Marlboro Man creator dies
10 Dec 2001 | by Staff,
NEW YORK - The advertising guru behind brand icons such as the Marlboro Man and the Pillsbury Doughboy, Don Tennant, has died aged 79.
LONDON - AOL Time Warner CEO, Gerald Levin, may have resigned early because of tensions building between him and chairman Steve Case over Levin's commitment to using his media empire to help the US recover from the events of September 11.
NEW YORK - The advertising guru behind brand icons such as the Marlboro Man and the Pillsbury Doughboy, Don Tennant, has died aged 79.
LONDON - The government has asked for comments on the BBC's revised plans for its digital youth channel BBC Three, which were knocked back in their original format in September.
LONDON - i-level, the online media planning and buying specialist, has signed an agreement with mmO2 subsidiary Manx Telecom that will see its clients become charter advertisers on 3G products.
LONDON - Another 2,000 jobs are set to go at NTL, bringing the total number of jobs lost at the UK cable operator to around 8,000.
LONDON - ESPN, the US sports TV network, is to launch a TV channel in Europe, called ESPN Classic Sport, as part of a move to pave the way for a renewed onslaught in a market it has so far failed to crack.
LONDON - Rupert Murdoch is to take on Associated Newspaper's free Metro newspaper and its paid-for Evening Standard in London with the launch of a 24-hour freesheet.
LONDON - Trinity Mirror's national newspapers saw advertising revenue slump by 20% in November, and the company has warned of similarly poor figures for December.
LONDON - Michael Lynton, president of AOL International and CEO of AOL Europe, has emerged as a surprise candidate in the race for the top job at Channel 4, which could be decided today.
LONDON - The ITV companies Carlton and Granada have presented their plan for the future of digital TV to the BBC and BSkyB, which is thought to comprise a three-tier pricing structure that will help secure the future of the troubled venture.