20 Dec 2001
Cranks admitted that times have changed, while a toy maker decided to reinvent Paddington Bear
20 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
by the AT&T board.
The new company will dominate the US cable market and will tower over AOL Time Warner's Time Warner Cable, which has 12.7m subscribers and is the US's second-biggest cable firm.
Since then, AT&T has received interest from a number of companies including AOL Time Warner and Cox ...
20 Dec 2001
Simon Clarkson was promoted to marketing director of the Radio
Times in July 2001. He has a strong FMCG background, having joined the
Radio Times from Jordan's. He has also held roles ...
, board account director at Radio Times ad agency Miles
Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy, says: While much ...
20 Dec 2001
| by RAYMOND SNODDY, media editor of The Times
Yet another row is brewing in time for Christmas over the scale and
nature of the BBC's involvement in commercial markets. This time the
battle is over educational software and the extent to which the BBC
should be allowed to use licence-fee money to set up a learning
management system and develop ...
20 Dec 2001
David Jones has joined Ping Communications, the financial
specialist direct response agency, as account manager. He will work
exclusively on the Bristol & West account. Jones joins from Incline
media where he was account manager for clients such as Go, Virgin.net
and Direct Line Insurance. Prior ...
20 Dec 2001
Octagon Worldwide managing director Matthew Wheeler is leaving the
company following the relocation of its global headquarters to New York.
Wheeler, who had been with Octagon since 1997, said it was time to "seek
fresh challenges".
...
20 Dec 2001
Marks & Spencer is launching a range of World Cup-branded clothing.
The deal with Copyright Promotions Licensing Group is the first time M&S
has taken a direct product licence for a major property.
...
20 Dec 2001
| by SUZY BASHFORD
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Earlier this year Scottish Power invested heavily in joint ventures to
sell telecoms and financial ...
20 Dec 2001
Air Miles has teamed up with Avis Europe to offer collectors Air
Miles every time they rent a car with the company. The partnership will
allow the loyalty scheme's members to collect Air Miles at any of Avis'
2700 locations in 112 countries. For each car rental day purchased in
the UK, Europe ...
20 Dec 2001
Newspapers; Joanna Reynolds, Time Life
International; Jane Rose, John Lewis Partnership; Martin Scicluna ...