WPP has reported a 16% fall in pre-tax profits in 2009 to £812 million, calling it a “brutal year overall”.

Lego UK has renewed its Vue Kids AM cinema sponsorship in a deal conceived and negotiated by Pearl & Dean and Carat Sponsorship.

ABC is implementing a new governance structure, with a new streamlined board of 16 industry representatives replacing the old council and welcoming in the digital media sector.

Paid search agency Jellyfish has launched a new call-tracking service linking an infinite number of search keywords directly to phone-related sales or enquiries.

Centaur Media, publisher of New Media Age and Marketing Week, has reported a 24% year on year fall in revenue for the second half of 2009.

KBH Transport Media has retained its onboard advertising contract with London and Southeastern Railways and is installing over 8,000 new square traincard advertising panels on Southeastern.

TV and radio requests on BBC iPlayer broke records once again in January, with a total of 120 million requests across all platforms.

The US Department of Justice and the European Commission have officially agreed the merger of Yahoo! and Microsoft.

December saw ITV1’s revenue increase by an impressive 14.9% year on year, with Channel 4 up by around 3.5%.

Figures from the Advertising Association (AA), researched and compiled by Warc, show that after nine consecutive quarters of year on year decline, total adspend is predicted to return to growth in Q3 2010.