27 Sep 1999
| by MARK TUNGATE
PC and video game magazine publisher Paragon Publishing is stepping
up its expansion plans after acquiring a clutch of titles from its rival
IDG, including PlayStation Pro and Planet PlayStation.
27 Sep 1999
| by RACHEL MINTER
Clare Edwards has been appointed media planner for the
Brighton-based advertising agency, Designate. Edwards was previously a
planner/buyer at BMP DDB and Bartle Bogle Hegarty. Her experience
includes working on campaigns for Spillers petfoods, Boots No7 and the
Health Education Authority s Aids awareness...
27 Sep 1999
| by JONAH BLOOM
There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. -
Ken Olson, chairman of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977.
24 Sep 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
MediaCom TMB has landed the pounds 4 million corporate media
planning and buying brief for Scottish Telecom, which is gearing up for
a major rebranding exercise next month. The telecoms division of
Scottish Power is expected to change its name to shake off its image as
a purely Scottish company.
Initiative Media has scooped the multi-million pound global media
planning and buying account for Sun Microsystems and has launched a
specialist agency to handle its portfolio of technology clients.
24 Sep 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
The Advertising Association is looking for an agency to create a
three-year campaign to confront negative images of advertising. A number
of agencies have been contacted, including Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and
agencies on the Unilever roster. The AA is hoping that the industry will
donate creative work...
24 Sep 1999
| by JADE GARRETT
McCann-Erickson London has created a print campaign for Motorola in
conjunction with one of London s hottest designers, Matthew Williamson,
who is showing at London Fashion Week this week.
24 Sep 1999
| by RICHARD COOK
We are no longer as important as we think we are. We, the
advertising community, must try harder. The problem, it now transpires,
is simply this: what we are selling consumers are no longer buying.
23 Sep 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The British Brands Group, which represents companies such as
Procter Rip-Off Britain . The report claims higher
UK business costs are the reason why prices are higher than in the
US.
Talk Radio has joined up with BT s Future Talk brand to sponsor
Dome Talk, the joint venture between the station and the New Millennium
Experience Company which launches today.