LONDON - The Financial Times has changed its digital line-up, appointing Simon Targett as editor of FT.com and Chrystia Freeland to the new role of editor of electronic services.
LONDON – France Telecom is to bury the Wanadoo brand and rename its ISP business Orange in an 18-month pan-European exercise expected to cost £134m, after conceding that the Orange brand means more to consumers.
30 Jun 2005
| by by Julia Pearlman
LONDON – An email advertising campaign by entertainment website Sendit.com has landed itself in trouble for using the word 'Fockers' in the subject line of the mail to promote the DVD release of 'Meet the Fockers'.
30 Jun 2005
| by by Julia Pearlman
LONDON - Brand Republic is to support the UK Association of Online Publishers Conference & Awards 2005 as its first online media partner to celebrate the digital publishing year.
29 Jun 2005
| by by Ben Bold
LONDON - Etch A Sketch, the drawing toy popular with children in the 1970s and 1980s, is set to make a comeback on mobile phones.
LONDON - Emap music monthly Q has linked with Napster to offer readers the opportunity to listen to more than a million songs for free, via the covermount CD on its August issue.
LONDON - BT has advanced its plans to offer TV over broadband, announcing it expects to launch a service next summer, having signed a deal to use Microsoft technology.
29 Jun 2005
Adrian Watkins has joined Telewest Broadband in the new role of e-commerce and partner manager for blueyonder.co.uk. He will work on strategies to strike advertising, e-commerce and sponsorship deals.
LONDON - Women's portal handbag.com is to send out a raft of email newsletters to bolster its commercial activities following its acquisition by the Barclay brothers in March.
29 Jun 2005
Nearly half of all consumers buy products from companies they view as unethical because they believe there are few alternatives.