LONDON - Beatles fans will soon be able to jam along to their favourite classic tracks in a special edition of videogame Rock Band, following a deal between the band's label Apple Corps, game developer Harmonix and MTV Games, which has also been approved by the band's surviving members.
LONDON - Jonathan Ross will lose out on £1.3m over the prank calls to Andrew Sachs after being suspended without pay for 12 weeks, while BBC Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas has resigned from her job after more than 20 years.
Dear Mark, The last week has been a painful one for the BBC and particularly for BBC Radio 2. It is with enormous regret that I have decided to resign as Controller of BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and of Popular Music. This is my decision alone.
SAN FRANCISCO - Google and Yahoo! may call off their search advertising agreement as early as next week, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Dear Lesley, Thank you for your letter. It is with real sadness that I accept your decision to resign. There is no doubt that my sadness today will be shared both across the BBC and the wider music industry.
LONDON - Manchester United has signed a multi-million pound three-year deal with watch manufacturer Hublot.
LONDON - The Department of Health is launching a powerful stop smoking TV ad tonight, featuring the voiceover of a young child who is scared about her mum dying due to smoking.
As an editor, Polly Neate would never speak to a PR person. So is she now happy to be one herself? asks Kate Magee.
Comms directors are battening down the hatches to ward off the effects of the credit crunch, with nearly a fifth preparing to scale back agency support in 2009.
- Ferrero UK has brought in Cohn & Wolfe to handle corporate and consumer media across all its brands.
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