BRAND WATCH - John Travolta's latest role will see him take to the sky, while train company Amtrak and a dotcom sock puppet made comebacks, writes Jennifer Whitehead in this week's Brand Watch .
LONDON - Carlton Communications dropped in late trading this afternoon as Moody's Investors Service cut its long-term rating on the ITV company and Barb released new channel audience share data.
LONDON - ITV's audience share has, as expected, continued to fall following the introduction of a controversial new Barb panel at the beginning of the year, according to the IPA's latest Trends in Television survey.
Originally published in 'Consumer Superbrands Volume IV', May 2001. The book reviews the UK's strongest consumer brands as judged by the independent Superbrands Council.
LONDON - WPP Group is to create a central media-buying operation to give clients of its two networks, Mediaedge:CIA and MindShare, the benefit of buying advertising space in volume.
LONDON - Kevin Hand, the former chief executive of Emap who led the disastrous £720m takeover of the Petersen magazine group in the US, has walked away from the debacle with a pay-off and benefits totalling more than £1m.
NEW YORK - US web publishing giants including the New York Times have lined up to take legal action against online advertising sales house Gator, accusing it of unlawfully putting ads on their websites.
NEW YORK - News Corporation has paid $425m (£278m) through its Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary for Chicago television station WPWR-TV.
LONDON - Brazilian agency DPZ Propaganda has been stripped of its two Cannes Golden Lions for work on Johnson & Johnson's KY brand, after an investigation revealed that the agency had not worked for the company for three years.
NEW YORK - Already facing multiple lawsuits, Omnicom Group saw its problems deepen last night as its shares plummeted by almost 10% on news that it was facing a damaging downgrade of its credit rating.
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