A new cigarette brand, advertised and packaged to catch the eye of
younger smokers, is set to cause uproar among anti-tobacco
lobbyists.
30 Oct 1998
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
The National Magazine Company is in talks about launching a Cosmo
Cafe, the latest in a line of brand extensions for its most successful
women s monthly title, Cosmopolitan.
30 Oct 1998
| by MAIRI CLARK
Somerfield is putting its pounds 13 million advertising account up
for review, threatening a nine-year relationship with its incumbent
agency, RPM3.
Procter s roster agencies across the globe are bracing
themselves for a cut in commission levels as part of a massive
belt-tightening programme.
30 Oct 1998
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
TalkCo, the consortium headed by Kelvin MacKenzie, has finalised
its acquisition of Talk Radio in a deal which values the station at
pounds 24.7 million.
Media Solutions, the Tempus-owned media independent, is to merge
with its sister agency, CIA Medianetwork, in a restructuring designed to
strengthen the ailing CIA agency and streamline Tempus s UK assets.
30 Oct 1998
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
The Sunday Telegraph has formed an alliance with Disney to produce
a children s supplement for the newspaper, called Disney s Planet.
The successful trials of consumer brands by first-time internet
advertisers during the World Cup will create a surge in web advertising,
according to a new report from Fletcher Research.
The UK s first national 3-D poster campaign, incorporating
ground-breaking visual enhancement technology, breaks this week as part
of a multi-media blitz to launch the Peugeot 206.
CampaignLive continues to break the top industry stories. Here are
some of the headlines that have appeared on CampaignLive during the past
few days: