06 Jan 2003
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Omnicom Group has tightened its grip on the HP account with Goodby Silverstein & Partners named as the lead agency for developing the technology company's global online advertising.
06 Jan 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - The government has launched a £1m advertising campaign to promote child safety on the internet, as it tries to stop young people from giving away personal details to strangers.
06 Jan 2003
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Omnicom Group has appointed two new members to its board, including the former deputy chairman of Ernst & Young, as it draws a line under the allegations of accounting irregularities that dogged the US advertising giant in 2002.
06 Jan 2003
| by Michael Byrne,
LONDON - Ireland's capital city is to get its first dedicated daily newspaper since the 1960s when Dublin Daily launches in early spring.
06 Jan 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - The Financial Times is set to relaunch in the UK with a new tabloid section, with former Daily Express editor Richard Addis expected to be overseeing the project.
06 Jan 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - BSkyB is preparing to pay up to £1bn to secure the rights to Premier League football matches despite the fact that it faces less competition from rivals.
06 Jan 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP Group, has again warned that he is cautious about any significant recovery in the advertising industry before 2004.
06 Jan 2003
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Alison Burns, the British president of Fallon's New York operation, is set to leave the agency and set up her own consultancy.
06 Jan 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Felix Dennis, publisher of lads mag Maxim, has promised to plough back some of his company's profits into its UK operation, which has suffered as a result of investment of £12.5m into its US sister company.
06 Jan 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - The BBC has approached the US television network ABC with plans for an alliance that could see jointly branded news services and distribution of BBC news on the ABC network.