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Baroness Peta Buscombe, chief executive of the Advertising Association (AA), is stepping down to become the next chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).Buscombe will succeed Sir Christopher Meyer when he leaves in April at the end of his second three-year term.Mark Lund, chairman of the AA, said: “Peta will leave with our best wishes… Continue reading Peta Buscombe to leave Advertising Association

BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 are planning to test launch their joint broadband TV venture Project Kangaroo in January, ahead of the Competition Commission’s ruling.Kangaroo’s backers are determined to go ahead with the project’s technical development, despite its launch being subject to the Competition Commission’s approval.It is understood that the project will go into… Continue reading Kangaroo is set to test launch in January

ITV, Virgin Media and Discovery have signed a product placement code of conduct put together by TV producers’ trade body Pact.The joint industry code of conduct has been introduced to address concerns about paid for product placement and to complement the regulatory regime that the European AVMS Directive would require the UK to implement if… Continue reading Broadcasters sign product placement code of conduct

Clear Channel Outdoor has unveiled a new banner site at music venue the Astoria, on Tottenham Court Road.US agency Gibson Media booked the first campaign on the banner, for action game Left 4 Dead, published by video game company Valve.The outdoor giant said that the banner site – which is 16m wide by 6m high… Continue reading Clear Channel Outdoor unveils new banner site

Centaur Media has reported a 16% year on year fall in group revenues for the four months to October 31. Centaur, which owns titles such as Marketing Week and New Media Age, warned of an “uncertain” outlook for the year ahead, adding that the “visibility of future market conditions is poor”. The company said in… Continue reading Centaur Media suffers fall in group revenues

Havas Media is pulling together all of its UK operating businesses into a new Havas Media UK organisation.Launching with immediate effect, Havas Media UK will include MPG (which also comprises London-based MPG International and digital, data and direct specialist Media Contacts); sports communication consultancy Havas Sports; integrated communications agency Arena BLM (which also includes its… Continue reading Havas Media launches in the UK

Reed Elsevier is on track to meet its target of £15 million in cost savings in 2008. In a trading update released today, the publisher said that it is well placed to defy the tough economic outlook. Crispin Davis, Reed Elsevier chief executive, said: “The business is on track for a very successful year and… Continue reading Reed Elsevier on track to meet cost savings target

Johnston Press is the latest regional media owner to release data on the new ABCe six-month certificate.The independent online data is set to cover Johnston’s network of local media branded sites and part of the Yorkshire network, including yorkshirepost.co.uk, portsmouth.co.uk and sunderland.co.uk.Chris Pennock, group sales and marketing directer at Johnston, said: “ABCe audited data provides… Continue reading Johnston Press is set to release six-month ABCe data

Havas, the French holding company that owns creative group Euro RSCG and media agency MPG, has reported organic revenue growth of 1.5% for the third quarter of 2008. This was down from 9.5% growth for the same period last year, which Havas blamed on the loss of the Dell account in Asia Pacific and a… Continue reading Havas reports Q3 organic revenue growth of 1.5%

Centaur Media. owner of Marketing Week and New Media Age has reported a 16% year on year fall in group revenues for the four months to October 31.In a trading statement released today, Centaur warned of an “uncertain” outlook for the year ahead, adding that the “visibility of future market conditions is poor”.However, the company… Continue reading Centaur Media reports fall in group revenues