Most Americans want government anti-spam service
01 Jul 2003 | by Juliette Garside,
LONDON - Some 83% of Americans want a government-sponsored Do Not Email Registry to block the daily deluge of spam email, it was announced yesterday.
LONDON - Stephen Carter used his inaugural speech as Ofcom chief executive to attack efforts by rebel Labour peer Lord Puttnam to modify the role of the new super media watchdog.
LONDON - Some 83% of Americans want a government-sponsored Do Not Email Registry to block the daily deluge of spam email, it was announced yesterday.
NEW YORK - Paid-for search company Overture is taking the battle to Google with the launch of a product that will see advertisers' searches appear on relevant content-based pages of partner sites including MSN.
LONDON - The UK Atomic Energy Authority is to redesign its website and has appointed the Dorset-based design agency Redweb to handle the assignment.
LONDON - IPC Media has closed its struggling dance music title Muzik, which reported a monthly circulation of less than 40,000 at the last ABCs.
LONDON - Kelvin MacKenzie, boss of TalkSPORT radio and a former editor of The Sun, has revealed himself as the mystery businessman who yesterday placed a £10,000 bet on the Tories winning the next general election.
LONDON - Music channel MTV is set to launch a dedicated Portuguese service, its 11th European channel, on Wednesday at midnight.
LONDON - Lindemans, the Australian wine brand, has signed a deal to sponsor a major part of ITV's forthcoming drama schedule.
LONDON - 'Father Ted', the cult Channel 4 comedy about eccentric Irish priests living on an isolated island, has been bought by NBC, which will make a US version of the Bafta-winning show.
LONDON - Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP Group chief executive, faced rebellion over his remuneration package yesterday, with 46% of the company's shareholders refusing to back his pay deal at the ad giant's annual general meeting.