28 Aug 2003
| by Ian Darby,
LONDON - Somerfield is understood to have appointed M&C Saatchi to handle its £7m creative account.
28 Aug 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - If the government is hoping that the media is overestimating public interest in the Hutton Inquiry, it will be disappointed by the huge surge in traffic to the official website -- now the most visited political site in the country.
28 Aug 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – Empire, Emap's film and entertainment magazine, has hired former Max Power assistant editor Will Lawrence as deputy editor, a post that has been empty for almost a year.
28 Aug 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - The Premier League is planning to sell television rights for a second package of Premiership highlights, putting a dampener on the BBC's celebrations over the return of 'Match of the Day'.
28 Aug 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Capital Radio has hired Gavin Miller to fill the vacant position of commercial marketing director.
28 Aug 2003
| by Jeremy Lee,
LONDON - HP Bulmer, the brewery behind the Strongbow, Woodpecker and Scrumpy Jack brands, has shifted its £8m media planning and buying account into Starcom MediaVest.
28 Aug 2003
| by Mark Sweny,
LONDON - BMP DDB is to drop its BMP prefix as part of a wider DDB Worldwide initiative.
28 Aug 2003
| by Glen Mutel,
LONDON - Lowe has picked up a global creative brief from Absolut Vodka. The Swedish spirit brand is believed to have drafted in the agency to help it with a top-secret new product launch.
28 Aug 2003
| by MediaWeek
Struggling BBC3 suffered a new disappointment in the festival's Channel of the Year awards when it lost out on the accolade of new channel of the year to UK History, the only station it was up against.
28 Aug 2003
| by MediaWeek
SKY PUTS PAID TO BBC COMPLACENCY