The BBC is said to be considering external candidates only for the job of director of marketing and communications. Internal candidate Jane Frost, the former director of corporate communications, is believed to have been ruled out.
Woolworth s has lost one of its most senior marketers as parent company Kingfisher prepares to sell off the retail chain. Head of brand communications Jo Kenrick is joining housebuilder Wilson Connolly as sales and marketing director, working for her former boss at Asda, Allan Leighton, who chairs the...
The first episode of Crossroads, screened on Monday (March 5), performed well for ITV. According to live overnights, the 1.30pm episode delivered 2.1 million viewers - a 29.7% audience share against an average year-to date performance for that slot of 1.4 million, a 18.6% share. The 5.05pm repeat pulled...
Seat is seeking a new head of marketing following Gary Savage's move to the sales side of the company as head of operations. Savage replaces Steve Butt, who moved to become head of corporate sales at Audi.
Brown-Forman Wines International has appointed BMP DDB to handle its dollars 1m (pounds 680,000) pan-European Fetzer wine account. The company also owns Californian wine brand Bonterra and Italian Bolla. BMP will focus on building Fetzer s position as the leading premium Californian wine brand in Europe.
Emap Digital has appointed Zachary Soreff to the newly created position of head of marketing and communications. He will report to Bob Willmott, director of customer marketing and traffic.
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against Roadnet, which makes radar detectors, about a direct mailing which the ASA said could encourage motorists to drive irresponsibly and break the law. The mailing quoted a journalist saying: I ve got a radar detector and it spots speed...
BMW has promoted car marketing manager Graeme Grieve to sales director. He is not being replaced directly, but Carl Sandersan will take on some of his previous responsibilities in the new role of product and market planning manager.
Walt Disney has confirmed it has bought the future royalties for wider use of the rights to Winnie the Pooh and related characters, in a pounds 240m deal that will enable it to use the characters on the internet.
ITV advertising revenues are expected to continue their downward trend in the second quarter of this year, with media agencies forecasting a fall of 15% to 20% for April and 7% to 8 % in May and June. The dip, which spells low inflation for advertisers, is believed to be caused by the downturn in dotcom...
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