through digital agency Digit. The newsletters, designed to drive traffic to the Habitat site (www.habitat.net) and its 72 stores in Europe, will be sent to its...

BT and Yahoo! link up for narrowband.(internet service providers)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... BT and Yahoo! have launched a narrowband ISP service to complement the broadband service they launched in June. BT Openworld's consumer services are being rebranded as BT Yahoo! Anytime, BT Yahoo! Surftime and BT Yahoo! Pay-as-you-go. The...

JUST BREAKING: Top 10 breaking banners by impressions (1-31 October 2003).(advertising U.K.)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
December 1, 2003... 1 Microsoft Protect your PC 2 Sainsbury's Bank Enjoy Cool Rates 3 Freeserve Freeserve anytime 4 Capital One Bank Capital One Platinum 5 Tiffany & Co Tiffany & Co 6 O2 ...

RNLI revamps site to raise donations.(Royal National Lifeboat Institution www.RNLI.org.uk)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is rationalising its online strategy and revamping its site to raise awareness, and boost online donations and membership. The organisation, which raises pounds 5,000 a month online, aims to...

Account wins.(various marketing retainers U.K.)
December 1, 2003... AOL UK has chosen agency Grey London to handle its creative account in the UK after a review. From February 2004, Grey will be the lead agency for all UK advertising for AOL, starting with the launch push of the next version of AOL software...

OWEN ON DIGITAL MEDIA: Higher investment lets sites deck the web with creativity.(digital marketing)
December 1, 2003... As we near the end of 2003, digital marketing has reason for good cheer. Investment in the sector continues to grow, even within an ad market that is declining overall and, more encouragingly, output is getting better and better. Clear evidence...

O2 debuts new rich media data service.(02 (Online) Ltd.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Mobile network O2 has become the first advertiser to use a new rich-media data-collection format for its '2 Minute Challenge' business campaign. Using a new service from rich-media specialist Eyeblaster, O2 set up a database instantly and...

TRACKER: About IPT.(digital direct marketing firm's services and market share)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... IPT is a supplier of email marketing data and services, with brands such as MyOffers and OK-mail providing permission-based data to advertisers every quarter. IPT's low-cost managed email-delivery service, EmailBureau, sent more than 50...

Norwich Union PLC site echoes its TV ads.(Soup (London, England) retainer)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Norwich Union is backing its 'Quote me happy' TV campaign with online ads promoting nine core insurance products. Digital agency Soup created the online push, based on the Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO ad campaign with the 'quote me happy'...

Cussons seeks to capture more data.(PZ Cussons (U.K.) www.releasethelather.co.uk)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... PZ Cussons has updated its Imperial Leather web site (www.releasethelather.co.uk) to back its above-the-line Double Bubble campaign. The new-look site, designed by Digerati, digital division of ad agency BDH\TBWA, aims to capture customer...

Lufthansa promotes global destinations.(Deutsche Lufthansa AG online marketing)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Airline Lufthansa is running online ads to raise awareness of its digital-booking system as part of an integrated promotion. Created, planned and bought by digital agency Profero, the campaign aims to inform users of Lufthansa's...

Princes Foods updates web information.(www.princes.co.uk)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Princes Foods, manufacturer of canned fruit, fish and meat products, has relaunched its corporate web site in order to communicate more effectively with its employees, suppliers and clients worldwide. The new portal (www.princes.co.uk) was...

GRIFFITHS ON MOBILE: Nokia lures players to N-Gage with the games of the past.
December 1, 2003... It has been hard to ignore the launch of the Nokia N-Gage with its deliberately provocative ads. But it's more than an ad-man's dream. This high-end communicator and gaming machine supports games downloaded over a GPRS network and those...

Nivea For Men campaign rolls out viral footie game.(Beiersdorf U.K. www.ballskillz.co.uk)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Beiersdorf UK is rolling out a viral game for its Nivea For Men Oil Control product range. The Ball Skillz game (www.ballskillz.co.uk), aimed at men aged 16-30, requires players to juggle a football with a variety of moves to impress a...

Butlins aims to boost online bookings with revamped site.(www.butlins.com)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Butlins is relaunching its site (www.butlins.com) to help promote short breaks at its resorts in Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness. With online bookings now accounting for 13 per cent of the company's sales, the new site has been designed...

William Grant opens Scotch Whisky site.(William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd. www.Grantswhisky.com)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Distiller William Grant & Sons has launched its first dedicated site for Grant's Scotch Whisky. Grantswhisky.com is designed to be an information site for consumers, press and trade. Divided into two sections, it builds on the global...

TIME THIEF: Simon Hopkins head of BBCi Music, takes us through his day.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... 65% - Meetings The bulk of my job is concerned with meetings. I have meetings with editors across BBCi to talk about the week ahead, covering everything from the generic BBCi music site to orchestra web sites and other interactive music...

