29 Apr 2008
| by Steve Barrett
There is an old-fashioned perception among some people that media is an industry revolving around freebies, long lunches and ski trips, punctuated by quick bursts of grudging hard work.
29 Apr 2008
| by Sue Unerman
Throughout most of the 18th century, the finest scientific minds believed that the reason things burned was because they contained an invisible, odourless, tasteless and weightless substance called phlogiston.
29 Apr 2008
| by Richard Eyre
The Pizzeria Romana in South Croydon serves up pretty good pasta and pizza, but ask anybody about the place and they won't tell you about the food, but the music.
29 Apr 2008
| by Colin Grimshaw
Five months on from the unveiling of Project Kangaroo and maybe only three months from its launch, there are more questions being asked than answered.
29 Apr 2008
An interesting online auction is about to get under way. No, not on eBay, but at Ofcom.
23 Apr 2008
A leading US media agency executive made a dramatic forecast last week at the Venice Festival of Media. It was, that by the end of next year, the Sulzberger family, which owns The New York Times, will have tired of the battle and sold one of the world's most famous newspapers.
22 Apr 2008
| by Media Week
YES - Jocelyn Hay, chairman of Voice of the Listener and Viewer It certainly should. Its PSB programming has been extremely valuable. Even if that programming can't continue at the same level, it should continue broadcasting some of its most important strands - regional, news and children's programming....
22 Apr 2008
| by Tess Alps
Our colleagues at the IAB have understandably been making much of the 2007 ad revenue figures for online, up a spectacular 38% on 2006.
22 Apr 2008
| by Colin Grimshaw
Google's first-quarter headline results, released at the end of last week, featuring a 31% surge in profit and 20% increase in click-through rates, seemed to make a mockery of recent comScore data that had indicated declining growth in paid clicks in search marketing.
22 Apr 2008
| by Steve Barrett
It's IPA Digital Media Owners Image Survey time again and, after 18 months, the data is starting to bed down and show some trends.