31 Jan 2007
| by by Staff
PARIS - Vincent Bollore, the Havas chairman, is to become non-executive chairman of MPG France, reflecting his hands-on involvement in the restructure of the French holding company.
LONDON - Square One is to relaunch Norwich Union's customer magazine after winning the account in a six-way pitch involving incumbent Halcyon Publishing, Forward, River, Redwood and Atom.
LONDON - Aleksander Ruzicka, the former Aegis Media Germany chief executive, is set to face trial in the early part of summer, it has emerged.
LONDON - Sky has hired EHS Brann to handle its direct business, worth an estimated £30m, ahead of a series of customer-retention initiatives intended to help it reach its target of 10m subscribers by 2010.
30 Jan 2007
| by Ben Bold
National Express Group, the coach, bus and train firm, has appointed Media Planning Group to handle its £7m media planning and buying account following a competitive pitch.
LONDON - Vodafone UK is holding a pitch for its £19m outdoor account as part of a strategic review. A handful of agencies are pitching for the work, and it is understood that incumbent Kinetic has been invited to re-pitch.
30 Jan 2007
Campaign s Top 300 Agencies report ranks the country s biggest agencies according to the combined adspend (billings) of their clients, as measured by Nielsen.
30 Jan 2007
| by Ben Bold
National Express Group, the coach, bus and train firm, has appointed Media Planning Group to handle its £7m media planning and buying account following a competitive pitch.
30 Jan 2007
| by Ben Bold
Working in commercial media continues to be an attractive proposition for some graduates, but there is concern that uncompetitive salaries are failing to attract sufficient talent. Ben Bold reports.
29 Jan 2007
| by by Staff
LONDON - ZenithOptimedia is poised to take the £2.6m Superdrug media planning and buying account.