18 Dec 2003
| by Mark Kleinman,
LONDON - The Post Office is refusing to buy advertising space in The Mail on Sunday for a £10m marketing blitz because of the newspaper's campaign against the closure of rural Post Office branches.
18 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - The Daily Telegraph is bringing out a 16-page tabloid supplement on Saturday to mark the landing of the British probe Beagle 2, which is due to land on Mars on Boxing Day.
18 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Project Tyson, Emap's new weekly men's magazine, is to hit newsstands in January with advertising deals booked solid for the first six issues.
18 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON – Google has quietly begun testing a new service, dubbed Google Print, with publishing firms, which will pull together reviews and excepts from novels.
18 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – Independent News & Media is to lose as many as 600 staff across its worldwide operations as part of its continued restructuring plan aimed at reducing its levels of debt.
18 Dec 2003
| by Mark Kleinman and Alexandra Jardine,
LONDON - Nestle Rowntree, the UK's third-biggest confectionery firm, has picked a former Coca-Cola marketer as its managing director, an appointment insiders predict will trigger a shake-up of its marketing operations.
18 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON – With a strong performance by its UK magazine business and improvements in technology advertising, United Business Media said it has continued to make good progress in the second half of 2003.
18 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – The government's target of converting 95% of homes to digital TV by 2010 has begun to look possible as new year figures are likely to show that 50% of homes now have a digital service.
18 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - After being hit by a barrage of criticism and denials by senior management, Chrysler has pulled its Dodge brand's sponsorship of the 'Lingerie Bowl', where models in underwear are due to play American football.
18 Dec 2003
| by Ben Carter,
LONDON - Expedia, one of Europe's top three online travel firms, has lost its European marketing director, Beverly Shaw, after less than three weeks in the role.