16 Dec 1999
| by BEN ROSIER
Apple Computer is axing its UK marketing department in the first
stage of a radical restructuring of its European operations. Four of the
eight staff are losing their jobs. Apple s chief UK marketer, marketing
manager Martin Capel-Smith, is expected to leave along with UK product
manager Neil Thomas,...
16 Dec 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Carlton Communications chief executive Steven Cain has confirmed he
is to leave at the end of January as the company s merger with United
News s chief executive, will
take the role of chief executive in the enlarged group.
16 Dec 1999
| by STEPHEN CHANDLER, an account director a
15 years ago: Demand is outstripping supply of Sinclair Computers
in the run-up to Christmas, with retailers predicting stock will be
scarce , despite record production levels throughout the autumn; British
Telecom plans to launch a chain of high street shops, offering a range
of telephones and services;...
13 Dec 1999
| by MARK TUNGATE
Initiative Media has bagged the centralised media planning and
buying account for the National Magazine Company (Media Business, 22
November). Initiative saw off competition from Mediapolis and Universal
McCann to take the estimated pounds 4 million task, which had previously
been handled by several...
10 Dec 1999
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
Tiny Computers is looking to centralise its pounds 24 million media
account and has called a three-way pitch.
10 Dec 1999
| by JADE GARRETT
Trinity Mirror has hit back at accusations by the IPA that it is
delaying compensation to advertisers following the publisher s admission
that it posted inflated circulation figures on its Birmingham titles.
Trinity has set up an arbitration panel to investigate the claims which
the IPA has refused...
06 Dec 1999
| by MARK TUNGATE
Future has launched a DVD edition of its burgeoning computer
magazine PC Format, in a bid to turn the title into a must for
advertisers.
06 Dec 1999
| by COLIN GRIMSHAW
VNU has relaunched Computer Reseller News, incorporating PC Dealer
into the title, and is aiming to take a major chunk out of rival title
MicroScope.
02 Dec 1999
| by PETER BEECH, Managing director, Deepend
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