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News Corporation has announced the promotion of Jeremy Philips to the position of executive vice president, office of the chairman, overseeing the company’s internet activities following its recent string of online acquisitions.The new role will see Philips assume responsibility for the company’s internet investments as well as focusing on continuing acquisitions and strategy. He will… Continue reading Philips New Online Boss For News Corp

Vincent Bollore, chairman of French advertising giant Havas, has outlined plans to appoint the company’s Fernando Rodes Vila, currently head of Havas’s media planning arm, as the next group chief executive, potentially forging closer ties with Aegis.According to a report in today’s Telegraph, Bollore, who also holds a 25% stake in Aegis, has already asked… Continue reading Havas Mulls Aegis Links Through Management Reshuffle

Mobile phone giant Orange has signed as the sponsor of Virgin Radio’s new Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show, marking the firm’s biggest-ever radio sponsorship deal, and the largest on-air and online brand marketing deal in the Virgin Breakfast’s history.The scale of the deal, Virgin claims, is testament to the appeal of Sony Award winning O’Connell, who… Continue reading Virgin Signs Largest Ever Breakfast Sponsorship

IPC Advertising has appointed Caroline McDevitt as its new managing director with immediate effect, seeing the media boss take a seat on the IPC Media Board.McDevitt joined IPC last May as director of group advertising (see IPC Picks McDevitt For Group Ad Director Role), and will now chair the IPC Advertising Executive, leading the company’s… Continue reading IPC Advertising Appoints McDevitt As New MD

US online shopping spend reached $30.1 billion during this year’s holiday season, with new figures showing the sector to have risen by 30% compared to the same time last year. According to the new Holiday eSpending Report from Goldman Sachs, Nielsen//NetRatings and Harris Interactive, 2005 holiday online sales were at the high end of expectations,… Continue reading US E-Commerce Passes $30 Million For 2005 Holiday Season

The UK has overtaken France as the largest broadband country in Europe, with the latest estimates from Point Topic suggesting that the UK will have 9.8 million broadband lines by New Year’s Day 2006 compared to France with 9.7 million. The expected strong performance comes on the backend of a healthy third quarter for DSL… Continue reading UK Overtakes France As Largest European Broadband Country

Global advertising firm, WPP, has announced the purchase of Polish market research company, Pentor Instytut Badania Opinii i Rynku S.A, integrating the business into its global market research network, Research International. Pentor has been affiliated to Research International since its beginning in 1991, with its clients including Frito-Lay, Polska Telekom, PKN Orlen, Dr Oetker Polska… Continue reading WPP Extends Reach In Poland

News Corporation has announced the promotion of Jeremy Philips to the position of executive vice president, office of the chairman. The role will see Philips assume responsibility for the company’s internet investments as well as focusing on acquisitions and strategy. He will continue to report to Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation’s chairman and chief executive officer.… Continue reading News Corp Promotes Philips To Executive Vice President

Older internet users are using the internet more heavily compared to this time a year ago, with a new study from Burst Media! showing that 61% of users aged 55 and over have increased their online presence. The survey revealed that the majority of respondents, 65.5%, visited more websites than they did this time last… Continue reading Older Users Move Online

Global advertising group, WPP, has announced that leading US marketing and interactive agency, Bridge Worldwide, will join it’s relationship marketing agency, Wunderman. Bridge Worldwide is a top 40 interactive agency, using the internet as the centre of its marketing programs, with clients including Procter & Gamble and other leading multinational companies. The purchase of Bridge… Continue reading WPP Extends Online Healthcare Offerings