LONDON - High street bank Abbey National is poised to award the bulk of its £27m media planning and buying account to MindShare as part of a sweeping review of its marketing activity, with Naked being appointed on a project basis.
LONDON - YooMedia, the interactive TV entertainment company, has launched the first iTV games channel on Freeview, which includes a game specifically designed around Channel4's 'Big Brother'.
LONDON - News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch has become the unwitting star of a TV and press ad campaign in the US that opposes the relaxation of media laws in the US and argues that easing laws will put Murdoch on every channel.
LONDON - Emap has promoted Bruce Daisley to the post of national brand sales director, where he will be responsible for heading up its recently unveiled youth radio sales team OneNation.
LONDON - The media auditor Billetts has sparked controversy with a proposal that the Competition Commission allows a single ITV sales point in 2006 and appoints an auditor to regulate airtime deals in the meantime.
LONDON - IPC Advertising has won the women's marketing spend for the launch of the new Audi TT150, which will be promoted in the July issues of IPC Media's glossy monthlies Marie Claire and In Style.
LONDON - Microsoft is to pay AOL Time Warner $750m in a legal settlement that ends a long-running dispute between the two and opens the way for them to work together on future developments.
LONDON - In another sign that online publishers are biting the bullet and moving to charge users for content, The New York Times has started to charge users for breaking news alerts from its NYTimes.com website.
LONDON - Conde Nast is to join the burgeoning UK online dating scene by adding matchmaking sections to two of its leading magazines' websites, Glamour and GQ.
LONDON - BBCi, the BBC's interactive arm, has relaunched Ceefax with a new look and more services for digital viewers.
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