Jonathan Gillespie, former head of radio at Omnicom’s pooled buying unit OPera, has joined Google as one of possibly three leaders who will oversee agency relationships for the online giant in the UK.He is understood to have decided to join the online search company after approaches to take up the still vacant managing director position… Continue reading Gillespie Moves From Radio To Online Giant Google

Former SMG radio chief executive, Fru Hazlitt, has become the new managing director of GCap London, taking affect from 1 May 2007.Hazlitt will be responsible for Capital Radio and Choice FM, in addition to GCap Media’s national commercial sales and online operations, reporting directly to CEO Ralph Bernard.Hazlitt announced that she would leave Virgin Radio… Continue reading Hazlitt Takes MD Role At GCap

Commercial television advertising impacts in the UK during 2006 increased year on year by 1%, according to BARB data from TV marketing body Thinkbox.Over two billion TV ads were viewed every day on average in 2006, with 16-24 year olds increased their viewing of TV ads by almost 4%. ABC1 adult impacts grew by 0.6%… Continue reading UK Consumers Watch More Than Two Billion Ads A Day

Alex Russell has moved from agency MPG to join IPC Southbank as its new group advertising director, responsible for the group’s women’s glossies including Marie Claire, Homes and Gardens, InStyle and Woman and Home.Currently head of press at MPG, Russell previously ran the LVMH portfolio as well as key brands in the motors, finance, entertainment… Continue reading Russell Set To Boost IPC Women’s Weekly Portfolio

Belinda Beeftink, formerly the director of client services at Telmar, has left the advertising media information service and it is understood that she is set to join the IPA, working on its TouchPoints system.Beeftink, who has been at Telmar for around 14 years, was involved with the launch of TouchPoints at Telmar, and an announcement… Continue reading Beeftink Leaves Telmar For The IPA

Sitcoms, dramas, soaps and singing celebs proved more popular than the latest series of Celebrity Big Brother over the weekend, with a rash of new programming enticing viewers in January.The run up to the final of Soapstar Superstar on ITV1 attracted around 5.6 million adult viewers to the channel during Channel 4’s flagship Reality programme… Continue reading New Programmes Give Networks A New Year Boost

The Story Of Dibley, an hour-long special which reunited cast and crew of the popular British sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley, attracted more than 5.5 million adults to BBC One last night, making it the most watched programme in the 9pm to 10pm timeslot.The programme gave the channel a 23.6% audience share, compared to a… Continue reading Dibley Special Triumphs Over Celebrity Big Brother Eviction

It was a difficult year for the Press industry in 2006, with ever-declining circulation and readership figures, a freesheet war on the streets of London and new media platforms forcing titles to close.The year began with three of the nation’s daily titles cutting their cover price. The Daily Express lopped 10p from its cover price,… Continue reading End Of Year Round Up: Press

CBS Outdoor has won £13.5 million worth of business from Titan Outdoor following a series of advertising contract wins, including a five-year contract with train operating company Northern Rail.CBS Outdoor, which was recently rebranded from Viacom Outdoor (see Viacom Outdoor To Rebrand In New Year), will from next week market and manage advertising sites at… Continue reading CBS Outdoor Takes Rail Business From Titan

Celebrity Big Brother suffered a tough weekend, failing to outperform its singing contest rivals and losing the battle to keep contestants in the house.Friday night’s programme was watched on average by more than 3.4 million adults, a dip of more than one million viewers from Thursday’s show, giving Channel 4 a 15% audience share. Soapstar… Continue reading Celebrity Big Brother Struggles To Hold On To Viewers