19 Apr 2002
Microsoft hit the 'try again?' button this week, the government should have phoned a 'Millionaire' friend about Learn Direct and MmO2 drove its marketing juggernaut to Arsenal, write Jennifer Whitehead and Gordon MacMillan , in this week's Brand Watch.
19 Apr 2002
| by Staff,
LONDON - The Sunday Telegraph Magazine is to be relaunched in a new all-glossy format on May 19, which keeping with the current trend will be smaller in size with a new separate pocket-sized TV and radio guide.
19 Apr 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - James Brown, editor-in-chief of new men's magazine Jack and CEO of publisher I Feel Good, has predicted that Dennis Publishing will have a small men's magazine 'within a year'.
19 Apr 2002
| by Staff,
LONDON - With only days left before ITV Digital could close, hope of an end to the crisis emerged today as Carlton Communications and Granada held talks with the Football League.
19 Apr 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Peter Stothard, until recently the editor of The Times, has re-emerged as the new editor of the Times Literary Supplement.
LONDON - Former Weber Shandwick and Burson-Marsteller chiefs, Keith Simpson and Janet Salvoni respectively, are combining PR skills with those of management consultants to eliminate the unnecessary wastage and inefficiency of PR.
19 Apr 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - The European element of IBM's $350m (£245m) 'play to win' global advertising campaign will launch in May and tie in with the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
19 Apr 2002
| by Staff,
LONDON - In opposition to the trend towards mammoth media-planning and buying agencies, former The Media Edge director Edward Lloyd Barnes has launched a new media independent this week offering media-planning and buying consultancy.
19 Apr 2002
| by Staff,
LONDON - Resolute Communications has been appointed by Roche Products to handle PR for their Pulmozyme cystic fibrosis treatment.
19 Apr 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The Daily Express, which last week fired the first shots in a new battle with its mid-market tabloid rival, says it is ready for a long war with the Daily Mail.