28 Apr 2006
| by by Lauren Webb
LONDON - The Institute of Contemporary Arts has teamed up with Channel 4's IdeasFactory to launch an exhibition celebrating viral ads called 'Outrageous and Contagious', a title that picks up on the medium's association with the controversial.
LONDON – Kiss FM's breakfast show host Bam Bam has left after seven years and the station has turned to drive time host Robin Banks to stand in as it prepares for a summer relaunch.
LONDON - Spitfire Ale is giving it to the Germans in its latest Viz inspired ads as it unveils its latest WWII inspired press campaign to coincide with the Fifa World Cup, which begins in Germany on June 9.
LONDON – Hachette Filipacchi has closed its women's monthly lifestyle magazine B after concluding a month-long review of the title's future.
28 Apr 2006
| by by Lauren Webb
LONDON - Coleen McLoughlin has landed a £500,000 contract to advertise LG Mobile's new touch pad slide mobile phone.
LONDON - IPC South Bank's modern homes title Livingetc has appointed Karina Garrick as its new style director.
28 Apr 2006
| by by Lauren Webb
LONDON - The BBC has added glamour to its line-up of World Cup pundits by recruiting two World Cup winners, Brazilian Leonardo and Frenchman Marcel Desailly.
LONDON - Newspaper ads are a powerful medium for building brands and driving sales, according to a £14m two-year study into the effectiveness of brand advertising in national newspapers.
LONDON - Graham Norton has denied reports he is to quit the BBC and rejoin Channel 4 when his contract expires in the autumn.
LONDON – GCap has appointed a new managing director, Ivor Etienne, at its London urban music station Choice FM.