21 Dec 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Emap has agreed to sell its business-to-business division to Guardian Media Group and Apax...as of mid-afternoon today. Guardian Media Group and Apax saw off competition from two private equity ...
Media Group, said: The acquisition meets our requirements in terms of diversifying GMG s media ...
21 Dec 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Weight Watchers has awarded its £10m UK media planning and buying account to OMD, after a...The account will move in the New Year from incumbent Carat, which pitched for the account alongside Starcom and Mediaedge:cia. The review did not affect the company s European media account, on which Mediaedge:cia is the incumbent agency. Weight Watchers launched the review, which covers its ...
21 Dec 2007
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - Aegis Media has successfully defended the estimated $200m (£101m) global media account...of confidence in our integrated structure and vision. The spirits sector requires media innovation, and we ...
20 Dec 2007
| by Emma Barnett
The Media Trust, an organisation that unites the media industry with charities and is responsible...Forsyth joins the Media Trust on a 12-month attachment from the BBC, where he is a senior business development manager at BBC Future Media Technology. In his new role, Forsyth will be responsible for shaping and delivering a major increase in new media activity across the Media Trust s range of services ...
19 Dec 2007
| by Anne Cassidy
LONDON -- Dominic Proctor, worldwide chief executive of MindShare, has been appointed
the Media...Proctor launched MindShare Worldwide, WPP s first media investment management agency, in 1997 ...
are delighted to have someone of Dominic s outstanding record in developing the media space worldwide chairing the Media Lions jury. His accomplishments and breadth of experience speak for themselves, and we very much ...
19 Dec 2007
| by Darren Davidson
's Media Lions jury at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival....Proctor, who in 1997 launched MindShare, WPP s first media agency, said: This is a fantastic time to be a media professional because our role has never been more important to our clients. The time is right to celebrate that fact and to build on it for the future. The Cannes Media Lions give us ...
19 Dec 2007
As the proliferation of media continues, the challenge for agencies is to identify the right mix...TOP MEDIA AGENCIES
Rank Agency 2006 2005 ...
,932,257 469,754,406 -20.82
8 11 Walker Media 252,315,820 207,968,890 21.32
9 ...
Media 117,412,987 107,296,965 9.43
14 13 MediaVest Manchester 114 ...
18 Dec 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - TUI Travel is to review its £12m media planning and buying account following its merger...Walker handles the 5m First Choice media spend; MPG the 7m Thomson spend; and Universal McCann Manchester the spend for Thomson s direct brand Portland. It is understood TUI is looking at the possibilities of putting everything into one agency and of keeping the Portland account separate. The review ...
17 Dec 2007
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - MEN Media, publisher of the Manchester Evening News, has stopped publishing personal...The publisher has been in contact with police, trade bodies and a number of its readers about concerns over the nature of health club, escort and personal services ads. MEN Media said that publishing ...
the group. Mark Rix, managing director of MEN Media, said: Following on from discussions [with the police ...
17 Dec 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Intel is reported to be reviewing its media account after two years with Universal McCann....for the creative account, held by McCann Erickson, after the media review is finished. Universal McCann is defending the media account. Universal McCann US referred calls to Intel, which declined to respond ...
in March 2005. It had previously been with holding company Havas; the media account was with Media ...