Wow! expands with female beauty site.(CD Wow! launches Wow Woman! www.wowwoman.com)
December 1, 2003... Online entertainment retailer CD Wow! has entered the female market with the launch of Wow Woman!, which will sell discounted luxury beauty products, lingerie and jewellery. The new web site (www.wowwoman.com) aims to compete with...

Performance index.(The Revolution Keynote Performance Index evaluates web sites U.K.)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
December 1, 2003... The Revolution Keynote Performance Index measures the performance of 20 representative sites from across the digital economy in terms of speed of loading and site availability. The top 10 are featured each week, and the worst performing web...

GAFFNEY ON AMERICA: Community portals must get in touch to make a comeback.(internet marketing)(Column)
December 1, 2003... This year has seen the comeback of internet advertising in America. A new report showing 14 per cent growth for Q3 confirms it. We've seen the comeback of many stock prices, including Yahoo!, DoubleClick and Amazon, but please tell me we're not...

MOVING ON UP: Appointment at MSN UK.(Matt Whittingham)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Following a two-year stint as group marketing manager at MSN UK, Matt Whittingham takes a step up to the newly-created role of head of information services and reach. He takes responsibility for key reach areas such as the portal, content and...

MOVING ON UP: Appointment at MSN.(Judy Gibbons)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... MSN has also given Judy Gibbons, head of its international division, the new role of head of global sales and marketing. A former Hewlett-Packard UK marketing chief, Gibbons will co-ordinate marketing efforts at Microsoft's internet portal. Her...

MOVING ON UP: Appointment at Shazam.(Chee Wong)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Shazam, the mobile music recognition firm, has hired Chee Wong for the newly created post of chief operations officer. Following its August 2002 launch, Shazam is bolstering its management team to drive growth in EMEA, Asia and the Americas....

MOVING ON UP: Appointment at Associated New Media.(Dan Pearce )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Associated New Media has appointed Dan Pearce as commercial partnership manager. He will develop revenue-generating partnerships for ANM's portfolio of sites, including Thisistravel.co.uk. He will also manage existing relations with key...

MOVING ON UP: Appointment at ITN.(Nicholas Wheeler)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Nicholas Wheeler is to take up a new position at ITN as managing director of multimedia content. He leads the team driving the development of ITN products and services for mobiles and other new media. Wheeler will also continue in his role as...

MOVING ON UP: Appointment at AOL UK.(Giles Ivey)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... AOL UK has made Giles Ivey, former sales controller at Virgin Radio, director of sales for interactive marketing. He will maximise ad revenues on the AOL service, and manage the business development and agency sales teams. Ivey held sales...

MOVING ON UP: Appointment at Glue London.(Matt Verity, Rachel Hunt, Simon Parkin and others)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Glue London has made several appointments to strengthen its team following a string of business wins over the summer, which include Tetley GB and MFI. Interactive designers Matt Verity and Rachel Hunt join the firm, as well as an additional...

MOVING ON UP: Appointment at Thomson Directories.(Karen Francis)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Thomson Directories has appointed Karen Francis as internet channel marketing manager to spearhead its drive into the search-engine marketing industry. Francis was previously at Telewest.

MOVING ON UP: Appointment at Justgroup.net.(Anthony Bradley)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Justgroup.net has made Anthony Bradley managing director and guardian of the Justgroup brands, which include Justengineers, Justrail and Justgraduates. Bradley has worked with the company as group marketing director since February 2001. He was...

MOVING ON UP: Appointment at Itraffic.(Matt Robinson)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Itraffic has appointed Matt Robinson as senior account manager on the British Airways account. He joins from Royal Mail, where he managed interactive campaigns and media. Prior to the Royal Mail, he worked at Sydney-based online agency NetX,...

MOVING ON UP: Appointment at Kelkoo UK.(Glen Drury becomes managing director for the shopping search engine Kelkoo)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Glen Drury moves from head of commercial operations to managing director at Kelkoo UK, the shopping search engine. While he was head of commercial operations, sales revenues went over the pounds 1 million a month mark and the firm has extended...

Versace Make-up in handbag.com move.(online promotion U.K.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Versace Make-Up has teamed up with handbag.com, the life-style site for women, in a promotion that marks the brand's first move into online media. The move is part of a brand awareness drive for the Versace Make-Up Muted Glam Autumn/Winter...

Vernons opens new daily lotto on web.(Florida 4 Daily Lotto www.vernons.co.uk)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Ladbrokes-owned gaming company Vernons aims to compete with the National Lottery's Daily Play by launching the Florida 4 Daily Lotto on the internet. The game was developed by digital agency TechnoPhobia, which also created the Vernons web...

