15 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – The government is being criticised for placing the majority of its recruitment advertising for public sector jobs with left-wing newspaper The Guardian.
15 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON – The BBC has won the battle to sign comedian presenter Graham Norton after he leaves Channel 4, where his programme 'V Graham Norton' currently runs for five nights a week.
LONDON - The front pages of the British press were filled with images of the dishevelled former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, but they eschewed triumphalism with The Sun even passing on the chance to revisit its 'gotcha' headline.
LONDON - The US put meticulous planning in place to ensure that the media announcement of the capture of Saddam Hussein did not backfire in the same way that the shooting of his two sons Uday and Qusay did in July.
15 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Hardman actor and former footballer Vinnie Jones is unlikely to have his lucrative Bacardi contract renewed after being found guilty of a drunken and violent airline attack.
15 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Mobile phone network mm0O is set to renew its sponsorship of the England World Cup-winning rugby team in a deal that could be worth as much as £10m.
15 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Future Publishing has closed its alternative music title Bang, which launched in February, after poor sales.
15 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - UK stockbroker Collins Stewart is set to join the race to acquire the Telegraph Group and plans to float it simultaneously on the stock market.
15 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Richard Desmond is reported to be preparing to pour £5m into promotions and sales for the Daily Express, which he will cut from editorial budgets.
15 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Qflicks, a new online DVD rental company, is launching with what it claims is the largest DVD collection in Europe with easy access to foreign and indie movies.