LONDON - Consumer goods giants Johnson & Johnson and Unilever have confirmed that they are set to make substantial investments in regional press advertising.
LONDON - Readers of Emap's teenage celebrity magazine Sneak are being offered free ringtones from some of the biggest pop acts around, including Busted, Blazin' Squad and Avril Lavigne.
LONDON - The Eminem rap game, which uses audioclips from the rap star's debut film '8 Mile', has achieved record results of more than 20,000 plays a week on the Top of the Pops website.
LONDON - The BBC's Radio 2 has linked up with the armed forces radio service and will be broadcasting special programmes to British personnel as the build-up of troops in the Middle East continues.
LONDON - The complexity of the merger between Granada and Carlton has been highlighted after the Office of Fair Trading failed to conclude its investigation into the merger within its usual 45-day period, leaving the delay convincing most that the deal will be referred to the Competition Commission.
LONDON - A new monthly magazine for senior executives in the public and private sector is being launched next month by Ethnic Media Group, the UK's biggest publisher of newspapers for Asian and African-Caribbean readers.
LONDON - The Western Mail, the national newspaper of Wales, is relaunching on March 20 backed by a campaign that will cover television, outdoor and radio as well as a major PR push.
LONDON - Simon Maxwell, the publisher of Cabal Communication's lads mag Front, has left the company and is to join Future Publishing as publisher of its entertainment titles Total Film, T3 and Home Entertainment.
LONDON - Sly Bailey, the newly installed chief executive of Trinity Mirror, has refused to rule out the sale of the group's national newspapers, including the Daily Mirror.
LONDON - United Business Media has confirmed that it is looking at buying Interpublic's market research arm NFO WorldGroup as it posted a 24% fall in full-year pre-tax profits to £72.9m.
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