15 Feb 2001
IPCMedia is launching IPC LIVE!, an events and exhibitions business. Headed by Stephanie Grice, former director of events with G s branded event activities, with four initiatives during the next six months and increased activity over the year. IPC already organises exhibitions such as the VolksWorld...
15 Feb 2001
Camelot has appointed Specialist Publications to produce Jackpot, the bi-monthly magazine for the 36,000 National Lottery retailers in the UK. The publishing house won the business in a four-way pitch, after researching what retailers thought of the publication. Jackpot aims to provide practical advice...
15 Feb 2001
The Wall Street Journal Europe is to publish an earlier edition in the UK, allowing it to distribute to cities outside the capital including Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham. From March 2, it will also introduce The Weekend Journal with the Friday/Saturday edition of the paper, which will...
15 Feb 2001
Fox Kids UK is launching a nationwide campaign to promote the animated series Digimon. The campaign is designed to publicise the launch of Digimon: Series 2 on the Fox Kids UK TV channel, the cinema release of Digimon: The Movie and the release of the Digimon Volume 3 video. As part of the campaign,...
15 Feb 2001
Two national newspapers will unveil online travel sites this week. On February 16, Guardian Unlimited will launch guardian.co.uk/travel, providing information on 60 countries and 80 cities, including travel, food, visa requirements and web links. Telegraph.co.uk has revamped its Planet section and renamed...
15 Feb 2001
BBC Worldwide claims its glossy women s magazine Eve is attracting readers who don t normally buy monthly magazines. The title will not publish an ABC this week, but a statement from publisher Justine Southall claims 89% of its readers are ABC1 with an average family income of more than pounds 42,000....
15 Feb 2001
Celador International head of marketing, Adrian Woolfe, has been promoted to commercial and marketing director. He will work with new managing director Ellis Watson to oversee digital strategies for productions including Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Woolfe will continue to be responsible for licensing...
15 Feb 2001
Starcom Motive has appointed TSMS group manager Joe Mather as group head working on the Procter s advertising on satellite channels.
15 Feb 2001
Trish Wadley, Marketing director, The Independent and Independent on Sunday
15 Feb 2001
Grey Interactive, the new media arm of Grey Advertising, has launched a new division, GI Wireless...Grey Interactive, the new media arm of Grey Advertising, has launched a new division, GI Wireless, specialising in wireless applications. It has hired James Bruce, head of e-business consultancy services at BT, as managing director of the new division. It has signed agreements with telecoms and wireless companies ...