31 Dec 1999
| by SIMON MORRIS, co-founder and director of 365 Corporation
As a leading online publisher, 365 Corporation has established a
number of successful titles in the areas of sport, music and lifestyle
entertainment. Through such titles as Football365 and Music365, we have
successfully created communities of like-minded individuals.
This gives us a unique...
31 Dec 1999
As the internet audience has grown exponentially over the past year,
the volume of traffic generated by the big media web sites has shot
up.
That's why we've decided to include the 100 biggest UK internet media
properties in the list this year, twice as many as last year: there are
simply...
20 Dec 1999
| by JOHN WEBSTER, Chairman Of The Jury
The criteria hinged around the interpretation of the word
best .
17 Dec 1999
| by LISA CAMBPELL
Fru Hazlitt, the sales director responsible for setting up Capital
Radio Advertising, is leaving the company to join Yahoo! as European
sales director.
17 Dec 1999
| by EMMA HALL
Handbag.com, the joint internet venture backed by Boots and
Hollinger Telegraph New Media, is reviewing its advertising account held
by J. Walter Thompson.
17 Dec 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Toyzone, the online toy retailer set up by the multi-millionaire
founder of Sports Division, Tom Hunter, has hired TBWA GGT Simons Palmer
to handle a pounds 1 million launch advertising campaign.
17 Dec 1999
| by JOHN TYLEE
Delaney Lund Knox Warren has picked up the pounds 2 million
creative account for the online wine retailer, ChateauOnline, without a
formal pitch.
17 Dec 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
McCann-Erickson UK s Manchester office has picked up the pounds 8
million launch task for the internet and telecoms company, Powernet
Telecom.
17 Dec 1999
| by JENNY WATTS
Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper, the incumbent agency on Abbey National, has
picked up the pounds 10 million task of launching the company s new
internet bank, code-named Aquarius. Euro RSCG won the account after a
pitch against Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, Duckworth Finn Grubb Waters and
M&C Saatchi. General release
17 Dec 1999
| by GORDON MACMILLAN
The Interpublic Group has created a new global internet services
network, Zentropy, which brings together a raft of disparate web
operations under one roof.