28 Feb 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Emap is hoping to emulate the success of Conde Nast's glossy women's title Glamour by shrinking the format of its teenage magazine Bliss as part of a revamp aimed at closing the gap on rival Sugar.
28 Feb 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert and deputy CEO of News Corporation, has been elected to the board of Fox Entertainment Group following the resignation of former Sky Global chief and Fox director Chase Carey.
28 Feb 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Unilever Bestfoods reveals a complete shift in direction for Chicken Tonight in a 2m TV campaign, the first advertising since BMP DDB took over the account from J Walter Thompson in August.
28 Feb 2002
| by James Ratcliff,
LONDON - MP3.com Europe has appointed ad2-one, the digital sales and marketing company with clients including Disney, Vizzavi and Easyjet, to secure advertising for its UK site, uk.MP3.com.
28 Feb 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Carlton chairman Michael Green has said he expects ITV advertising revenues for the five months to May 2002 to fall 12% on last year, but June will see a return by advertisers to the channel for the World Cup.
28 Feb 2002
| by James Ratcliff,
LONDON - FT.com boss, Michael Murphy, is leaving the company as part of a business restructure by owners Pearson.
28 Feb 2002
| by Staff,
LONDON - As expected, Robert Thomson, the managing editor of the the Financial Times in the US has been confirmed as the new editor of The Times, following Peter Stothard's decision to step down.
28 Feb 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Former culture secretary Chris Smith has lashed out at the management of the BBC for repeatedly frustrating government plans during his term in office.
28 Feb 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror is to relaunch its daily tabloid The Mirror in an attempt to stem falling circulation and advertising sales, the company said as it reported a full-year pre-tax losses of 11.3m.
28 Feb 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The government should consider the needs of the advertising industry more prominently in its communications bill, and not focus soley on the public and media owners to the detriment of advertisers, Jim Marshall, CEO of MediaVest has said.