29 Sep 2006
| by by Beth McLoughlin
LONDO - HMV has launched its music download website after losing out in sales to supermarkets and online retailers.
29 Sep 2006
| by by Staff
DETROIT - The McCann Group of agencies has suffered another blow to its grip on the General Motors account, as its $100m (£53.5m) US corporate account, promoting the company's increasing dedication to alternative fuels and environmental issues, shifts from McCann-Erickson to fellow Interpublic agency...
29 Sep 2006
| by by Staff
LONDON - Chime-owned advertising agency Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest is launching a dedicated search engine marketing agency called VCCPsearch.
LONDON - News International has appointed Sandra Tinker as regional director of sales in Manchester.
LONDON - The Daily Telegraph's assistant editor Corinna Honan has resigned after 12 years at the title, as the group expects a strike ballot to be called by early next week.
LONDON - Carat and the7stars are set to go head to head in a pitch for the £5m media planning and buying account for finance firm Money, Debt & Credit.
LONDON - The Observer has sold a media first to Oxfam in the form of a sticky note, similar to a Post-It Note, tacked onto the front cover of this weekend's Observer Sport Monthly.
29 Sep 2006
| by by Beth McLoughlin
LONDON - Trinity Mirror has signed a deal with Filmnight Digital to provide the technology for a digital film store on the Daily Mirror's website.
29 Sep 2006
| by by Staff
LONDON - Vincent Bollore, Havas chairman, has written to Lord Sharman, the chairman of Aegis, calling for a shareholder meeting to reassert his request for seats on the board.
LONDON - Capital Radio is expected to steer away from its traditional TV advertising blitzes in favour of a series of intimate gigs featuring big-name acts such as Justin Timberlake and James Morrison.