GWR has appointed Jim Cruickshank as group marketing director with responsibility for helping to drive audience growth across its portfolio of radio brands.Cruickshank, formerly marketing and commercial director at Norwich Unions’s online property business, will oversee marketing activities across The Mix, Planet Rock, Core and The Storm. He will also handle trade marketing for GWR’s… Continue reading GWR Appoints Cruickshank As Group Marketing Director
Profits at Omnicom, the world’s largest advertising company, rose by 7% in the three months to the end of September, reflecting the general upturn in the global media economy. The US-based group, which owns the TBWA and BBDO agencies, said that third quarter profits came to $135.3 million, up from $126.1 million a year earlier.… Continue reading Omnicom Revenues Rise At Home And Abroad
Almost 900 million page impressions were made on WAP phones during September as mobile internet services continued to increase in popularity, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association.The latest figure represents a rise of 14 million on the previous month and takes the daily average number of WAP impressions to 30 million,… Continue reading WAP Figures Top 30 Million Per Day In September
Revenues at WPP, the world’s third largest communications group, exceeded £1 billion in the third quarter as the global advertising recovery gathered momentum. The company said today that revenues, in constant currencies, rose 10% to £1.03 billion reflecting the acquisition of Cordiant Communications (see WPP Completes Cordiant Acquisition) and the weakness of the dollar. On… Continue reading WPP Enjoys Healthy Third Quarter
Revenues at WPP, the world’s third largest communications group, exceeded £1 billion in the third quarter as the global advertising recovery gathered momentum.The company said today that revenues, in constant currencies, rose 10% to £1.03 billion reflecting the acquisition of Cordiant Communications and the weakness of the dollar.On a like-for-like basis, excluding the impact of… Continue reading WPP Enjoys Healthy Third Quarter
Map has revealed its launch team for Kerrang! radio in the West Midlands after successfully securing the licence earlier this month.The Birmingham based team will include Lynne Wood, who is to become managing director of the new rock station, which will broadcast a mix of national and specially produced local shows.Wood will report to a… Continue reading Kerrang Reveals Management Team In The West Midlands
Improving market conditions are encouraging advertisers to increase spending with the result that WPP, one of the world’s leading communications services groups, is “climbing further out of the bath”, the company said today.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Simultaneous Media Usage Provides Food For ThoughtFollowing the release of its latest Simultaneous Media Usage Survey (SIMM), BIGresearch has… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT: Sorrell’s Bath Taking Shape
Traditional media advertising is the worst performing marketing discipline when it comes to proving return on investment with network television seen as the most unreliable channel, according to a new American study. Together with the backing of the Association of National Advertisers, Advertising Age commissioned a survey of top US marketers that was carried out… Continue reading Network TV Fails To Deliver Proof Of ROI, Says Study
Channel 4 has promoted Anmar Kawash to become the new managing director of the group’s commercial arm, 4 Ventures.Kawash will take over from Rob Woodward, who became Channel 4’s commercial director last year. He will take over operational responsibility for the 4 Ventures’ businesses reporting to Woodward. Previously Kawash was chief operating officer for 4… Continue reading Channel 4 Appoints New Managing Director Of 4 Ventures
The growth in broadband connections is helping to raise the profile of home networking in Western Europe as well as North America and Asia Pacific, according to a new report from In-Stat/MDR. The research group claims that the number of home networks in the region will rise from 2.8 million in 2002 to 4.5 million… Continue reading Western Europe Plugs Into Home Networks
