21 Dec 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
As Brand Republic takes a break for Christmas and the New Year, we leave you with a 10-part round-up of 2007 as told through some of the site's most-read stories, from Brand Republic, Campaign, Marketing and Media Week.
21 Dec 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Emap has agreed to sell its business-to-business division to Guardian Media Group and Apax for around £1.3bn, only days after stating the business was off the auction block.
21 Dec 2007
If 2007 was the year when the direct marketing industry recognised the need to reduce its carbon footprint and encourage recycling, 2008 could more than ever before be about ensuring every penny spent on campaigns is made to count, writes Antony Miller, head of media development at Royal Mail.
21 Dec 2007
| by Nikki Sandison
LONDON - Depaul Trust, the national youth homeless charity, has launched a one-day campaign today, the shortest day of the year, to highlight the plight of young homeless people who will be enduring the longest night.
21 Dec 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Weight Watchers has awarded its £10m UK media planning and buying account to OMD, after a four-way pitch.
21 Dec 2007
| by Nikki Sandison
LONDON - Arla Foods' Lactofree dairy drink is to appear in TV ads for the first time at the beginning of January, as part of a £3m cross-media campaign, including national TV and print advertising, sampling, online and PR support.
21 Dec 2007
| by Bill Britt
LONDON - The best-read forums that received the most comments in Brand Republic during 2007 revolved around recurrent themes: reality TV, social networks and celebrities.
21 Dec 2007
| by Jacquie Bowser
LONDON - Aegis Media has successfully defended the estimated $200m (£101m) global media account of Pernod Ricard, following a review launched in July.
21 Dec 2007
| by Nikki Sandison
LONDON - Brand Republic has looked back at the hundreds of TV ads that have featured on the site this year and selected, in no particular order, the top five we have enjoyed and our five turkeys.
21 Dec 2007
| by Darren Davidson
LONDON - BSkyB is to ask the secretary of state for business John Hutton to allow it to place its ITV stake in a special trust, after the Competition Commission recommended the satellite broadcaster be forced to reduce its holding to less than 7.5%.