LONDON - Brent Hoberman is to stand down as chief executive of online travel firm Lastminute.com and take a part-time role as chairman. He is being replaced by chief operating officer Ian McCaig.
24 Apr 2006
| by by Staff
LONDON - Enjoy England has appointed MediaCom after a three-way pitch to handle the media for a campaign to encourage more people to holiday in England, and the national tourist body has now invited four ad agencies to pitch for its creative account.
LONDON - One of the candidates for the vacant Daily Telegraph editor's chair, joint deputy editor Will Lewis, has been tasked with handling the group's relocation from Canary Wharf to Victoria, boosting his chances of taking over from Martin Newland.
24 Apr 2006
| by Amanda Lennon
GCap Media has appointed ex-GWR employee Scott Muller as programme director for Capital Radio.
24 Apr 2006
| by Sheelagh Doyle
The Manchester Evening News is to close its Lite edition and go free in the city centre in a bid to drive up circulation.
24 Apr 2006
| by Robin Parker
BBC Origin is to launch its first puzzle magazine, which will be linked to the BBC4 panel game Mind Games.
24 Apr 2006
| by Amanda Lennon
Virgin Radio has signed a six-figure World Cup sponsorship deal with car manufacturer Hyundai.
24 Apr 2006
| by James Livesley
Wedding website confetti.co.uk has appointed ad 2-one as its advertising sales house.
LONDON - The International Herald Tribune has recorded a third consecutive year of circulation growth, with daily average sales up to 242,184 from 240,918 in 2004, after opening more offices in Asia.
LONDON – GCap has appointed Scott Muller, who used to work for GWR, as the new programming director of Capital Radio, although he will not join the station until the summer.