31 Oct 2005
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON - America Online founder Steve Case, who was a key figure in the merger of AOL and Time Warner in 2000, has resigned from the board of Time Warner.
31 Oct 2005
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON - Jackie Newcombe, the publishing director of Marie Claire, has been appointed as managing director of IPC women's magazine division SouthBank and Wallpaper magazine, replacing Sandy Whetton.
31 Oct 2005
Citibank has launched four TV spots created by Fallon/Minneapolis to be broadcast exclusively at US colleges and universities on MtvU. The spots are titled "poet", "lefty", "slap" and "degrees" and feature a witty talking hand and specially composed music, including a human bead-box. In the "poet" execution,...
31 Oct 2005
| by by Ben Bold
LONDON - The dispute between Barclays and accountancy firm Cooper Parry over the former's use of the slogan 'Now there's a thought' in its advertising has been settled out of court.
31 Oct 2005
| by by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON – The Post Office has chosen glossy publisher Conde Nast to create its new customer magazine, which will have a circulation of 3m and is aimed at the 28m people who visit one of its 16,000 branches each week.
31 Oct 2005
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON - ITV4 will temporarily air in the Men & Motors slot on Sky Digital after Sky originally said it would not broadcast ITV's new male-orientated channel until a week after its launch.
31 Oct 2005
| by by Ian Darby
LONDON - Abbey is to hand its £25m media planning and buying account to Carat.
31 Oct 2005
| by by Ben Bold
LONDON - Atari is attempting to jangle the nerves of consumers this Halloween with a creepy viral ad promoting its supernatural murder-mystery console and PC game 'Fahrenheit'.
31 Oct 2005
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON - BSkyB's biggest UK shareholder Legal & General is planning to vote against Sky's buy-back proposal, which would see Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation's stake in the broadcaster increase to 39%.
31 Oct 2005
| by by Daniel Farey-Jones
LONDON - Shares in GCap Media surged almost 6% this morning as speculation around private equity interest in the company cancelled out last week's negative reaction to the latest Rajar results.