31 Jan 2000
| by JONAH BLOOM
Leading US financial website, The Motley Fool, is looking to boost
its media presence without getting lost in the crowd of dotcoms that are
buying the traditional mix of media.
31 Jan 2000
| by COLIN GRIMSHAW
With new credit-card issuers springing up every week, Barclaycard
could be forgiven for feeling the pressure.
31 Jan 2000
What does it do? It produces consumer and business magazines,
mainly in the IT and financial sectors. And, of course, it s involved in
new media. The ad sales teams work across traditional and online
products.
The Motley Fool, the US s leading financial website, has appointed
the strategic communications consultancy, Michaelides & Bednash, to
handle its UK and European brand strategy.
28 Jan 2000
| by EMMA HALL
The Royal Mint has kicked off a statutory review of the pounds 3
million media and direct marketing business for its commemorative and
collectable coin ranges, and has briefed a number of undisclosed
agencies ready for pitching in March.
Mother and Rocket have been appointed to handle the advertising for
Whitbread s coffee shop chain, Costa Coffee. Mother pitched against two
fellow Whitbread roster agencies, Lowe Lintas & Partners and Bartle
Bogle Hegarty, for the business.
28 Jan 2000
| by GORDON MACMILLAN
Three celebrities from Britain s baby boomer generation - Amanda
Burton, Tom Bell and John Peel - feature in a new advertising campaign
by the Equitable Life.
28 Jan 2000
| by DOMINIC MILLS
The multimillionaire businessman, Greg Dyke, has accrued
substantial media stocks over the years. Having previously agreed with
the BBC hierarchy to sell his shares in Granada by April this year (when
he was due to take over) the incoming director-general of the BBC has
faced enormous pressure to take...
28 Jan 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
The relationship between global finance house Schroders and its
agencies Financial Dynamics and GCI Focus is under threat, following the
announcement of a deal to sell its investment banking arm to Salomon
Smith Barney (SSB).