MSN unveils members-only newsletter.(MSN.co.uk)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... MSN.co.uk has a new monthly email newsletter for MSN 8, MSN Hotmail Extra Storage and MSN Mobile subscribers. It aims to offer an interactive experience for users with the day's top stories and useful tips. It includes demos, graphics and...

PANKHURST ON DOTCOM LIFE: The time is right to venture into the bright world of iTV.(Friends Reunited launches interactive television service)(Advertisement)
December 1, 2003... In the last few years, as venture-capital money has got harder to come by and paid-for content more common, it has not only been important to decide what can be paid for, but how. As more than a few digital businesses have found, it's hard...

Ford pushes Ka via SMS competition.(Ford Motor Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Ford is promoting its Ka marque with a mobile marketing and direct digital drive that offers consumers the chance to win a shopping trip to New York. A range of postcards are being sent out to consumers bearing unique SMS codes, which can...

MY INBOX: Kim Walma, head of UK marketing at Monster Worldwide.(on spam)(Interview)
December 1, 2003... Kim Walma head of UK marketing at Monster Worldwide gets far too much spam and would like to tell President Bush a thing or two. What percentage of the emails you receive are marketing or commercial emails? About 80 per cent of emails...

UK Passport Service in travel sites linkup.(online marketing)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The UK Passport Service has become the first organisation to advertise on the holding pages of travel web sites lastminute.com, Expedia.co.uk and Cheapflights.co.uk. The integrated push, launched in November, aims to encourage the public...

Skysports.com puts alerts on desktops.(retains Skinkers Communications)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Skysports.com is offering users desktop news alerts to keep them updated directly. Sky Sports has joined with web agency Skinkers to develop Sky Alerts, which will bring news direct to the desktop. The service was also launched for Sky...

Baseball Museum appoints WebtraffIQ.(The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum www.baseballhalloffame.org)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has appointed UK-based web analytics agency WebtraffIQ for web site measurement and reporting. Following a trial in September, WebtraffIQ has been appointed for one year by the organisation...

VITAL STATISTICS: This month - Clients still wield the power in new media.(online marketing)
December 1, 2003... Clients still wield the power in new media, but Josh Brooks finds agencies do ponder price increases. A survey by online marketing resource E-consultancy suggests confidence is returning to new media, albeit cautiously. The...

ANALYSIS: Digital appeals to young men.(market research by Online Publishers Association U.S.)
December 1, 2003... High-profile sites such as handbag.com and iVillage may fight it out to claim the title of best women's portal, while brands like Saga and 50connect might want to corner the older demographic, but the battle to target the young male market...

ANALYSIS: Online takes DM to another level.(direct marketing)
December 1, 2003... The web's measurability and accountability make it the perfect direct marketing channel. Email lets marketers target people and test different creatives with razor-sharp precision, so why is a major brand like Tesco.com using traditional...

ANALYSIS: Fulfilment key in Christmas run-up.(electronic commerce U.K.)
December 1, 2003... Until someone invents a Star Trek-style transporter, retailers operating in the virtual space will have to rely on real-world transport to deliver their products to buyers. Most UK e-commerce companies rely to a greater or lesser extent on...

VOX POP: If Google goes for an IPO, will the search sector benefit?(initial public offering)
December 1, 2003... What would be the impact on digital and other search players? The heady pre-crash IPO days aren't quite back with a vengeance, but reports that Google is considering an IPO is major news for the digital sector in general and for search in...

Online advertising comes of age.(Editorial)
December 1, 2003... There is, of course, a long tradition of journalists jumping the gun, so please forgive us this month if you think we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of internet advertising - which actually takes place next year - a trifle early. But it's...

COMMENT: Educating the Americans on the benefits of SMS.(short messaging service)
December 1, 2003... Americans are renowned for embracing new ideas and being at the forefront of new technologies, the internet being the perfect example. It's a different story with mobile. Compared with Asia and Europe, the US has lagged behind in terms of usage...

SHOPPING: Review - Snooker table? Cue Ask Jeeves.(www.ask.co.uk)(Column)
December 1, 2003... If you're setting out to buy an antique snooker table, you can't just go down one road and wander in and out of shops selling snooker tables to find the right one because they're scattered all over the country. That's why I used the web. I...

SHOPPING: Shopping stats - Christmas comes early for fastest sites.(U.K.)
December 1, 2003... Surprisingly, top e-tailer Argos had the slowest download speed of six online stores, discovers Charlotte Goddard. It's Christmas time and, as well as mistletoe and wine, the season is increasingly coming to mean online shopping. Revolution...

SECTOR CHECKER: Levi's makes its giant 'brand edifice of cool' work online.(www.eu.levi.com; includes "Top five urban wear sites" table)
December 1, 2003... Virgin Group's Richard Halstead feels Levi's is possibly the best brand developer ever, looking beyond its product to create a site with wide appeal. Web www.eu.levi.com - Developer Lateral/NeoWorks My job involves helping brand owners...

