LONDON - NBC is to remake the smash-hit BBC comedy 'The Office' for US audiences, after signing a deal with the show's creators, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
LONDON - The striking figure of a beauty queen in trademark one-piece swimming costume, posing with an AK47 assault rifle, is being used to publicise tonight's episode of 'Cutting Edge' about last year's disastrous Miss World contest in Nigeria.
LONDON - Burger King has said it will withdraw a television ad showing a woman covered in bite marks after more than 60 viewers complained it made light of domestic violence.
LONDON - McCann-Erickson is to replace Vinnie Jones as the face of its 'Welcome to the Latin Quarter' TV campaign for Bacardi Carte Blanca.
LONDON - Havas and Grey Global have hit back at comments made by Sir Martin Sorrell, with Grey chief Ed Meyer calling his comments, about size being all when it comes to ad holding companies, 'totally silly'.
LONDON - Heart 106.2 has been revealed as the most listened to radio station in London, giving it a higher share of the commercial radio market than Capital Radio, according to the TalkSPORT-backed electronic radio monitoring service GfK Broadcast Media Survey.
LONDON - Fish4, the online jobs, cars and property ad service, is reviewing its online and offline media accounts.
LONDON – Telegraph Group classified sales manager Stephen Dunk has been promoted to classified sales director as a result of the continuing shake-up of the Telegraph's sales division.
LONDON – Bjarne Thelin, a planning director at Carlton TV, has been named as the replacement for Caroline McDevitt, the outgoing chief executive of audience research body Barb.
The Daily Mirror's move to a more entertaining news agenda has failed to hold onto the gains made last month as its ABC fell 3% in September, with sales back below the two million mark.
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