22 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON – Media regulator Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading will not stand in the way of the £700m merger between Capital Radio and the GWR Group, the two said today.
22 Dec 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON – ITV is attempting to save millions of pounds by cutting the number of American investors with a share buyback, which will help it avoid costly US financial regulations.
22 Dec 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON - An Underground poster campaign for the morning after pill, Levonelle, featuring the strapline 'Immaculate Contraception' has been pulled after being found offensive, following complaints from religious groups.
21 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON – A coalition of leading animal protection groups have called on German sportswear brand Puma to pull its new TV ad, which features a young chimpanzee dressed in a nappy.
21 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON - New controls on tobacco advertising, limiting the size of point-of-sale displays in shops, pubs and clubs comes into effect today, the government latest attempt to clamp down on smoking.
21 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON – Music download site Wippit has reduced the price of Band Aid 20's 'Do They Know it's Christmas' to 49p from £1.49, but has pledged to donate the £1 shortfall from its own pocket.
20 Dec 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON – 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet' actor Jimmy Nail has lost his appeal for an increase in £30,000 libel damages from the News of the World after the case was dismissed by the Court of Appeal.
20 Dec 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON - Guardian columnist Simon Hoggart was named at the weekend as being the third lover of Spectator publisher Kimberly Quinn, who last week brought down David Blunkett.
20 Dec 2004
| by Sam Matthews,
LONDON - BBC and ITV News have commissioned NOP and Mori to do a joint exit poll for the next general election to minimise the risk of calling the wrong result.
20 Dec 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON - NOP World Health has unveiled its new European senior management team following the integration and restructure earlier this year of the company's three healthcare businesses into a single global agency.