15 Sep 2009
| by Sara Kimberley
LONDON - Paul Carolan, head of agency sales at Microsoft, is leaving the business just one year...Carolan, who joined the then Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions in July last year, will leave on Friday to start up a furniture, art and design company with his brother. Microsoft is looking for a replacement. At Microsoft, Carolan led a team of 25 and, in addition to his responsibility for new business ...
06 Oct 2009
| by Maisie McCabe
LONDON - Global Radio has signed one of its biggest commercial deals to date, securing Microsoft...Under the deal, brokered by UM London, Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, will be the headline sponsor of the Jingle Bell Ball, Global Radio's flagship winter music event. Global Radio declined ...
, Microsoft and Global Radio which will include Windows 7 promotion across the Heart radio network. ...
27 Jun 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Facebook has overtaken Microsoft's portfolio of sites to become the second most visited online...Facebook recorded its highest ever number of visitors last month at 26.8 million, after growing 0.6% from April.
Microsoft s MSN, WindowsLive and Bing sites had 26.2 million visitors, down 2.1% from April. Google still dwarfed Facebook and Microsoft, receiving 33.9m unique UK visitors in May, up 0 ...
02 Jun 2009
| by Sara Kimberley
LONDON - Microsoft's new search engine Bing is expected to help the software giant surpass Yahoo...However, its impact on UK search is likely to be initially diminished, as Microsoft, led by chief ...
its $100m US marketing effort. Microsoft doesn't expect to make significant inroads into Google ...
Chambaz, marketing manager, Microsoft Advertising. The search engine, already live in the US ...
21 Jan 2009
| by Arif Durrani
LONDON - Microsoft continues to invest in music content with the launch of a new download service...relationship the companies have with Microsoft's Xbox Live service and the MSN Video portal. The new service ...
10 Nov 2008
| by Emma Barnett
-president of Microsoft's Consumer and Online UK division..... At Microsoft Highfield will be in charge of Consumer and Online, a new global organisation that brings together ...
and operations for Windows, Windows Mobile, Windows Live, MSN, Live Search and Microsoft Advertising. In a ...
11 Dec 2008
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - Microsoft has unveiled a major restructure of its commercial and publishing operations....of Microsoft's sales teams, including DrivePM, Atlas Publisher Tools, ScreenTonic and Massive, to promote the full Microsoft Advertising portfolio. The restructured group, aimed at simplifying Microsoft's sales offering, will be headed by Chris Ward, Microsoft's commercial director. Since joining Microsoft in 1996 ...
07 Apr 2009
| by Sara Kimberley
LONDON - Alex Marks, former head of UK marketing at Microsoft Advertising, is leaving to join eBay...new items on the UK site each day. Marks stepped down as head of UK marketing at Microsoft Advertising to become a consultant at Microsoft last December, after being in charge of Microsoft Advertising ...
22 Jun 2011
| by Arif Durrani
Microsoft has declared its real-time bidding (RTB) Ad Exchange "open for business" in the UK...Microsoft's Ad Exchange hands advertisers and publishers the ability to buy and sell digital ...
manager of scale display at Microsoft, said the roll-out will be extended further to include Canada ...
in-app ad inventory is now available globally via the Microsoft Advertising Exchange for Mobile ...
19 Nov 2010
| by Maisie McCabe
Microsoft is to sponsor the 'Absolute Radio Advent Calendar' and give away a different prize every...consoles, TVs, toys, gadgets and special family Christmas hampers as well as copies of Microsoft Office ...
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The 'Absolute Radio Advent Calendar' is the second part of a two-part deal with Microsoft which started with a ...
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Microsoft is a significant radio advertiser and current activity for its brands includes ...