31 Aug 2001
| by JEREMY WHITE
IBM has dropped Havas Advertising's US agency, Brann Worldwide,
from its direct marketing business in a move that sees the company
consolidating its global direct and interactive marketing strategies
through WPP.
The client has pooled its business into the New York offices of WPP
Group's...
30 Aug 2001
Powergen has teamed up with Affinity Internet to launch three
internet access packages targeted at families and small businesses. In
addition to 'daytime' and 'anytime' deals, the company is offering an
'evenings and weekends' package aimed at children, with hours starting
at 4pm.
30 Aug 2001
Last year's league tables highlighted the emergence of technology
as an efficient means of collecting data in the field. But now the use
of handheld computers is largely taken for granted, the real issue is
how the information they gather can be put to work for the benefit of
clients....
30 Aug 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Struggling internet and telecoms firm 365 Corporation has announced that its first-quarter operating losses narrowed to 7.3m from 8.7m last time.
23 Aug 2001
| by RAVI CHANDIRAMANI
Microsoft is to pour 200m ( 140m) into the global
launch campaign for its long-awaited Windows XP operating system. The
ads will carry the tagline 'Prepare to fly'.
The campaign, by McCann-Erickson, will break in the UK on October 18 to
generate a buzz one week before the product becomes...
23 Aug 2001
Sun Microsystems has unveiled a 20,000-strong mailing aimed at
businesses, which highlights how the IT firm's products can help
companies through the tough times the sector is facing. The mailing,
created by DNX,features the strapline, 'Times are Rough', printed
directly on sandpaper.
22 Aug 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Internet portal Excite UK remained confident about its future today, despite the expected collapse of its US shareholder Excite@Home.
22 Aug 2001
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Walt Disney is to raise as much as 7.5bn ( 5.1bn) through a debt and shares issue, fuelling speculation that it is to make a bid for AT&T Broadband, which was put up for sale by the US telecoms giant last month.
20 Aug 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Former culture secretary Chris Smith is believed to be among the potential candidates to fill the role of chairman of media and communications super-watchdog Ofcom.
17 Aug 2001
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - The Industry Standard , the new-economy magazine, has suffered the same boom-and-bust fate of the industry it covered and has ceased publication.