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ITV Sales has secured computer games giant Nintendo for a five week promotion on its CITV website, bringing ‘Mario Month’ to the children’s portal and providing the games giant with a highly targeted audience for promotion of its products.The promotion will see Nintendo using www.itv.com/citv to promote Mario Golf: Advance Tour for its Game Boy… Continue reading ITV Signs Nintendo For Month-Long Website Promotion

Trinity Mirror has announced a landmark deal with the Guardian Media Group to share a £45 million investment in new printing equipment, a move which will see Trinity take on a 15-year contract to print GMG’s regional titles in the North West, starting in early 2006.The GMG titles, published by subsidiary firm Greater Manchester Newspapers,… Continue reading Trinity Mirror To Print Guardian Media Group Titles

Global advertising giant WPP has succeeded in winning the highly lucrative rights to electronics firm Samsung’s world-wide media account, worth around £380 million, following a closely fought battle with incumbent agency, Omnicom.The win brings to a close seven months of contest between WPP, pitching against Publicis, and previous contract-holder Omnicom.Samsung’s account will now be divided… Continue reading WPP Clinches Samsung Account After Seven-Month Wrangle

Future Publishing has announced the appointment of David Fernando as the sales director of its London advertising operation with immediate effect.A new face at Future, Fernando joins from technology publishers IDG Communications where he was publishing director, with over 15 years experience in commercial publishing, having previously been on the board at Premier Magazines, now… Continue reading Future Appoints Fernando As New Sales Director

Scottish Radio Holdings has this morning reported record results for the past year, as group revenues grew by 14%, beating the group’s expectations of 9%.For the period ending 30 September 2004, turnover was up 15% to £96.3 million, spurred on by strong revenue growth in both the radio and press divisions which was up 20%… Continue reading SRH Exceeds Expectations With Record Results

Scottish Radio Holdings has this morning reported record results for the past year, as group revenues grew by 14%, beating the group’s expectations of 9%. For the period ending 30 September 2004, turnover was up 15% to £96.3 million, spurred on by strong revenue growth in both the radio and press divisions which was up… Continue reading SRH Exceeds Expectations With Record Results

Dixons, the electrical superstore, said yesterday its sales had slowed and warned margins would come under pressure in the run up to Christmas as consumer spending seems to have lost pace in the past few weeks. The festive period, which is traditionally the busiest for retailers, seems to have been stunted by recent interest rate… Continue reading Slow Down Of Electrical Goods May Hit Sky’s Subscriber Targets

Yesterday saw Channel 4 walk out on merger talks with Five, after concluding that obstacles to a tie-up between a state-owned and a commercial broadcaster were too difficult to overcome, according to a report in The Times. Andy Duncan, chief executive of Channel 4 said: “With concerns being raised about our future funding it was… Continue reading Channel 4 Walks Out On Five

As WPP continues to grow its international operations, wholly-owned operating company Landor Associates has this morning announced that is has purchased Australian branding and design consultancy, Lewis Kahn Staniford (LKS). LKS which achieved revenue of A$8.1 million for the year and net assets of A$1.3 million last year, employs around 45 people and clients include… Continue reading WPP Acquires Australian Branding Group LKS

The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) group has today announced that Queensland Media Investments will acquire an 85.1% stake in its Australian commercial FM radio station, Hot 91. DMG Radio Australia (DMGRA) was required to dispose of at least 85.1% of its interest in Hot 91 as a result of purchasing a second Brisbane… Continue reading DMGT Disposes Of Stake In Australian Radio Station