28 Feb 2006
| by by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - People working in new-media agencies appear to be playing less table football and working harder, according to research showing that productivity across the industry has improved.
LONDON - Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, has had his four weeks' suspension from office postponed pending appeal, as a High Court judge freezes the ruling of the Adjudication Panel for England.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Heydon Prowse
LONDON - Ford has been named the top product placement company, appearing in almost 50% of all US number one films in 2005 including 'Crash' where its Lincoln Navigator is featured, according to US website Brandchannel.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON - BT has signed an innovative deal with Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network that will see programming and interactive content featured on the telecom giant's next-generation TV service.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Heydon Prowse
LONDON - Baileys Irish Cream has signed a seven-figure, one-year deal to sponsor 'The A-List', the new network radio chart show aimed at adults aged 25-45.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - Digital television take-up continues to grow apace in the UK with 1m new households being added in the first three quarters of 2005.
LONDON - News Magazines is to launch its homes and interiors magazine, The Sunday Times Inside Out, on March 16 with a £6m marketing campaign including TV ads and sampling through its parent newspaper.
28 Feb 2006
| by by Darren Davidson
LONDON - IPC Media has announced a raft of management changes to its Ignite! division, publisher of NME, Nuts and Loaded.
28 Feb 2006
| by Robin Parker
Emap is to sell its French division, which publishes 44 consumer magazines including versions of FHM and Closer.
28 Feb 2006
| by Amanda Lennon
The new radio body to be formed from the merger of the Radio Advertising Bureau and the Commercial Radio Companies Association has appointed a head hunter to recruit a chief executive and is looking to make potential savings in the combined RAB and CRCA budgets of £500,000 a year.