Hamish Pringle, the director general of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA), will step down next year after 10 years at the trade body.
The best way for advertisers to get the "biggest bang for their buck in tough times" is to allow consumers to forge emotional bonds with a brand, according to Les Binet, European director of DDB Matrix.
Mirror Group newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Mirror, and The People, is set to cull 200 editorial jobs, in a major cost-cutting move.
Former Labour cabinet minister James Purnell is in talks with top PR agencies as he plots a move into the industry, PRWeek can reveal.
Televsion is the medium with the brightest future, according to an audience vote held at the Media 360 conference after presentations by advocates for media including magazines, newspapers, outdoor and radio.
Former technology and new media adviser to the White House Michael Slaby has been appointed as executive vice-president and global practice chair for Edelman's digital division.
David Cameron's communications director Andy Coulson is being paid £50,000 more than the PM's influential strategy chief Steve Hilton.
10 Jun 2010
| by Mark Banham
Outgoing GMG chief executive Carolyn McCall boosted her annual pay through base salary and bonus by 32% last year, from £498,000 to £658,000, despite the company posting record losses of £171m for its financial year to March 2010.
Tesco is considering the launch of its own mobile payments service, according to a strong hint by the man heading its banking, telecoms and internet retail offering at today's Media 360 conference.
The final series of Big Brother attracted a nine-year record low viewing figure of just over five million viewers, according to unofficial figures.