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.
30 May 2003
| by Staff,
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.
30 May 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
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.
30 May 2003
| by Ian Darby,
LONDON - BBCi, the BBC's interactive arm, has relaunched Ceefax with a new look and more services for digital viewers.
30 May 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Shares in Cordiant Communications tumbled by 20% yesterday and were still falling this morning after the group said it was considering an offer to buy the company that would value it below its current share price.
30 May 2003
| by Anna Griffiths
China is becoming a magnet for Western media owners seeking to reach new audiences. Anna Griffiths speaks with three who have launched successfully.
30 May 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The BBC is facing further criticisms that it is abusing its status as a public service broadcaster to compete unfairly with its commercial rivals, with the launch of a new record label.
30 May 2003
| by Staff,
SYDNEY - Singleton Ogilvy & Mather has won the creative advertising account for top Australian and New Zealand Nestle energy drink brand Milo following a three-way pitch.
30 May 2003
Somehow, the newest and potentially the most exciting form of marketing has managed to get itself in a bit of a fix, writes Andrew Blackwood, UK operations director for online direct response agency Dealgroupmedia .
30 May 2003
The DMA has launched an initiative to clean up business-to-business data, but the industry must get behind it if it is to be a success, writes Simon Lawrence, joint managing director of Information Arts.