DIGITAL MUSIC: 220,000 track mind.(online U.K. and Europe)(Interview)
December 1, 2003... OD2 co-founder Charles Grimsdale informs Charlotte Goddard he isn't fazed by new competition in a market that the digital download service has made its own since 2000. The internet is alive with the sound of music. The sheer amount of...

10 YEARS OF ADVERTISING INNOVATION: Click here - 10 years of online advertising.
December 1, 2003... Heading into 2004, the 10th anniversary of the first banner ad, Charlotte Goddard takes a look back at the first decade of online advertising. It all started back in 1994. While the UK public was transfixed by the idea of becoming instant...

Words from the wise.(on the Internet www.agency.com)
December 1, 2003... Some predicted the web would collapse, some said it would reign supreme, so who got it right and who got it wrong? The story of the web has been largely characterised by fantastic predictions and promises that nothing will ever be the same...

RECRUITMENT: Straight to the job market.(internet)
December 1, 2003... The internet makes it easier to find a job. And it can also bring candidates straight to the big brands. Emily Booth reports. Matching job hunters with employers is a bit like dating. Both sides have high expectations, not least the hope of...

THE MOBILE TELECOMS REPORT: The medium that fits the service.
December 1, 2003... Compiling a list of 10 innovations in the mobile business (page 54) inevitably meant missing out many with an equal claim to recognition. But what is noticeable about the 10 we chose is that they are not pinning their hopes on 3G. From...

THE MOBILE TELECOMS REPORT: New life for WAP.(Wireless application protocol )
December 1, 2003... It's arrival as a brand new technology was both over-hyped and underwhelming, but is WAP finally taking off now? Caspar van Vark takes a look. Just over three years ago, a survey by the National Statistics Office found that less than one...

THE MOBILE TELECOMS REPORT: Mobile trailblazers - 10 great mobile ideas.
December 1, 2003... From clothes that hug you in response to a text to location-based mobile games, there are some exciting ideas coming your way. It has taken a while for consumers to get all the necessary connections and equipment to be able to access the...

LEGAL: Are you legal?(internet legislation Europe)
December 1, 2003... With tighter legislation coming into force, the internet is no longer a wild frontier. The web used to be thought of as a legal Wild West and, to a certain extent, that was true. As a new medium, the law had to deal with issues as they...

ONLINE RESEARCH MASTERCLASS: The Revolution Masterclass on Online research.
December 1, 2003... The internet can be a cost-efficient tool for marketers to find out about consumers online, Philip Smith finds out, but it must be used properly. Research is a key weapon in the marketer's armoury, but interactive and digital media offer...

TRAILBLAZER: Santa's little helper.(Sharon Spriggs, Special Letters)
December 1, 2003... Sharon Spriggs tells Emily Booth how the internet will be taking personalised messages to children all around the world this Christmas. Imagine you're five years old. It's almost Christmas and what should come through the letterbox but a...

CREATIVE REVIEW.(Charlton's advertising campaigns)
December 1, 2003... Charlton oversees the strategy and creative execution of projects for all clients, such as Sharp Electronics and Intel Corporation. Her work is concept-led and commercial, and she advocates a straightforward approach to creativity. 'Internet...

CAMPAIGN OF THE MONTH:.(Monarch Scheduled www.flymonarch.com)
December 1, 2003... To inspire more customers to book online and attract new ones, Monarch Scheduled used an email push for the first time. Background: This summer, low-cost airline Monarch Scheduled used email marketing for the first time, starting with a...

TERMINATOR 1: The net and I, still an item, 10 years since our first date.(Internet narrative)(Column)
December 1, 2003... Next year sees the 10th anniversary of internet advertising, discussed in our feature on page 34. If it's anything like my own 10th birthday, there will be a special Barbie-shaped cake and Wimpy burgers all round, but then again the internet...

TERMINATOR 2: The new digital thing is here - pumpkin heads.(Haygarth Group U.K.)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... You'd think that, with the wealth of digital media out there today, agency creatives wouldn't need to search out new platforms. Not so. Those crazy guys at Haygarth have swapped their mousepads for sharp knives and stencils, and taken to...

TERMINATOR 2: Miss Pixellated World comes to a site near you.(www.missdigitalworld.com)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... What with all the kerfuffle surrounding the Miss World contest whenever and wherever its organisers try to stage it, it seems only natural that someone should have come up with a digital version. Miss Digital World (www.miss...

TERMINATOR 2: Hands off as Wife of Bath hops online.(www.bl.uk/treasures/caxton/homepage.html)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Last seen jumping into the Serpentine in search of the secret of flight (Revolution, July/Aug-ust, p82), those crazy guys at digital agency Oyster have gone all literary to get their kicks. To mark the launch of a site created for the...